68 Preface وَأَوحىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى النَّحلِ أَنِ اتَّخِذي مِنَ الجِبالِ بُيوتًا وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمّا يَعرِشونَYusuf AliAnd thy Lord taught the Bee1 to build its cells in hills, on trees, and in (men’s) habitations;Awha: wahy ordinarily means inspiration, the Message put into the mind or heart by God. Here the Bee’s instinct is referred to God’s teaching, which it undoubtedly is. In 99:5, it is applied to the earth: We shall discuss the precise meaning when we come to that passage. The honeycomb, itself, with its hexagonal cells, geometrically perfect, is a wonderful structure, and is well called buyut, homes. And the way the bee finds out inaccessible places, in the hills, in the trees, and even among the habitations of men, is one of the marvels of nature, i.e., of God’s working in His Creation.