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الكهف
Al-Kahf
The Cave110 Verses26 Hadithsmakkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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18:1
ٱلۡحَمۡدُ
All Praise
لِلَّهِ
(is) for Allah
the One Who
أَنز َلَ
(has) revealed
عَلَىٰ
to
عَبۡ دِهِ
His slave
the Book
وَلَمۡ
and not
يَجۡ عَل
(has) made
لَّهُۥ
in it
عِوَجَاۜ
١any crookedness
[All] praise is [due] to Allāh, who has sent down upon His Servant [Muḥammad (ﷺ)] the Book and has not made therein any deviance.1
18:2
قَيِّمًا
Straight
to warn
بَأۡسًا
(of) a punishment
severe
from
near Him
وَيُبَشِّرَ
and give glad tidings
(to) the believers
those who
يَعۡمَلُونَ
do
righteous deeds
أَنّ َ
that
لَهُمۡ
for them
أَجۡ رًا
(is) a good reward
حَسَنًا
٢(is) a good reward
[He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward [i.e., Paradise].
18:3
مَّـٰ كِثِينَ
(They will) abide
فِيهِ
in it
أَبَدًا
٣forever
In which they will remain forever
18:4
وَيُنذ ِرَ
And to warn
those who
قَالُواۡ
say
Allah has taken
Allah has taken
وَلَدًا
٤a son
And to warn those who say, "Allāh has taken a son".
18:5
مَّا
Not
لَهُم
they have
about it
مِنۡ
any
عِلۡمٍ
knowledge
and not
لِأَبَا ٓئِهِمۡۚ
their forefathers
كَبُرَتۡ
Grave (is)
كَلِمَةً
the word
(that) comes out
مِنۡ
of
أَفۡوٰ
their mouths
إِن
Not
they say
إِلَّا
except
كَذِبًا
٥a lie
They have no knowledge of it,1 nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.
18:6
فَلَعَلَّكَ
Then perhaps you would (be)
بَـٰ خِعٌ
the one who kills
yourself
عَلَىٰٓ
over
ءَاثَـٰ رِهِمۡ
their footsteps
إِن
if
not
يُؤۡمِنُواۡ
they believe
بِهَـٰ ذَا
in this
[the] narration
أَسَفًا
٦(in) grief
Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muḥammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.
18:7
إِنّ َا
Indeed, We
جَعَلۡنَا
We have made
مَا
what
عَلَى
(is) on
the earth
زِينَةً
adornment
for it
لِنَبۡ لُوَهُمۡ
that We may test [them]
أَيُّهُمۡ
which of them
أَحۡسَنُ
(is) best
عَمَلاً
٧(in) deed
Indeed, We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it that We may test them [as to] which of them is best in deed.
18:8
وَإِنّ َا
And indeed, We
لَجَـٰ عِلُونَ
(will) surely make
مَا
what
عَلَيۡهَا
(is) on it
صَعِيدًا
soil
barren
And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.
18:9
أَمۡ
Or
حَسِبۡ تَ
have you thought
أَنّ َ
that
أَصۡحَـٰ بَ
(the) companions
(of) the cave
وَٱ ل رَّقِيمِ
and the inscription
كَانُواۡ
were
مِنۡ
among
ءَايَـٰ تِنَا
Our Signs
عَجَبًا
٩a wonder
Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?1
18:10
إِذۡ
When
أَوَى
retreated
the youths
إِلَى
to
the cave
فَقَالُواۡ
and they said
رَبَّنَآ
Our Lord
ءَاتِنَا
Grant us
مِن
from
Yourself
رَحۡمَةً
Mercy
and facilitate
لَنَا
for us
مِنۡ
[from]
أَمۡرِنَا
our affair
رَشَدًا
١٠(in the) right way
[Mention] when the youths retreated to the cave and said, "Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance."
18:11
فَضَرَبۡ نَا
So We cast
عَلَىٰٓ
over
ءَاذَانِهِمۡ
their ears
فِى
in
the cave
سِنِينَ
years
عَدَدًا
١١a number
So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.
18:12
ثُمّ َ
Then
بَعَثۡنَـٰ هُمۡ
We raised them up
لِنَعۡلَمَ
that We make evident
أَىُّ
which
(of) the two parties
أَحۡصَىٰ
best calculated
لِمَا
for what
لَبِثُوٓ اۡ
(they had) remained
أَمَدًا
١٢(in) time
Then We awakened them that We might show which of the two factions was most precise in calculating what [extent] they had remained in time.
18:13
نَّحۡنُ
We
نَقُصُّ
narrate
عَلَيۡكَ
to you
نَبَأَهُم
their story
in truth
إِنّ َهُمۡ
Indeed, they (were)
فِتۡيَةٌ
youths
ءَامَنُواۡ
who believed
بِرَبِّهِمۡ
in their Lord
وَزِدۡ نَـٰ هُمۡ
and We increased them
هُدًى
١٣(in) guidance
It is We who relate to you, [O Muḥammad], their story in truth. Indeed, they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.
18:14
وَرَبَطۡ نَا
And We made firm
عَلَىٰ
[on]
قُلُوبِهِمۡ
their hearts
إِذۡ
when
قَامُواۡ
they stood up
فَقَالُواۡ
and said
رَبُّنَا
Our Lord
رَبُّ
(is) the Lord
(of) the heavens
وَٱ لۡأَرۡضِ
and the earth
لَن
Never
we will invoke
مِن
besides Him
besides Him
إِلَـٰ هًاۖ
any god
Certainly
قُلۡنَآ
we would have said
إِذًا
then
an enormity
And We bound [i.e., made firm] their hearts when they stood up and said, "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Never will we invoke besides Him any deity. We would have certainly spoken, then, an excessive transgression.
18:15
هَـٰٓ ؤُلَا ٓءِ
These
قَوۡمُنَا
our people
have taken
مِن
besides Him
besides Him
ءَالِهَةًۖ
gods
Why not
يَأۡتُونَ
they come
عَلَيۡهِم
to them
with an authority
clear
And who
أَظۡلَمُ
(is) more wrong
مِمّ َنِ
than (one) who
invents
عَلَى
against
Allah
كَذِبًا
١٥a lie
These, our people, have taken besides Him deities. Why do they not bring for [worship of] them a clear evidence? And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie?"
18:16
وَإِذِ
And when
you withdraw from them
وَمَا
and what
يَعۡبُدُونَ
they worship
إِلَّا
except
Allah
فَأۡوُۥٓاۡ
then retreat
إِلَى
to
the cave
يَنش ُرۡ
Will spread
لَكُمۡ
for you
رَبُّكُم
your Lord
of
His Mercy
وَيُهَيِّئۡ
and will facilitate
لَكُم
for you
[from]
أَمۡرِكُم
your affair
(in) ease
[The youths said to one another], "And when you have withdrawn from them and that which they worship other than Allāh, retreat to the cave. Your Lord will spread out for you of His mercy and will prepare for you from your affair facility."
