The Bee 16:68

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Arabic English Morphology
And inspired V
رَبُّكَ rabbuka
your Lord Noun
إِلَى ilā
to Prep
ٱلنَّحْلِ l-naḥli
the bee Noun
أَنِ ani
[that] Prep
ٱتَّخِذِى ittakhidhī
Take V
مِنَ mina
among Prep
the mountains Noun
بُيُوتًا buyūtan
houses Noun
وَمِنَ wamina
and among Prep
ٱلشَّجَرِ l-shajari
the trees Noun
وَمِمَّا wamimmā
and in what Prep
يَعْرِشُونَ yaʿrishūna
they construct V

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

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَأَوۡحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحۡلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِی مِنَ ٱلۡجِبَالِ بُیُوتࣰا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا یَعۡرِشُونَ ۝٦٨

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