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Quran 16:68

Surah An-Nahl, Verse 68

Juz 14 · Page 274 · Ruku 232 · Meccan

وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحْلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِى مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ

Word by word

وَأَوْحَىٰ wa-awḥā And inspired رَبُّكَ rabbuka your Lord إِلَى ilā to ٱلنَّحْلِ l-naḥli the bee أَنِ ani [that] ٱتَّخِذِى ittakhidhī Take مِنَ mina among ٱلْجِبَالِ l-jibāli the mountains بُيُوتًۭا buyūtan houses وَمِنَ wamina and among ٱلشَّجَرِ l-shajari the trees وَمِمَّا wamimmā and in what يَعْرِشُونَ yaʿrishūna they construct

Transliteration

Waawha rabbuka ila annahliani ittakhithee mina aljibali buyootan wamina ashshajariwamimma yaAArishoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And thy Lord inspired the bee, saying: Choose thou habitations in the hills and in the trees and in that which they thatch;

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And thy Lord taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on trees, and in (men's) habitations;

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

لمراد بالوحي هاهنا : الإلهام والهداية والإرشاد إلى النحل أن تتخذ من الجبال بيوتا تأوي إليها ، ومن الشجر ، ومما يعرشون . ثم هي محكمة في غاية الإتقان في تسديسها ورصها ، بحيث لا يكون بينها خلل .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.