18:17
۞وَتَرَى
And you (might) have seen
the sun
إِذَا
when
طَلَعَت
it rose
تَّزٰ
inclining away
عَن
from
their cave
ذَاتَ
to
the right
وَإِذَا
and when
غَرَبَت
it set
تَّقۡ رِضُهُمۡ
passing away from them
ذَاتَ
to
the left
وَهُمۡ
while they
فِى
(lay) in
فَجۡ وَةٍ
the open space
thereof
ذٰ
That
مِنۡ
(was) from
ءَايَـٰ تِ
(the) Signs
(of) Allah
مَن
Whoever
Allah guides
Allah guides
فَهُوَ
and he
(is) the guided one
وَمَن
and whoever
He lets go astray
فَلَن
then never
you will find
لَهُۥ
for him
وَلِيًّا
a protector
a guide
And [had you been present], you would see the sun when it rose, inclining away from their cave on the right, and when it set, passing away from them on the left, while they were [lying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allāh. He whom Allāh guides is the [rightly] guided, but he whom He sends astray - never will you find for him a protecting guide.
18:18
وَتَحۡسَبُهُمۡ
And you (would) think them
أَيۡقَاظًا
awake
while they
رُقُودٌۚ
(were) asleep
And We turned them
ذَاتَ
to
the right
وَذَاتَ
and to
the left
وَكَلۡبُهُم
while their dog
stretched
his two forelegs
بِٱ لۡوَصِيدِۚ
at the entrance
لَوِ
If
you had looked
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
at them
لَوَلَّيۡتَ
you (would) have surely turned back
مِنۡهُمۡ
from them
فِرَارًا
(in) flight
and surely you would have been filled
مِنۡهُمۡ
by them
رُعۡبًا
١٨(with) terror
And you would think them awake, while they were asleep. And We turned them to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. If you had looked at them, you would have turned from them in flight and been filled by them with terror.
18:19
وَكَذٰ
And similarly
بَعَثۡنَـٰ هُمۡ
We raised them
لِيَتَسَا ٓءَلُواۡ
that they might question
بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ
among them
قَالَ
Said
قَا ٓئِلٌ
a speaker
among them
كَمۡ
How long
لَبِثۡتُمۡۖ
have you remained
قَالُواۡ
They said
لَبِثۡنَا
We have remained
يَوۡمًا
a day
أَوۡ
or
بَعۡضَ
a part
يَوۡمٍۚ
(of) a day
They said
رَبُّكُمۡ
Your Lord
أَعۡلَمُ
knows best
بِمَا
how long
لَبِثۡتُمۡ
you have remained
فَٱ بۡ عَثُوٓ اۡ
So send
أَحَدَكُم
one of you
with this silver coin of yours
هَـٰ ذِهِۦٓ
with this silver coin of yours
إِلَى
to
the city
فَلۡيَنظ ُرۡ
and let him see
أَيُّهَآ
which is
أَزۡكَىٰ
the purest
طَعَامًا
food
and let him bring to you
provision
from it
وَلۡيَتَلَطَّفۡ
and let him be cautious
وَلَا
And let not be aware
يُشۡعِرَنّ َ
And let not be aware
بِكُمۡ
about you
أَحَدًا
١٩anyone
And similarly,1 We awakened them that they might question one another. Said a speaker from among them, "How long have you remained [here]?" They said, "We have remained a day or part of a day." They said, "Your Lord is most knowing of how long you remained. So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the city and let him look to which is the best of food and bring you provision from it and let him be cautious. And let no one be aware of you.
18:20
إِنّ َهُمۡ
Indeed, [they]
إِن
if
they come to know
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
about you
يَرۡجُمُوكُمۡ
they will stone you
أَوۡ
or
يُعِيدُوكُمۡ
return you
فِى
to
مِلَّتِهِمۡ
their religion
وَلَن
And never
will you succeed
إِذًا
then
أَبَدًا
٢٠ever
Indeed, if they come to know of you, they will stone you or return you to their religion. And never would you succeed, then - ever."
18:21
وَكَذٰ
And similarly
أَعۡثَرۡنَا
We made known
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
about them
لِيَعۡلَمُوٓ اۡ
that they might know
أَنّ َ
that
وَعۡدَ
(the) Promise
(of) Allah
حَقٌّ
(is) true
and that
(about) the Hour
لَا
(there is) no
رَيۡبَ
doubt
فِيهَآ
in it
إِذۡ
When
يَتَنَـٰ زَعُونَ
they disputed
بَيۡنَهُمۡ
among themselves
أَمۡرَهُمۡۖ
about their affair
فَقَالُواۡ
and they said
Construct
عَلَيۡهِم
over them
a structure
Their Lord
أَعۡلَمُ
knows best
بِهِمۡۚ
about them
قَالَ
Said
those who
غَلَبُواۡ
prevailed
عَلَىٰٓ
in
أَمۡرِهِمۡ
their matter
لَنَتَّخِذَنّ َ
Surely we will take
عَلَيۡهِم
over them
a place of worship
And similarly, We caused them to be found that they [who found them] would know that the promise of Allāh is truth and that of the Hour there is no doubt. [That was] when they1 disputed among themselves about their affair and [then] said, "Construct over them a structure. Their Lord is most knowing about them." Said those who prevailed in the matter, "We will surely take [for ourselves] over them a masjid."2
18:22
سَيَقُولُونَ
They say
ثَلَـٰ ثَةٌ
(they were) three
the forth of them
كَلۡبُهُمۡ
their dog
وَيَقُولُونَ
and they say
خَمۡسَةٌ
(they were) five
the sixth of them
كَلۡبُهُمۡ
their dog
رَجۡ مَۢا
guessing
about the unseen
وَيَقُولُونَ
and they say
سَبۡ عَةٌ
(they were) seven
and the eight of them
كَلۡبُهُمۡۚ
their dog
قُل
Say
رَّبِّىٓ
My Lord
أَعۡلَمُ
knows best
بِعِدَّتِهِم
their number
None
يَعۡلَمُهُمۡ
knows them
إِلَّا
except
قَلِيلٌۗ
a few
So (do) not
تُمَارِ
argue
فِيهِمۡ
about them
إِلَّا
except
مِرَا ٓءً
(with) an argument
obvious
and (do) not
تَسۡتَفۡتِ
inquire
فِيهِم
about them
among them
أَحَدًا
٢٢(from) anyone
They [i.e., people] will say there were three, the fourth of them being their dog; and they will say there were five, the sixth of them being their dog - guessing at the unseen; and they will say there were seven, and the eighth of them was their dog. Say, [O Muḥammad], "My Lord is most knowing of their number. None knows them except a few. So do not argue about them except with an obvious argument1 and do not inquire about them among [the speculators] from anyone."
18:23
وَلَا
And (do) not
تَقُولَنّ َ
say
لِشَاۡ ىۡءٍ
of anything
إِنّ ِى
Indeed, I
فَاعِلٌ
will do
that
غَدًا
٢٣tomorrow
And never say of anything, "Indeed, I will do that tomorrow,"
18:24
إِلَّآ
Except
أَن
If
Allah wills
Allah wills
وَٱ ذۡكُر
And remember
رَّبَّكَ
your Lord
إِذَا
when
نَسِيتَ
you forget
وَقُلۡ
and say
عَسَىٰٓ
Perhaps
أَن
[that]
will guide me
رَبِّى
my Lord
لِأَقۡ رَبَ
to a nearer (way)
مِنۡ
than
هَـٰ ذَا
this
رَشَدًا
٢٤right way
Except [when adding], "If Allāh wills." And remember your Lord when you forget [it] and say, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct."
