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An-Nahl (The Bee)

Verse 68of 128

وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحْلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِى مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًۭا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ﴿٦٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

In the Bee and its Honey there is Blessing and a LessonWhat is meant by inspiration here is guidance. The bee is guided to make its home in the mountains, in trees and in structures erected by man. The bee's home is a solid structure, with its hexagonal shapes and interlocking forms there is no looseness in its combs.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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