Surah 18 of 114
الكهف
Al-Kahf · The Cave
110 verses · Revealed in Makkah
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بِسْمِ
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18:1
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
ٱ لَّذِىٓ أَنز َلَ عَلَىٰ عَبْ دِهِٱ لْكِتَٰ بَ وَلَمْ يَجْ عَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَاۜ ١Alhamdu lillahi allatheeanzala AAala AAabdihi alkitaba walam yajAAal lahuAAiwaja
All praise belongs to Allah, who has sent down the Book to His servant and did not let any crookedness be in it,Ali Quli Qarai
[All] praise is [due] to Allāh, who has sent down upon His Servant [Muḥammad (ﷺ)] the Book and has not made therein any deviance.Saheeh International
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18:2
قَيِّ
مً ۭا ل ِّيُنذ ِرَ بَأْسً ۭا ش َدِيدً ۭا م ِّن ل َّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَٱ لْمُؤْمِنِينَٱ لَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَٱ ل صَّٰ لِحَٰ تِ أَنّ َ لَهُمْ أَجْ رًا حَسَنًۭا ٢Qayyiman liyunthira ba/san shadeedanmin ladunhu wayubashshira almu/mineena allatheenayaAAmaloona assalihati anna lahum ajran hasana
[a Book] upright, to warn of a severe punishment from Him, and to give good news to the faithful who do righteous deeds, that there shall be for them a good reward,Ali Quli Qarai
[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]Saheeh International
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18:3
مَّ
ٰ كِثِينَ فِيهِ أَبَدًۭا ٣Makitheena feehi abada
to abide in it forever,Ali Quli Qarai
In which they will remain foreverSaheeh International
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18:4
وَيُ
نذ ِرَٱ لَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ ٱ تَّخَذَٱ للَّهُ وَلَدًۭا ٤Wayunthira allatheena qalooittakhatha Allahu walada
and to warn those who say, ‘Allah has taken a son.’Ali Quli Qarai
And to warn those who say, "Allāh has taken a son."Saheeh International
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18:5
مَّا لَه
ُم ب ِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ ۢو َلَا لَِٔابَا ٓئِهِمْ ۚ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً ۭت َخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰ هِهِمْ ۚ إِن ي َقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبًۭا ٥Ma lahum bihi min AAilmin walali-aba-ihim kaburat kalimatan takhruju min afwahihimin yaqooloona illa kathiba
They do not have any knowledge of that, nor did their fathers. Monstrous is the utterance that comes out of their mouths, and they say nothing but a lie.Ali Quli Qarai
They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.Saheeh International
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18:6
فَلَعَلَّكَ بَ
ٰ خِعٌ ۭن َّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰ رِهِمْ إِن ل َّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَٰ ذَاٱ لْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا ٦FalaAAallaka bakhiAAun nafsaka AAalaatharihim in lam yu/minoo bihatha alhadeethiasafa
You are liable to imperil your life out of grief for their sake, if they should not believe this discourse.Ali Quli Qarai
Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muḥammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.Saheeh International
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18:7
إِ
نّ َا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَىٱ لْأَرْضِ زِينَةً ۭل َّهَا لِنَبْ لُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًۭا ٧Inna jaAAalna ma AAalaal-ardi zeenatan laha linabluwahum ayyuhum ahsanuAAamala
Indeed We have made whatever is on the earth an adornment for it that We may test them [to see] which of them is best in conduct.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:8
وَإِ
نّ َا لَجَٰ عِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيدً ۭا ج ُرُزًا ٨Wa-inna lajaAAiloona maAAalayha saAAeedan juruza
And indeed We will turn whatever is on it into a barren plain.Ali Quli Qarai
And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.Saheeh International
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18:9
أَمْ حَسِ
بْ تَ أَنّ َ أَصْحَٰ بَٱ لْكَهْفِ وَٱ ل رَّقِيمِ كَانُوا۟ مِنْ ءَايَٰ تِنَا عَجَبًا ٩Am hasibta anna as-habaalkahfi warraqeemi kanoo min ayatinaAAajaba
Do you suppose that the Companions of the Cave and the Inscription were among Our wonderful signs?Ali Quli Qarai
Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?Saheeh International
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18:10
إِذْ أَوَى