18:25
وَلَبِثُواۡ
And they remained
فِى
in
كَهۡفِهِمۡ
their cave
ثَلَـٰ ثَ
(for) three
مِاۡ ئَةٍ
hundred
years
وَٱ زۡدَادُواۡ
and add
تِسۡعًا
٢٥nine
And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.1
18:26
قُلِ
Say
Allah
أَعۡلَمُ
knows best
بِمَا
about what (period)
لَبِثُواۡۖ
they remained
لَهُۥ
For Him
غَيۡبُ
(is the) unseen
(of) the heavens
وَٱ لۡأَرۡضِۖ
and the earth
أَبۡ صِرۡ
How clearly He sees
بِهِۦ
[of it]
وَأَسۡمِعۡۚ
And how clearly He hears
مَا
Not
لَهُم
for them
besides Him
besides Him
مِن
any
protector
and not
يُشۡرِكُ
He shares
فِى
[in]
حُكۡمِهِۦٓ
His Commands
أَحَدًا
٢٦(with) anyone
Say, "Allāh is most knowing of how long they remained. He has [knowledge of] the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. How Seeing is He and how Hearing! They have not besides Him any protector, and He shares not His legislation with anyone."
18:27
وَٱ تۡلُ
And recite
مَآ
what
أُوحِىَ
has been revealed
إِلَيۡكَ
to you
مِن
of
the Book
رَبِّكَۖ
(of) your Lord
لَا
None
مُبَدِّلَ
can change
لِكَلِمَـٰ تِهِۦ
His Words
وَلَن
and never
you will find
مِن
besides Him
besides Him
مُلۡتَحَدًا
٢٧a refuge
And recite, [O Muḥammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord. There is no changer of His words, and never will you find in other than Him a refuge.
18:28
وَٱ صۡبِرۡ
And be patient
نَفۡسَكَ
yourself
مَعَ
with
those who
يَدۡ عُونَ
call
رَبَّهُم
their Lord
in the morning
وَٱ لۡعَشِىِّ
and the evening
يُرِيدُونَ
desiring
وَجۡ هَهُۥ ۖ
His Face
وَلَا
And (let) not
تَعۡدُ
pass beyond
عَيۡنَاكَ
your eyes
عَنۡهُمۡ
over them
تُرِيدُ
desiring
زِينَةَ
adornment
(of) the life
(of) the world
وَلَا
and (do) not
تُطِعۡ
obey
مَنۡ
whom
أَغۡفَلۡنَا
We have made heedless
قَلۡبَهُۥ
his heart
عَن
of
Our remembrance
وَٱ تَّبَعَ
and follows
هَوَٮٰ هُ
his desires
وَكَانَ
and is
أَمۡرُهُۥ
his affair
فُرُطًا
٢٨(in) excess
And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His face [i.e., acceptance]. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.1
18:29
وَقُلِ
And say
The truth
مِن
(is) from
your Lord
فَمَن
so whoever
wills
فَلۡيُؤۡمِن
let him believe
and whoever
wills
فَلۡيَكۡفُرۡۚ
let him disbelieve
إِنّ َآ
Indeed, We
أَعۡتَدۡ نَا
have prepared
لِلظَّـٰ لِمِينَ
for the wrongdoers
نَارًا
a Fire
أَحَاطَ
will surround
بِهِمۡ
them
سُرَادِقُهَاۚ
its walls
وَإِن
And if
they call for relief
يُغَاثُواۡ
they will be relieved
بِمَا ٓءٍ
with water
like molten brass
يَشۡوِى
(which) scalds
the faces
بِئۡسَ
Wretched
(is) the drink
وَسَا ٓءَتۡ
and evil
مُرۡتَفَقًا
٢٩(is) the resting place
And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place.
18:30
إِنّ َ
Indeed
those who
ءَامَنُواۡ
believed
وَعَمِلُواۡ
and did
the good deeds
إِنّ َا
indeed, We
لَا
will not let go waste
نُضِيعُ
will not let go waste
أَجۡ رَ
(the) reward
مَنۡ
(of one) who
أَحۡسَنَ
does good
عَمَلاً
٣٠deeds
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds.
18:31
أُوۡ لَـٰٓ ئِكَ
Those
لَهُمۡ
for them
جَنّ َـٰ تُ
(are) Gardens
عَدۡ نٍ
of Eden
flows
مِن
from
underneath them
the rivers
يُحَلَّوۡنَ
They will be adorned
فِيهَا
therein
مِنۡ
[of] (with)
أَسَاوِرَ
bracelets
مِن
of
gold
and will wear
ثِيَابًا
garments
خُضۡرًا
green
of
fine silk
and heavy brocade
reclining
فِيهَا
therein
عَلَى
on
adorned couches
نِعۡمَ
Excellent
(is) the reward
وَحَسُنَتۡ
and good
مُرۡتَفَقًا
٣١(is) the resting place
Those will have gardens of perpetual residence; beneath them rivers will flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and will wear green garments of fine silk and brocade, reclining therein on adorned couches. Excellent is the reward, and good is the resting place.
18:32
۞وَٱ ضۡرِبۡ
And set forth
لَهُم
to them
the example
of two men:
جَعَلۡنَا
We provided
لِأَحَدِهِمَا
for one of them
جَنّ َتَيۡنِ
two gardens
مِنۡ
of
أَعۡنَـٰ بٍ
grapes
and We bordered them
بِنَخۡلٍ
with date-palms
and We placed
بَيۡنَهُمَا
between both of them
زَرۡعًا
٣٢crops
And present to them an example of two men: We granted to one of them two gardens of grapevines, and We bordered them with palm trees and placed between them [fields of] crops.
18:33
كِلۡتَا
Each
(of) the two gardens
ءَاتَتۡ
brought forth
أُكُلَهَا
its produce
وَلَمۡ
and not
تَظۡلِم
did wrong
of it
شَيۡــًٔاۚ
anything
And We caused to gush forth
خِلَـٰ لَهُمَا
within them
نَهَرًا
٣٣a river
Each of the two gardens produced its fruit and did not fall short thereof in anything. And We caused to gush forth within them a river.
18:34
وَكَانَ
And was
لَهُۥ
for him
ثَمَرٌ
fruit
so he said
لِصَـٰ حِبِهِۦ
to his companion
وَهُوَ
while he
يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ
(was) talking with him
أَنَاۡ
I am
أَكۡثَرُ
greater
مِنك َ
than you
مَالاً
(in) wealth
and stronger
نَفَرًا
٣٤(in) men
And he had fruit, so he said to his companion while he was conversing with him, "I am greater than you in wealth and mightier in [numbers of] men."
18:35
وَدَخَلَ
And he entered
جَنّ َتَهُۥ
his garden
وَهُوَ
while he
ظَالِمٌ
(was) unjust
to himself
قَالَ
He said
مَآ
Not
أَظُنّ ُ
I think
أَن
that
will perish
هَـٰ ذِهِۦٓ
this
أَبَدًا
٣٥ever
And he entered his garden while he was unjust to himself.1 He said, "I do not think that this will perish - ever.
18:36
وَمَآ
And not
أَظُنّ ُ
I think
the Hour
قَا ٓئِمَةً
will occur
And if
I am brought back
إِلَىٰ
to
رَبِّى
my Lord
لَأَجِدَنّ َ
I will surely find
خَيۡرًا
better
than this
مُنق َلَبًا
٣٦(as) a return
And I do not think the Hour will occur. And even if I should be brought back to my Lord, I will surely find better than this as a return."
