An-Nahl 16:68
The Bee · ayah 68 of 128
وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحْلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِى مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًۭا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ
Waawha rabbuka ila annahliani ittakhithee mina aljibali buyootan wamina ashshajariwamimma yaAArishoon
"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 translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"And your Lord inspired the bee, saying, ‘Build yourselves houses in the mountains and trees and what people construct."
Pickthall (classic)+
"And thy Lord inspired the bee, saying: Choose thou habitations in the hills and in the trees and in that which they thatch;"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"And thy Lord taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on trees, and in (men's) habitations;"