Surah Al-Hijr 15:82 — translation and meaning
الحجر · Verse 82 / 99 · Page 266
وَكَانُوا يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا آمِنِينَ
Word by Word
وَكَانُوا
wakanu
And they used (to)
يَنْحِتُونَ
yanhituna
carve
مِنَ
mina
from
الْجِبَالِ
al-jibali
the mountains
بُيُوتًا
buyutan
houses
آمِنِينَ
aminina
secure
Transliteration
Wa kaanoo yanhitoona minal jibaali buyootan aamineen
Translation
And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
They used to carve out dwellings in the rocks of the mountains in which they lived safe from that which they feared.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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