18:37
قَالَ
Said
لَهُۥ
to him
صَاحِبُهُۥ
his companion
وَهُوَ
while he
يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ
was talking to him
أَكَفَرۡتَ
Do you disbelieve
بِٱ لَّذِى
in One Who
خَلَقَكَ
created you
مِن
from
dust
then
مِن
from
a minute quantity of semen
then
سَوَّٮٰ كَ
fashioned you
رَجُلاً
٣٧(into) a man
His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?
18:38
لَّـٰ كِنّ َاۡ
But as for me
هُوَ
He
(is) Allah
رَبِّى
my Lord
وَلَآ
and not
أُشۡرِكُ
I associate
بِرَبِّىٓ
with my Lord
أَحَدًا
٣٨anyone
But as for me, He is Allāh, my Lord, and I do not associate with my Lord anyone.
18:39
وَلَوۡلَآ
And why (did you) not
إِذۡ
when
دَخَلۡتَ
you entered
جَنّ َتَكَ
your garden
قُلۡتَ
say
مَا
What
شَا ٓءَ
wills
Allah
لَا
(there is) no
قُوَّةَ
power
إِلَّا
except
بِٱ للَّهِۚ
with Allah
إِن
If
you see me
أَنَاۡ
(me)
أَقَلَّ
lesser
مِنك َ
than you
مَالاً
(in) wealth
and children
And why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, 'What Allāh willed [has occurred]; there is no power except in Allāh'? Although you see me less than you in wealth and children,
18:40
فَعَسَىٰ
It may be
رَبِّىٓ
that my Lord
أَن
that my Lord
will give me
خَيۡرًا
better
than
your garden
وَيُرۡسِلَ
and will send
عَلَيۡهَا
upon it
حُسۡبَانًا
a calamity
from
the sky
فَتُصۡبِحَ
then it will become
صَعِيدًا
ground
slippery
It may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a [disastrous] penalty from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground,
18:41
أَوۡ
Or
يُصۡبِحَ
will become
مَا ٓؤُهَا
its water
غَوۡرًا
sunken
so never
you will be able
لَهُۥ
to find it
طَلَبًا
٤١to find it
Or its water will become sunken [into the earth], so you would never be able to seek it."
18:42
وَأُحِيطَ
And were surrounded
بِثَمَرِهِۦ
his fruits
فَأَصۡبَحَ
so he began
يُقَلِّبُ
twisting
كَفَّيۡهِ
his hands
عَلَىٰ
over
مَآ
what
أَنف َقَ
he (had) spent
فِيهَا
on it
وَهِىَ
while it (had)
خَاوِيَةٌ
collapsed
عَلَىٰ
on
عُرُوشِهَا
its trellises
وَيَقُولُ
and he said
يَـٰ لَيۡتَنِى
Oh! I wish
لَمۡ
I had not associated
أُشۡرِكۡ
I had not associated
بِرَبِّىٓ
with my Lord
أَحَدًا
٤٢anyone
And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone."1
18:43
وَلَمۡ
And not
تَكُن
was
for him
فِئَةٌ
a group
(to) help him
مِن
other than
other than
Allah
وَمَا
and not
كَانَ
was
مُنت َصِرًا
٤٣(he) supported
And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allāh, nor could he defend himself.
18:44
هُنَالِكَ
There
the protection
لِلَّهِ
(is) from Allah
the True
هُوَ
He
خَيۡرٌ
(is the) best
(to) reward
and (the) best
عُقۡ بًا
٤٤(for) the final end
There1 the authority is [completely] for Allāh, the Truth. He is best in reward and best in outcome.
18:45
وَٱ ضۡرِبۡ
And present
لَهُم
to them
the example
(of) the life
(of) the world
كَمَا ٓءٍ
like water
أَنز َلۡنَـٰ هُ
which We send down
مِنَ
from
the sky
فَٱ خۡتَلَطَ
then mingles
بِهِۦ
with it
نَبَاتُ
(the) vegetation
(of) the earth
فَأَصۡبَحَ
then becomes
هَشِيمًا
dry stalks
it (is) scattered
(by) the winds
وَكَانَ
And Allah
And Allah
عَلَىٰ
over
كُلِّ
every
شَىۡءٍ
thing
(is) All Able
And present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it1 and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allāh is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.
18:46
ٱلۡمَالُ
The wealth
وَٱ لۡبَنُونَ
and children
زِينَةُ
(are) adornment
(of) the life
(of) the world
وَٱ لۡبَـٰ قِيَـٰ تُ
But the enduring
good deeds
خَيۡرٌ
(are) better
عِند َ
near
رَبِّكَ
your Lord
ثَوَابًا
(for) reward
and better
أَمَلاً
٤٦(for) hope
Wealth and children are [but] adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord1 for reward and better for [one's] hope.
18:47
وَيَوۡمَ
And the Day
نُسَيِّرُ
We will cause (to) move
the mountains
وَتَرَى
and you will see
the earth
بَارِزَةً
(as) a leveled plain
and We will gather them
فَلَمۡ
and not
نُغَادِرۡ
We will leave behind
مِنۡهُمۡ
from them
أَحَدًا
٤٧anyone
And [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth exposed,1 and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.
18:48
وَعُرِضُواۡ
And they will be presented
عَلَىٰ
before
رَبِّكَ
your Lord
صَفًّا
(in) rows
Certainly
جِئۡتُمُونَا
you have come to Us
كَمَا
as
خَلَقۡ نَـٰ كُمۡ
We created you
أَوَّلَ
the first
مَرَّةِۭۚ
time
Nay
زَعَمۡتُمۡ
you claimed
أَلَّن
that not
We made
لَكُم
for you
an appointment
And they will be presented before your Lord in rows, [and He will say], "You have certainly come to Us just as We created you the first time. But you claimed that We would never make for you an appointment."
18:49
وَوُضِعَ
And (will) be placed
the Book
فَتَرَى
and you will see
the criminals
مُشۡفِقِينَ
fearful
مِمّ َا
of what
فِيهِ
(is) in it
وَيَقُولُونَ
and they will say
يَـٰ وَيۡلَتَنَا
Oh, woe to us
مَالِ
What (is) for
هَـٰ ذَا
this
[the] Book
لَا
not
يُغَادِرُ
leaves
صَغِيرَةً
a small
and not
كَبِيرَةً
a great
إِلَّآ
except
أَحۡصَـٰ هَاۚ
has enumerated it
وَوَجَدُواۡ
And they will find
مَا
what
عَمِلُواۡ
they did
حَاضِرًاۗ
presented
And not
يَظۡلِمُ
deals unjustly
رَبُّكَ
your Lord
أَحَدًا
٤٩(with) anyone
And the record [of deeds] will be placed [open], and you will see the criminals fearful of that within it, and they will say, "Oh, woe to us! What is this book that leaves nothing small or great except that it has enumerated it?" And they will find what they did present [before them]. And your Lord does injustice to no one.
18:50
وَإِذۡ
And when
قُلۡنَا
We said
لِلۡمَلَـٰٓ ئِكَةِ
to the Angels
Prostrate
لِأَدَمَ
to Adam
فَسَجَدُوٓ اۡ
so they prostrated
إِلَّآ
except
إِبۡ لِيسَ
Iblis
كَانَ
(He) was
مِنَ
of
the jinn
فَفَسَقَ
and he rebelled
عَنۡ
against
أَمۡرِ
the Command
رَبِّهِۦٓۗ
(of) his Lord
أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ
Will you then take him
وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ
and his offspring
أَوۡلِيَا ٓءَ
(as) protectors
مِن
other than Me
other than Me
وَهُمۡ
while they
لَكُمۡ
(are) to you
عَدُوُّۢۚ
enemies
Wretched
لِلظَّـٰ لِمِينَ
for the wrongdoers
بَدَلاً
٥٠(is) the exchange
And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from [i.e., disobeyed] the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange.
