Surah An-Nahl 16:68 — translation and meaning
النحل · Verse 68 / 128 · Page 274
وَأَوْحَى رَبُّكَ إِلَى النَّحْلِ أَنِ اتَّخِذِي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ
Word by Word
وَأَوْحَى
wa-awha
And inspired
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
إِلَى
ila
to
النَّحْلِ
al-nahli
the bee
أَنِ
ani
[that]
اتَّخِذِي
ittakhidhi
Take
مِنَ
mina
among
الْجِبَالِ
al-jibali
the mountains
بُيُوتًا
buyutan
houses
وَمِنَ
wamina
and among
الشَّجَرِ
al-shajari
the trees
وَمِمَّا
wamimma
and in what
يَعْرِشُونَ
ya'rishuna
they construct
Transliteration
Wa awhaa Rabbuka ilannnabli anit takhizee minal jabaali buyootanw wa minash shajari wa mimmaa ya'rishoon
Translation
And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.
Verse interpretation (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.”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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