Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 68th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees)

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.

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

Shakir: And your Lord revealed to the bee saying: Make hives in the mountains and in the trees and in what they build:

Muhammad Sarwar: Your Lord inspired the bees, "Make hives in the mountains, in the trees and in the trellises,

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

Arberry: And thy Lord revealed unto the bees, saying: 'Take unto yourselves, of the mountains, houses, and of the trees, and of what they are building.

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See Also

• Verse (16:68) Morphology - description of each Arabic word