18:51
۞مَّآ
Not
أَشۡهَد تُّهُمۡ
I made them witness
خَلۡقَ
the creation
(of) the heavens
وَٱ لۡأَرۡضِ
and the earth
وَلَا
and not
خَلۡقَ
the creation
أَنف ُسِهِمۡ
(of) themselves
وَمَا
and not
كُنت ُ
I Am
مُتَّخِذَ
the One to take
the misleaders
عَضُدًا
٥١(as) helper(s)
I did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselves, and I would not have taken the misguiders as assistants.
18:52
وَيَوۡمَ
And the Day
يَقُولُ
He will say
نَادُواۡ
Call
شُرَكَا ٓءِىَ
My partners
those who
زَعَمۡتُمۡ
you claimed
فَدَعَوۡهُمۡ
then they will call them
فَلَمۡ
but not
يَسۡتَجِيبُواۡ
they will respond
لَهُمۡ
to them
وَجَعَلۡنَا
And We will make
بَيۡنَهُم
between them
a barrier
And [warn of] the Day when He will say, "Call My 'partners' whom you claimed," and they will invoke them, but they will not respond to them. And We will put between them [a valley of] destruction.
18:53
وَرَءَا
And will see
the criminals
the Fire
فَظَنّ ُوٓ اۡ
and they (will be) certain
أَنّ َهُم
that they
are to fall in it
وَلَمۡ
And not
يَجِدُواۡ
they will find
عَنۡهَا
from it
مَصۡرِفًا
٥٣a way of escape
And the criminals will see the Fire and will be certain that they are to fall therein. And they will not find from it a way elsewhere.
18:54
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
صَرَّفۡنَا
We have explained
فِى
in
هَـٰ ذَا
this
the Quran
لِلنّ َاسِ
for mankind
مِن
of
every
مَثَلٍۚ
example
But is
the man
أَكۡثَرَ
(in) most
شَىۡءٍ
things
quarrelsome
And We have certainly diversified in this Qur’ān for the people from every [kind of] example; but man has ever been, most of anything, [prone to] dispute.
18:55
وَمَا
And nothing
مَنَعَ
prevents
men
أَن
that
they believe
إِذۡ
when
جَا ٓءَهُمُ
has come to them
the guidance
وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُواۡ
and they ask forgiveness
رَبَّهُمۡ
(of) their Lord
إِلَّآ
except
أَن
that
comes to them
سُنّ َةُ
(the) way
(of) the former (people)
أَوۡ
or
يَأۡتِيَهُمُ
comes to them
the punishment
قُبُلاً
٥٥before (them)
And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there [must] befall them the [accustomed] precedent of the former peoples1 or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.
18:56
وَمَا
And not
نُرۡسِلُ
We send
the Messengers
إِلَّا
except
مُبَشِّرِينَ
(as) bearers of glad tidings
وَمُنذ ِرِينَۚ
and (as) warners
وَيُجَـٰ دِلُ
And dispute
those who
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieve
بِٱ لۡبَـٰ طِلِ
with falsehood
لِيُدۡ حِضُواۡ
to refute
بِهِ
thereby
the truth
وَٱ تَّخَذُوٓ اۡ
And they take
ءَايَـٰ تِى
My Verses
وَمَآ
and what
أُنذ ِرُواۡ
they are warned
هُزُوًا
٥٦(in) ridicule
And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. And those who disbelieve dispute by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth and have taken My verses, and that of which they are warned, in ridicule.
18:57
وَمَنۡ
And who
أَظۡلَمُ
(is) more wrong
مِمّ َن
than (he) who
is reminded
بِـَٔـايَـٰ تِ
of the Verses
رَبِّهِۦ
(of) his Lord
فَأَعۡرَضَ
but turns away
عَنۡهَا
from them
وَنَسِىَ
and forgets
مَا
what
قَدَّمَتۡ
have sent forth
يَدَاهُۚ
his hands
إِنّ َا
Indeed, We
جَعَلۡنَا
[We] have placed
عَلَىٰ
over
قُلُوبِهِمۡ
their hearts
أَكِنّ َةً
coverings
أَن
lest
they understand it
وَفِىٓ
and in
ءَاذَانِهِمۡ
their ears
وَقۡ رًاۖ
(is) deafness
And if
you call them
إِلَى
to
the guidance
فَلَن
then never
they will be guided
إِذًا
then
أَبَدًا
٥٧ever
And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord but turns away from them and forgets what his hands have put forth? Indeed, We have placed over their hearts coverings, lest they understand it, and in their ears deafness. And if you invite them to guidance - they will never be guided, then - ever.
18:58
وَرَبُّكَ
And your Lord
(is) the Most Forgiving
ذُو
Owner
(of) the Mercy
لَوۡ
If
يُؤَاخِذُهُم
He were to seize them
for what
كَسَبُواۡ
they have earned
لَعَجَّلَ
surely, He (would) have hastened
لَهُمُ
for them
the punishment
بَل
But
لَّهُم
for them
(is) an appointment
never
they will find
مِن
other than it
other than it
مَوۡئِلاً
٥٨an escape
And your Lord is the Forgiving, the possessor of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.
18:59
وَتِلۡكَ
And these
[the] towns
أَهۡلَكۡنَـٰ هُمۡ
We destroyed them
لَمّ َا
when
ظَلَمُواۡ
they wronged
وَجَعَلۡنَا
and We made
لِمَهۡلِكِهِم
for their destruction
an appointed time
And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.
18:60
وَإِذۡ
And when
قَالَ
said
مُوسَىٰ
Musa
لِفَتَـٰ هُ
to his boy
لَآ
Not
أَبۡ رَحُ
I will cease
حَتَّىٰٓ
until
أَبۡ لُغَ
I reach
مَجۡ مَعَ
the junction
(of) the two seas
أَوۡ
or
أَمۡضِىَ
I continue
حُقُبًا
٦٠(for) a long period
And [mention] when Moses said to his boy [i.e., servant], "I will not cease [traveling] until I reach the junction of the two seas or continue for a long period."
18:61
فَلَمّ َا
But when
بَلَغَا
they reached
مَجۡ مَعَ
the junction
بَيۡنِهِمَا
between them
نَسِيَا
they forgot
حُوتَهُمَا
their fish
فَٱ تَّخَذَ
and it took
سَبِيلَهُۥ
its way
فِى
into
the sea
سَرَبًا
٦١slipping away
But when they reached the junction between them, they forgot their fish, and it took its course into the sea, slipping away.
18:62
فَلَمّ َا
Then when
جَاوَزَا
they had passed beyond
قَالَ
he said
لِفَتَـٰ هُ
to his boy
ءَاتِنَا
Bring us
غَدَا ٓءَنَا
our morning meal
لَقَدۡ
Certainly
لَقِينَا
we have suffered
مِن
in
our journey
هَـٰ ذَا
this
نَصَبًا
٦٢fatigue
So when they had passed beyond it, [Moses] said to his boy, "Bring us our morning meal. We have certainly suffered in this, our journey, [much] fatigue."
