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An-Nahl · 16:68
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.
Sahih International
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وَأَوْحَىٰ
wa-awḥā
And inspired
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
أوْحى
Fi'l · VerbAnd inspired
RootوحيwHy
to inspire, reveal
78× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaأَوْحَىٰٓVerb (form IV) - to reveal, to inspire
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
وَأَوْحَىٰ (And inspired) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & PresentVerb form IV — causative
وَأَوْحَىٰ (And inspired) uses form IV (أَفْعَلَ) — the أ at the start makes it causative ("to make someone do something").
We translate it as "to make [someone] do" or "to cause [action]".
Lesson 12 · Verb Families II–IVConjunction وَ (and)
وَأَوْحَىٰ (And inspired) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles