Quran 16:68 — An-Nahl, verse 68
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And your Lord inspired the bee, saying, ‘Build yourselves houses in the mountains and trees and what people construct.
وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى النَّحْلِ أَنِ اتَّخِذِي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ
wa-awḥā rabbuka ilā l-naḥli ani ittakhidhī mina l-jibāli buyūtan wamina l-shajari wamimmā yaʿrishūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And thy Lord revealed unto the bees, saying: 'Take unto yourselves, of the mountains, houses, and of the trees, and of what they are building.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [consider how] thy Sustainer has inspired the bee: "Prepare for thyself dwellings in mountains and in trees, and in what [men] may build [for thee by way of hives];
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَوْحَىٰwa-awḥā | And inspired | وحي |
| 2 | رَبُّكَrabbuka | your Lord | ربب |
| 3 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 4 | ٱلنَّحْلِl-naḥli | the bee | نحل |
| 5 | أَنِani | [that] | — |
| 6 | ٱتَّخِذِىittakhidhī | Take | أخذ |
| 7 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 8 | ٱلْجِبَالِl-jibāli | the mountains | جبل |
| 9 | بُيُوتًۭاbuyūtan | houses | بيت |
| 10 | وَمِنَwamina | and among | — |
| 11 | ٱلشَّجَرِl-shajari | the trees | شجر |
| 12 | وَمِمَّاwamimmā | and in what | — |
| 13 | يَعْرِشُونَyaʿrishūna | they construct | عرش |