18:63
قَالَ
He said
أَرَءَيۡتَ
Did you see
إِذۡ
when
أَوَيۡنَآ
we retired
إِلَى
to
the rock
فَإِنّ ِى
Then indeed, I
نَسِيتُ
[I] forgot
the fish
وَمَآ
And not
أَنۡسَـٰ نِيهُ
made me forget it
إِلَّا
except
the Shaitaan
أَنۡ
that
أَذۡكُرَهُۥ ۚ
I mention it
وَٱ تَّخَذَ
And it took
سَبِيلَهُۥ
its way
فِى
into
the sea
عَجَبًا
٦٣amazingly
He said, "Did you see when we retired to the rock? Indeed, I forgot [there] the fish. And none made me forget it except Satan - that I should mention it. And it took its course into the sea amazingly."
18:64
قَالَ
He said
ذٰ
That
مَا
(is) what
كُنّ َا
we were
نَبۡ غِۚ
seeking
فَٱ رۡتَدَّا
So they returned
عَلَىٰٓ
on
ءَاثَارِهِمَا
their footprints
قَصَصًا
٦٤retracing
[Moses] said, "That is what we were seeking." So they returned, following their footprints.
18:65
فَوَجَدَا
Then they found
عَبۡ دًا
a servant
from
عِبَادِنَآ
Our servants
ءَاتَيۡنَـٰ هُ
whom We had given
رَحۡمَةً
mercy
from
عِند ِنَا
Us
وَعَلَّمۡنَـٰ هُ
and We had taught him
مِن
from
Us
عِلۡمًا
٦٥a knowledge
And they found a servant from among Our servants [i.e., al-Khiḍr] to whom We had given mercy from Us and had taught him from Us a [certain] knowledge.
18:66
قَالَ
Said
لَهُۥ
to him
مُوسَىٰ
Musa
هَلۡ
May
أَتَّبِعُكَ
I follow you
عَلَىٰٓ
on
أَن
that
you teach me
مِمّ َا
of what
عُلِّمۡتَ
you have been taught
رُشۡدًا
٦٦(of) right guidance
Moses said to him, "May I follow you on [the condition] that you teach me from what you have been taught of sound judgement?"
18:67
قَالَ
He said
إِنّ َكَ
Indeed, you
لَن
never
will be able
مَعِىَ
with me
صَبۡ رًا
٦٧(to have) patience
He said, "Indeed, with me you will never be able to have patience.
18:68
وَكَيۡفَ
And how can
تَصۡبِرُ
you have patience
عَلَىٰ
for
مَا
what
لَمۡ
not
تُحِطۡ
you encompass
بِهِۦ
of it
خُبۡ رًا
٦٨any knowledge
And how can you have patience for what you do not encompass in knowledge?"
18:69
قَالَ
He said
سَتَجِدُنِىٓ
You will find me
إِن
if
Allah wills
Allah wills
صَابِرًا
patient
and not
أَعۡصِى
I will disobey
لَكَ
your
أَمۡرًا
٦٩order
[Moses] said, "You will find me, if Allāh wills, patient, and I will not disobey you in [any] order."
18:70
قَالَ
He said
فَإِنِ
Then if
you follow me
فَلَا
(do) not
تَسۡــَٔلۡنِى
ask me
عَن
about
anything
حَتَّىٰٓ
until
أُحۡدِثَ
I present
لَكَ
to you
مِنۡهُ
of it
ذِكۡرًا
٧٠a mention
He said, "Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention [i.e., explanation]."
18:71
فَٱ نط َلَقَا
So they both set out
حَتَّىٰٓ
until
إِذَا
when
رَكِبَا
they had embarked
فِى
on
the ship
خَرَقَهَاۖ
he made a hole in it
قَالَ
He said
أَخَرَقۡ تَهَا
Have you made a hole in it
لِتُغۡرِقَ
to drown
أَهۡلَهَا
its people
لَقَدۡ
Certainly
جِئۡتَ
you have done
شَيۡــًٔا
a thing
إِمۡرًا
٧١grave
So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing."
18:72
قَالَ
He said
أَلَمۡ
Did not
أَقُلۡ
I say
إِنّ َكَ
indeed, you
لَن
never
will be able
مَعِىَ
with me
صَبۡ رًا
٧٢(to have) patience
[Al-Khiḍr] said, "Did I not say that with me you would never be able to have patience?"
18:73
قَالَ
He said
لَا
(Do) not
تُؤَاخِذۡنِى
blame me
بِمَا
for what
نَسِيتُ
I forgot
وَلَا
and (do) not
تُرۡهِقۡ نِى
be hard (upon) me
مِنۡ
in
أَمۡرِى
my affair
عُسۡرًا
٧٣(raising) difficulty
[Moses] said, "Do not blame me for what I forgot and do not overwhelm me in my matter with difficulty."
18:74
فَٱ نط َلَقَا
Then they both set out
حَتَّىٰٓ
until
إِذَا
when
لَقِيَا
they met
غُلَـٰ مًا
a boy
then he killed him
قَالَ
He said
أَقَتَلۡتَ
Have you killed
نَفۡسًا
a soul
pure
for other than
نَفۡسٍ
a soul
Certainly
جِئۡتَ
you have done
شَيۡــًٔا
a thing
evil
So they set out, until when they met a boy, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a deplorable thing."
18:75
۞قَالَ
He said
أَلَمۡ
Did not
أَقُل
I say
لَّكَ
to you
إِنّ َكَ
that you
لَن
never
will be able
مَعِىَ
with me
صَبۡ رًا
٧٥(to have) patience
[Al-Khiḍr] said, "Did I not tell you that with me you would never be able to have patience?"
18:76
قَالَ
He said
إِن
If
I ask you
عَن
about
anything
after it
فَلَا
then (do) not
تُصَـٰ حِبۡ نِىۖ
keep me as a companion
قَدۡ
Verily
بَلَغۡتَ
you have reached
مِن
from me
from me
عُذۡرًا
٧٦an excuse
[Moses] said, "If I should ask you about anything after this, then do not keep me as a companion. You have obtained from me an excuse."
18:77
فَٱ نط َلَقَا
So they set out
حَتَّىٰٓ
until
إِذَآ
when
أَتَيَآ
they came
أَهۡلَ
(to the) people
قَرۡيَةٍ
(of) a town
they asked for food
أَهۡلَهَا
(from) its people
فَأَبَوۡاۡ
but they refused
أَن
to
offer them hospitality
فَوَجَدَا
Then they found
فِيهَا
in it
جِدَارًا
a wall
(that) want(ed)
أَن
to
collapse
فَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖ
so he set it straight
قَالَ
He said
لَوۡ
If
شِئۡتَ
you wished
لَتَّخَذۡتَ
surely you (could) have taken
عَلَيۡهِ
for it
أَجۡ رًا
٧٧a payment
So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."
18:78
قَالَ
He said
هَـٰ ذَا
This
فِرَاقُ
(is) parting
بَيۡنِى
between me
وَبَيۡنِكَۚ
and between you
سَأُنَبِّئُكَ
I will inform you
بِتَأۡوِيلِ
of (the) interpretation
مَا
(of) what
لَمۡ
not
تَسۡتَطِع
you were able
عَّلَيۡهِ
on it
صَبۡ رًا
٧٨(to have) patience
[Al-Khiḍr] said, "This is parting between me and you. I will inform you of the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience.
