وَكَانُواْ يَنۡحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ ٨٢
And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَكَانُواْAnd they used (to)wakānū
- يَنۡحِتُونَcarveyanḥitūna
- مِنَfrommina
- ٱلۡجِبَالِthe mountainsl-jibāli
- بُيُوتًاhousesbuyūtan
- ءَامِنِينَsecureāminīna
Tafsir
They used to carve out dwellings in the rocks of the mountains in which they lived safe from that which they feared.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran