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An-Nahl 68

Ayah 68 of 128 · Meccan

وَأَوۡحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحۡلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِي مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُيُوتٗا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعۡرِشُونَ ٦٨

And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses [i.e., hives], and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَوۡحَىٰAnd inspiredwa-awḥā
  2. رَبُّكَyour Lordrabbuka
  3. إِلَىtoilā
  4. ٱلنَّحۡلِthe beel-naḥli
  5. أَنِ[that]ani
  6. ٱتَّخِذِيTakeittakhidhī
  7. مِنَamongmina
  8. ٱلۡجِبَالِthe mountainsl-jibāli
  9. بُيُوتٗاhousesbuyūtan
  10. وَمِنَand amongwamina
  11. ٱلشَّجَرِthe treesl-shajari
  12. وَمِمَّاand in whatwamimmā
  13. يَعۡرِشُونَthey constructyaʿrishūna

Tafsir

Your Lord, O Messenger, inspired the bees and guided them saying, “Make homes for yourselves in the mountains, in the trees and in the structures and shelters that people build.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran