Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:68

16:68

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

wa-awḥā rabbuka ilā l-naḥli ani ittakhidhī mina l-jibāli buyūtan wamina l-shajari wamimmā yaʿrishūna

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 International

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

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And your Lord inspired the bees, saying: "Take you habitations in the mountains and in the trees and in what they erect.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَأَوْحَىٰwa-awḥāAnd inspired
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
إِلَىilāto
ٱلنَّحْلِl-naḥlithe bee
أَنِani[that]
ٱتَّخِذِىittakhidhīTake
مِنَminaamong
ٱلْجِبَالِl-jibālithe mountains
بُيُوتًۭاbuyūtanhouses
وَمِنَwaminaand among
ٱلشَّجَرِl-shajarithe trees
وَمِمَّاwamimmāand in what
يَعْرِشُونَyaʿrishūnathey construct