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How many times is the Bee mentioned in the Qur’an?
1
The Bee is mentioned once in the Qur’an, in An-Nahl 16:68.
Counts naḥl (bees). Surah 16 is named An-Nahl after it.
- Times
- 1
- Verses
- 1
- Surahs
- 1
- First
- 16:68
What was counted
| Word | Times | Translated as | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| نَحْل | 1 | bee | ن ح ل |
Every mention
- 16:68 · An-Nahlٱلنَّحْلِ the beeAnd your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.
How we count
Each Qur’an word built on the words above counts once, in any form (singular, dual or plural, with or without prefixes such as wa- or al-). Counts published elsewhere often differ because they count different forms or phrases. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.
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