Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 68·Makkī

68

إِلَى أَنِ مِنَ وَمِنَ وَمِمَّا ﴿٦٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh 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.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

وحی به زنبور عسل

وحی به معنای فهماندن چیزی به کسی است؛ به طوری که دیگران از آن باخبر نشوند. پس فهماندن چیزی به حیوان از طریق غریزةٌ اوه وحی است؛ یا فهماندن مطلبی از راه خواب و روّیا یا از راه وسوسه یا اشاره» وحی است. در قران» وحی در هر یک از این معانی به کار رفته است. البته ادب دینی چنین رسم کرده که وحی جز به سخنی که به پیامبر القا می‌شودء اطلاق نگردد.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 8 roots in 8 of 13 words

Rarest here: ن-ح-ل 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 16 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Ghunnah2
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

13 words · 54 letters · āyah 68 of 128

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَٰرِهِينَ

    And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.

  • رَّبَّنَآ إِنِّىٓ أَسْكَنتُ مِن ذُرِّيَّتِى بِوَادٍ غَيْرِ ذِى زَرْعٍ عِندَ بَيْتِكَ ٱلْمُحَرَّمِ رَبَّنَا لِيُقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ فَٱجْعَلْ أَفْـِٔدَةً مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ تَهْوِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ وَٱرْزُقْهُم مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْكُرُونَ

    Our Lord, I have settled some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley near Your sacred House, our Lord, that they may establish prayer. So make hearts among the people incline…

  • وَيَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    And "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

  • ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَسَلَكَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِۦٓ أَزْوَٰجًا مِّن نَّبَاتٍ شَتَّىٰ

    [It is He] who has made for you the earth as a bed [spread out] and inserted therein for you roadways and sent down from the sky, rain and produced thereby categories of various…

  • إِذْ يَغْشَى ٱلسِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ

    When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].

  • أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ

    [Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:68?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:68 include Quran 26:149 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 14:37 (Surah Ibrahim), Quran 7:19 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 20:53 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 26:149 reads: “And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 16:68 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:68 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.”

Which surah is verse 16:68 in?

Quran 16:68 is āyah 68 of Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), chapter 16 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 128 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 16:68?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 16:68 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 16:68?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:68 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.