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Nun-Ha-Ta
to scrape, carve, prepare by scraping, cut, shape, emicate.
nahata
vb. (1) impf. act.
7:74
وَاذْكُرُوا إِذْ جَعَلَكُمْ خُلَفَاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِ عَاد ٍ وَبَوَّأَكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ تَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْ سُهُولِهَا قُصُورا ً وَتَنْحِتُونَ الْجِبَالَ بُيُوتا ً فَاذْكُرُوا آلاَءَ اللَّهِ وَلاَ تَعْثَوْا فِي الأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ
Wa Adhkurū 'Idh Ja`alakum Khulafā'a Min Ba`di `Ādin Wa Bawwa'akum Fī Al-'ArĐi Tattakhidhūna Min Suhūlihā Quşūrāan Wa Tanĥitūna Al-Jibāla Buyūtāan Fādhkurū 'Ālā'a Allāhi Wa Lā Ta`thaw Fī Al-'ArĐi Mufsidīna
"And remember that He made you successors after 'Aad, and He established you in the land so that you make palaces on its plains, and you carve homes in the mountains. So remember the grace of God, and do not roam the earth as corrupters."
15:82
وَكَانُوا يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتا ً آمِنِينَ
Wa Kānū Yanĥitūna Mina Al-Jibāli Buyūtāan 'Āminīna
And they used to carve from the mountains homes, to be secure.
26:149
وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتا ً فَارِهِينَ
Wa Tanĥitūna Mina Al-Jibāli Buyūtāan Fārihīna
"And you carve homes out of the mountains with great skill?"
37:95
قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ
Qāla 'Ata`budūna Mā Tanĥitūna
He said:Do you worship what you carve?
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