Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 82 (15:82)

ٱلْحِجْر

وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

Quran 15:82 is ayah 82 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 266 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:82
وَكَانُوا۟يَنْحِتُونَمِنَٱلْجِبَالِبُيُوتًاءَامِنِينَ٨٢
wakānū yanḥitūna mina l-jibāli buyūtan āminīna

And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.(82)

Word by word

  1. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūAnd they used (to)
  2. يَنْحِتُونَyanḥitūnacarve
  3. مِنَminafrom
  4. ٱلْجِبَالِl-jibālithe mountains
  5. بُيُوتًاbuyūtanhouses
  6. ءَامِنِينَāminīnasecure

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