فره

Core meaning

Expert skill: the mastery of those who carve houses in the rock, and the assurance it gives them.

Uses

1. فَٰرِهِين → "skilled and expert" : the accomplished art of a difficult work.

   • «وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًۭا فَٰرِهِينَ» — "while you carve houses out of the mountains, skilled and expert" (26:149)

Evidence from the text

The only use is in the question addressed to the people of Thamud: will they be left secure amid gardens, springs and palms, while they carve their houses out of the mountains with accomplished art (26:146-149)? Skill is part of what reassures, and the question sets it before its limit. The reading of Warsh has فَرِهِين, of the same root.

See also

نحت (to carve)