Surah An-Nahl — Verse 68

The Bee · 16:68 · 68/128

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

Waawha rabbuka ila annahliani ittakhithee mina aljibali buyootan wamina ashshajariwamimma yaAArishoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 7

Saheeh 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.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

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

Marmaduke Pickthall

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

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Your Lord revealed to the honeybee: “Make homes in the mountains, in the trees and in the structures they raise.

Al-Hilali & Khan

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

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Your Lord inspired the bee, saying: "Set up hives in the mountains and in the trees and in the trellises that people put up,