And dwellings hewed out of mountains ingeniously?
“And you carve out dwellings in the mountains, with skill?”
Will you still skilfully hew houses out of the mountains?
and that you will [always be able to] hew dwellings out of the mountains with [the same] great skill?”
And hew ye out houses in the mountains skilfully! g
"And you carve houses out of mountains with great skill.
And you skillfully carve houses in the mountains?
You hew dwellings in mountains and exult in that.
"And you hew out in the mountains, houses with great skill."
Though ye hew out dwellings in the mountain, being skilful?
—while you skillfully hew out houses from the mountains?
Will you still hew your dwellings in the mountains?
And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.
carving comfortable houses out of the mountains?
And you hew houses out of the mountains exultingly;
Watan<u>h</u>itoona mina aljib<u>a</u>li buyootan f<u>a</u>riheen<b>a</b>
hewing out houses in the mountains and taking pride in your skill?
"And ye carve houses out of (rocky) mountains with great skill.
وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَٰرِهِينَ
“And you skilfully carve out houses from the mountains, in which you then live.”
“And you skilfully carve out houses from the mountains, in which you then live.”
<p>Commentary</p><p>وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِ‌هِينَ ﴿149﴾And you hew out houses from the hills with pride. [ 149]</p><p>According to Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ ، the word فَارِ‌هِينَ (Farihin) means arrogant and conceited people. But Abu Salih and Imam Raghib have taken this word to mean experts. Therefore, the meaning of the verse is that Allah Ta’ ala has favoured you by teaching such skills that you could make houses by cutting hills. The essence of all this is that you should remember the bounties of Allah Ta’ ala and should not make mischief and trouble on earth.</p><p>Useful vocations are Divine Graces provided they are not employed in bad things</p><p>This verse indicates that nice vocations are Allah's Graces, and to draw benefit from them is lawful. But if they are used for some sinful purpose or in an unlawful act, or if someone gets involved in them with unnecessary concentration, then it is not lawful to adopt them. An example of unnecessary construction of tall buildings and its contempt has just been mentioned in the previous verses.</p>
Commentaryوَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِ‌هِينَ ﴿149﴾And you hew out houses from the hills with pride. [ 149]According to Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ ، the word فَارِ‌هِينَ (Farihin) means arrogant and conceited people. But Abu Salih and Imam Raghib have taken this word to mean experts. Therefore, the meaning of the verse is that Allah Ta’ ala has favoured you by teaching such skills that you could make houses by cutting hills. The essence of all this is that you should remember the bounties of Allah Ta’ ala and should not make mischief and trouble on earth.Useful vocations are Divine Graces provided they are not employed in bad thingsThis verse indicates that nice vocations are Allah's Graces, and to draw benefit from them is lawful. But if they are used for some sinful purpose or in an unlawful act, or if someone gets involved in them with unnecessary concentration, then it is not lawful to adopt them. An example of unnecessary construction of tall buildings and its contempt has just been mentioned in the previous verses.