← Surah 16

16:68

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

Word by word

وَأَوْحَىٰ
And inspired
Verb
Root: وحي
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
أَوْحَىٰVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
رَبُّكَ
your Lord
Noun
Root: ربب
Grammar (i'rab)
رَبُّNoun — masculine، nominative
كَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
إِلَى
to
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَىPreposition — preposition
ٱلنَّحْلِ
the bee
Noun
Root: نحل
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلPreposition — definite، prefix
نَّحْلِNoun — masculine، genitive
أَنِ
[that]
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
أَنِPreposition — INT
ٱتَّخِذِى
Take
Verb
Root: أخذ
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱتَّخِذِVerb — imperative، 2nd fem. sing.
ىNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd fem. sing.
مِنَ
among
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِنَPreposition — preposition
ٱلْجِبَالِ
the mountains
Noun
Root: جبل
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
جِبَالِNoun — masc. plur.، genitive
بُيُوتًا
houses
Noun
Root: بيت
Grammar (i'rab)
بُيُوتًاNoun — masc. plur.، indefinite، accusative
وَمِنَ
and among
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
مِنَPreposition — preposition
ٱلشَّجَرِ
the trees
Noun
Root: شجر
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلPreposition — definite، prefix
شَّجَرِNoun — masculine، genitive
وَمِمَّا
and in what
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
مِPreposition — preposition
مَّاNoun — relative
يَعْرِشُونَ
they construct
Verb
Root: عرش
Grammar (i'rab)
يَعْرِشُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

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

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

And your Lord inspired the bee, saying, ‘Build yourselves houses in the mountains and trees and what people construct.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

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

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

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.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Rabbin bal arısına: "Dağlarda, ağaçlarda ve hazırlanmış kovanlarda yuva edin; sonra her çeşit üründen ye; sonra da Rabbinin işlemen için gösterdiği yollardan yürü" diye öğretti. Karınlarından insanlara şifa olan çeşitli renklerde bal çıkar. Düşünen bir millet için bunda ibret vardır.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Senin Rabbin bal arısına şöyle vahyetti: Dağlardan, ağaçlardan ve insanların kuracakları kovanlardan kendine evler edin.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Rabbin bal arısına şöyle vahyetmişti (bildirmişti): “Dağlardan, ağaçlardan ve (insanların) yaptıkları çardaklardan kendine yuvalar edin!"

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

وألْهَمَ ربك -أيها النبي- النحل بأن اجعلي لك بيوتًا في الجبال، وفي الشجر، وفيما يبني الناس من البيوت والسُّقُف.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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