18:79
أَمّ َا
As for
the ship
فَكَانَتۡ
it was
لِمَسَـٰ كِينَ
of (the) poor people
يَعۡمَلُونَ
working
فِى
in
the sea
فَأَرَد تُّ
So I intended
أَنۡ
that
أَعِيبَهَا
I cause defect (in) it
وَكَانَ
(as there) was
وَرَا ٓءَهُم
after them
a king
who seized
كُلَّ
every
سَفِينَةٍ
ship
غَصۡبًا
٧٩(by) force
As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.
18:80
وَأَمّ َا
And as for
the boy
فَكَانَ
his parents were
أَبَوَاهُ
his parents were
مُؤۡمِنَيۡنِ
believers
فَخَشِينَآ
and we feared
أَن
that
he would overburden them
طُغۡيَـٰ نًا
(by) transgression
and disbelief
And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief.
18:81
فَأَرَدۡ نَآ
So we intended
أَن
that
would change for them
رَبُّهُمَا
their Lord
خَيۡرًا
a better
than him
زَكَو ٰ ةً
(in) purity
and nearer
رُحۡمًا
٨١(in) affection
So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.
18:82
وَأَمّ َا
And as for
the wall
فَكَانَ
it was
لِغُلَـٰ مَيۡنِ
for two orphan boys
يَتِيمَيۡنِ
for two orphan boys
فِى
in
the town
وَكَانَ
and was
تَحۡتَهُۥ
underneath it
كَنزٌ
a treasure
for them
وَكَانَ
and was
أَبُوهُمَا
their father
صَـٰ لِحًا
righteous
So intended
رَبُّكَ
your Lord
أَن
that
they reach
أَشُدَّهُمَا
their maturity
وَيَسۡتَخۡرِجَا
and bring forth
كَنز َهُمَا
their treasure
رَحۡمَةً
(as) a mercy
from
your Lord
وَمَا
And not
فَعَلۡتُهُۥ
I did it
عَنۡ
on
أَمۡرِىۚ
my (own) accord
ذٰ
That
تَأۡوِيلُ
(is the) interpretation
مَا
(of) what
لَمۡ
not
تَسۡطِع
you were able
عَّلَيۡهِ
on it
صَبۡ رًا
٨٢(to have) patience
And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience."
18:83
وَيَسۡــَٔلُونَكَ
And they ask you
عَن
about
Dhul-qarnain
Dhul-qarnain
قُلۡ
Say
سَأَتۡلُواۡ
I will recite
عَلَيۡكُم
to you
about him
ذِكۡرًا
٨٣a remembrance
And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, "I will recite to you about him a report."
18:84
إِنّ َا
Indeed, We
مَكَّنّ َا
[We] established
لَهُۥ
[for] him
فِى
in
the earth
وَءَاتَيۡنَـٰ هُ
and We gave him
مِن
of
every
شَىۡءٍ
thing
a means
Indeed, We established him upon the earth, and We gave him from everything a way [i.e., means].
18:85
فَأَتۡبَعَ
So he followed
سَبَبًا
٨٥a course
So he followed a way
18:86
حَتَّىٰٓ
Until
إِذَا
when
بَلَغَ
he reached
مَغۡرِبَ
(the) setting place
(of) the sun
وَجَدَهَا
he found it
تَغۡرُبُ
setting
فِى
in
عَيۡنٍ
a spring
حَمِئَةٍ
(of) dark mud
and he found
عِند َهَا
near it
قَوۡمًاۗ
a community
We said
يَـٰ ذَا
O Dhul-qarnain
O Dhul-qarnain
إِمّ َآ
Either
أَن
[that]
you punish
وَإِمّ َآ
or
أَن
[that]
you take
فِيهِمۡ
[in] them
حُسۡنًا
٨٦(with) goodness
Until, when he reached the setting of the sun [i.e., the west], he found it [as if] setting in a body of dark water,1 and he found near it a people. We [i.e., Allāh] said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, either you punish [them] or else adopt among them [a way of] goodness."
18:87
قَالَ
He said
أَمّ َا
As for
مَن
(one) who
wrongs
فَسَوۡفَ
then soon
نُعَذِّبُهُۥ
we will punish him
ثُمّ َ
Then
يُرَدُّ
he will be returned
إِلَىٰ
to
رَبِّهِۦ
his Lord
فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥ
and He will punish him
عَذَابًا
(with) a punishment
terrible
He said, "As for one who wrongs,1 we will punish him. Then he will be returned to his Lord, and He will punish him with a terrible punishment [i.e., Hellfire].
18:88
وَأَمّ َا
But as for
مَنۡ
(one) who
ءَامَنَ
believes
وَعَمِلَ
and does
صَـٰ لِحًا
righteous (deeds)
then for him
جَزَا ٓءً
(is) a reward
good
وَسَنَقُولُ
And we will speak
لَهُۥ
to him
مِنۡ
from
أَمۡرِنَا
our command
يُسۡرًا
٨٨(with) ease
But as for one who believes and does righteousness, he will have a reward of the best [i.e., Paradise], and we [i.e., Dhul-Qarnayn] will speak to him from our command with ease."
18:89
ثُمّ َ
Then
أَتۡبَعَ
he followed
سَبَبًا
٨٩(a) course
Then he followed a way
18:90
حَتَّىٰٓ
Until
إِذَا
when
بَلَغَ
he reached
مَطۡ لِعَ
(the) rising place
(of) the sun
وَجَدَهَا
and he found it
تَطۡ لُعُ
rising
عَلَىٰ
on
قَوۡمٍ
a community
not
نَجۡ عَل
We made
لَّهُم
for them
against it
against it
سِتۡرًا
٩٠any shelter
Until, when he came to the rising of the sun [i.e., the east], he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.
18:91
كَذٰ
Thus
وَقَدۡ
And verily
أَحَطۡ نَا
We encompassed
بِمَا
of what
لَدَيۡهِ
(was) with him
خُبۡ رًا
٩١(of the) information
Thus.1 And We had encompassed [all] that he had in knowledge.
18:92
ثُمّ َ
Then
أَتۡبَعَ
he followed
سَبَبًا
٩٢a course
Then he followed a way.
18:93
حَتَّىٰٓ
Until
إِذَا
when
بَلَغَ
he reached
بَيۡنَ
between
the two mountains
وَجَدَ
he found
مِن
besides them
besides them
قَوۡمًا
a community
not
يَكَادُونَ
who would almost
يَفۡقَهُونَ
understand
قَوۡلاً
٩٣(his) speech
Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech.
18:94
قَالُواۡ
They said
يَـٰ ذَا
O Dhul-qarnain
O Dhul-qarnain
إِنّ َ
Indeed
يَأۡجُوجَ
Yajuj
وَمَأۡجُوجَ
and Majuj
مُفۡسِدُونَ
(are) corrupters
فِى
in
the land
فَهَلۡ
So may
نَجۡ عَلُ
we make
لَكَ
for you
خَرۡجًا
an expenditure
عَلَىٰٓ
[on]
أَن
that
you make
بَيۡنَنَا
between us
وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ
and between them
سَدًّا
٩٤a barrier
They said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog1 are [great] corrupters in the land. So may we assign for you an expenditure that you might make between us and them a barrier?"
18:95
قَالَ
He said
مَا
What
مَكَّنّ ِى
has established me
فِيهِ
[in it]
رَبِّى
my Lord
خَيۡرٌ
(is) better
but assist me
بِقُوَّةٍ
with strength
أَجۡ عَلۡ
I will make
بَيۡنَكُمۡ
between you
وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ
and between them
رَدۡ مًا
٩٥a barrier
He said, "That in which my Lord has established me is better [than what you offer], but assist me with strength [i.e., manpower]; I will make between you and them a dam.
18:96
ءَاتُونِى
Bring me
زُبَرَ
sheets
(of) iron
حَتَّىٰٓ
until
إِذَا
when
سَاوَىٰ
he (had) leveled
بَيۡنَ
between
the two cliffs
قَالَ
he said
Blow
حَتَّىٰٓ
until
إِذَا
when
جَعَلَهُۥ
he made it
نَارًا
fire
he said
ءَاتُونِىٓ
Bring me
أُفۡرِغۡ
I pour
عَلَيۡهِ
over it
قِطۡ رًا
٩٦molten copper
Bring me bars of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."
18:97
فَمَا
So not
they were able
أَن
to
scale it
وَمَا
and not
they were able
لَهُۥ
in it
نَقۡ بًا
٩٧(to do) any penetration
So they [i.e., Gog and Magog] were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.
18:98
قَالَ
He said
هَـٰ ذَا
This
رَحۡمَةٌ
(is) a mercy
from
my Lord
فَإِذَا
But when
جَا ٓءَ
comes
وَعۡدُ
(the) Promise
رَبِّى
(of) my Lord
جَعَلَهُۥ
He will make it
دَكَّا ٓءَۖ
level
وَكَانَ
And is
وَعۡدُ
(the) Promise
رَبِّى
(of) my Lord
حَقًّا
٩٨true
[Dhul-Qarnayn] said, "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord1 comes [i.e., approaches], He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true."
18:99
۞وَتَرَكۡنَا
And We (will) leave
بَعۡضَهُمۡ
some of them
يَوۡمَئِذٍ
(on) that Day
to surge
فِى
over
بَعۡضٍۖ
others
and (will be) blown
فِى
in
the trumpet
فَجَمَعۡنَـٰ هُمۡ
then We (will) gather them
جَمۡعًا
٩٩all together
And We will leave them that day1 surging over each other, and [then] the Horn will be blown, and We will assemble them in [one] assembly.
18:100
وَعَرَضۡنَا
And We (will) present
جَهَنّ َمَ
Hell
يَوۡمَئِذٍ
(on) that Day
to the disbelievers
عَرۡضًا
١٠٠(on) display
And We will present Hell that Day to the disbelievers, on display -
18:101
ٱلَّذِينَ
Those
كَانَتۡ
had been
أَعۡيُنُهُمۡ
their eyes
فِى
within
غِطَا ٓءٍ
a cover
عَن
from
My remembrance
وَكَانُواۡ
and were
لَا
not
يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ
able
سَمۡعًا
١٠١(to) hear
Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance,1 and they were not able to hear.2
18:102
أَفَحَسِبَ
Do then think
those who
كَفَرُوٓ اۡ
disbelieve
أَن
that
they (can) take
عِبَادِى
My servants
مِن
besides Me
besides Me
أَوۡلِيَا ٓءَۚ
(as) protectors
إِنّ َآ
Indeed, We
أَعۡتَدۡ نَا
We have prepared
جَهَنّ َمَ
Hell
لِلۡكَـٰ فِرِينَ
for the disbelievers
نُزُلاً
١٠٢(as) a lodging
Then do those who disbelieve think that they can take My servants instead of Me as allies? Indeed, We have prepared Hell for the disbelievers as a lodging.
18:103
قُلۡ
Say
هَلۡ
Shall
نُنَبِّئُكُم
We inform you
of the greatest losers
أَعۡمَـٰ لاً
١٠٣(as to their) deeds
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Shall we [believers] inform you of the greatest losers as to [their] deeds?
18:104
ٱلَّذِينَ
Those
ضَلَّ
is lost
سَعۡيُهُمۡ
their effort
فِى
in
the life
(of) the world
وَهُمۡ
while they
يَحۡسَبُونَ
think
أَنّ َهُمۡ
that they
يُحۡسِنُونَ
(were) acquiring good
صُنۡعًا
١٠٤(in) work
[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."
18:105
أُوۡ لَـٰٓ ئِكَ
Those
(are) the ones who
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieve
بِـَٔـايَـٰ تِ
in the Verses
رَبِّهِمۡ
(of) their Lord
وَلِقَا ٓئِهِۦ
and the meeting (with) Him
فَحَبِطَتۡ
So (are) vain
أَعۡمَـٰ لُهُمۡ
their deeds
فَلَا
so not
نُقِيمُ
We will assign
لَهُمۡ
for them
يَوۡمَ
(on) the Day
(of) the Resurrection
وَزۡنًا
١٠٥any weight
Those are the ones who disbelieve in the verses of their Lord and in [their] meeting Him, so their deeds have become worthless; and We will not assign to them on the Day of Resurrection any weight [i.e., importance].
18:106
ذٰ
That
جَزَا ٓؤُهُمۡ
(is) their recompense
جَهَنّ َمُ
Hell
بِمَا
because
كَفَرُواۡ
they disbelieved
وَٱ تَّخَذُوٓ اۡ
and took
ءَايَـٰ تِى
My Verses
وَرُسُلِى
and My Messengers
هُزُوًا
١٠٦(in) ridicule
That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.
18:107
إِنّ َ
Indeed
those who
ءَامَنُواۡ
believed
وَعَمِلُواۡ
and did
righteous deeds
كَانَتۡ
for them will be
لَهُمۡ
for them will be
جَنّ َـٰ تُ
Gardens
(of) the Paradise
نُزُلاً
١٠٧(as) a lodging
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - they will have the Gardens of Paradise1 as a lodging,
18:108
خَـٰ لِدِينَ
Abiding forever
فِيهَا
in it
لَا
Not
يَبۡ غُونَ
they will desire
عَنۡهَا
from it
حِوَلاً
١٠٨any transfer
Wherein they abide eternally. They will not desire from it any transfer.
18:109
قُل
Say
لَّوۡ
If
كَانَ
were
the sea
مِدَادًا
ink
for (the) Words
رَبِّى
(of) my Lord
لَنَفِدَ
surely (would be) exhausted
the sea
قَبۡ لَ
before
أَن
[that]
(were) exhausted
كَلِمَـٰ تُ
(the) Words
رَبِّى
(of) my Lord
وَلَوۡ
even if
جِئۡنَا
We brought
بِمِثۡلِهِۦ
(the) like (of) it
مَدَدًا
١٠٩(as) a supplement
Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words1 of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it in [continual] supplement."
18:110
قُلۡ
Say
إِنّ َمَآ
Only
أَنَاۡ
I
بَشَرٌ
(am) a man
like you
يُوحَىٰٓ
Has been revealed
إِلَىَّ
to me
أَنّ َمَآ
that
إِلَـٰ هُكُمۡ
your God
إِلَـٰ هٌ
(is) God
One
So whoever
is
يَرۡجُواۡ
hoping
لِقَا ٓءَ
(for the) meeting
رَبِّهِۦ
(with) his Lord
فَلۡيَعۡمَلۡ
let him do
عَمَلاً
deeds
righteous
and not
يُشۡرِكۡ
associate
بِعِبَادَةِ
in (the) worship
رَبِّهِۦٓ
(of) his Lord
أَحَدَۢا
١١٠anyone
Say, "I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God. So whoever would hope for the meeting with his Lord - let him do righteous work and not associate in the worship of his Lord anyone."