ٱ لْفِتْيَةُ إِلَىٱ لْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا مِن ل َّدُنك َ رَحْمَةً ۭو َهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًۭا ١٠Ith awa alfityatu ilaalkahfi faqaloo rabbana atina minladunka rahmatan wahayyi/ lana min amrinarashada
When the youths took refuge in the Cave, they said, ‘Our Lord! Grant us a mercy from Yourself, and help us on to rectitude in our affair.’Ali Quli Qarai
[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."Saheeh International
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18:11
فَضَرَ
بْ نَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ فِىٱ لْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًۭا ١١Fadarabna AAala athanihimfee alkahfi sineena AAadada
So We put them to sleep in the Cave for several years.Ali Quli Qarai
So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.Saheeh International
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18:12
ثُ
مّ َ بَعَثْنَٰ هُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَىُّٱ لْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓ ا۟ أَمَدًۭا ١٢Thumma baAAathnahum linaAAlama ayyualhizbayni ahsa lima labithoo amada
Then We aroused them that We might know which of the two groups better reckoned the period they had stayed.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:13
نَّحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَه
ُم ب ِٱ لْحَقِّ ۚ إِنّ َهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْ نَٰ هُمْ هُدًۭى ١٣Nahnu naqussu AAalaykanabaahum bilhaqqi innahum fityatun amanoobirabbihim wazidnahum huda
We relate to you their account in truth. They were indeed youths who had faith in their Lord, and We had enhanced them in guidance,Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:14
وَرَبَ
طْ نَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا۟ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا رَبُّٱ ل سَّمَٰ وَٰ تِ وَٱ لْأَرْضِ لَن ن َّدْ عُوَا۟ مِن د ُونِهِۦٓ إِلَٰ هً ۭا ۖ ل َّقَدْ قُلْنَآ إِذً ۭا ش َطَطًا ١٤Warabatna AAalaquloobihim ith qamoo faqaloo rabbunarabbu assamawati wal-ardilan nadAAuwa min doonihi ilahan laqad qulna ithanshatata
and fortified their hearts, when they stood up and said, ‘Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. We will never invoke any god besides Him, for then we shall certainly have said an atrocious lie.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:15
هَ
ٰٓ ؤُلَا ٓءِ قَوْمُنَاٱ تَّخَذُوا۟ مِن د ُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً ۭۖ ل َّوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِم ب ِسُلْطَٰ نٍۭ ب َيِّنٍ ۢۖ ف َمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمّ َنِٱ فْتَرَىٰ عَلَىٱ للَّهِ كَذِبًۭا ١٥Haola-i qawmuna ittakhathoomin doonihi alihatan lawla ya/toona AAalayhim bisultaninbayyinin faman athlamu mimmani iftara AAalaAllahi kathiba
These—our people—have taken gods besides Him. Why do they not bring any clear authority touching them? So who is a greater wrongdoer than he who fabricates a lie against Allah?Ali Quli Qarai
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?"Saheeh International
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18:16
وَإِذِ
ٱ عْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّاٱ للَّهَ فَأْوُۥٓا۟ إِلَىٱ لْكَهْفِ يَنش ُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم م ِّن ر َّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم م ِّنْ أَمْرِكُم م ِّرْفَقًۭا ١٦Wa-ithi iAAtazaltumoohum wamayaAAbudoona illa Allaha fa/woo ila alkahfiyanshur lakum rabbukum min rahmatihi wayuhayyi/ lakum minamrikum mirfaqa
When you have dissociated yourselves from them and from what they worship except Allah, then take refuge in the Cave. Your Lord will unfold His mercy for you, and He will help you on to ease in your affair.’Ali Quli Qarai
[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."Saheeh International
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18:17
۞ وَتَرَى
ٱ ل شَّمْسَ إِذَا طَلَعَت تَّزَٰ وَرُ عَن ك َهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَٱ لْيَمِينِ وَإِذَا غَرَبَت تَّقْ رِضُهُمْ ذَاتَٱ ل شِّمَالِ وَهُمْ فِى فَجْ وَةٍ ۢم ِّنْهُ ۚ ذَٰ لِكَ مِنْ ءَايَٰ تِٱ للَّهِ ۗ مَن ي َهْدِٱ للَّهُ فَهُوَٱ لْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن ي ُضْلِلْ فَلَن ت َجِدَ لَهُۥ وَلِيًّ ۭا م ُّرْشِدًۭا ١٧Watara ashshamsa itha talaAAattazawaru AAan kahfihim thata alyameeni wa-ithagharabat taqriduhum thata ashshimaliwahum fee fajwatin minhu thalika min ayatiAllahi man yahdi Allahu fahuwa almuhtadi waman yudlilfalan tajida lahu waliyyan murshida
You may see the sun, when it rises, slanting toward the right of their cave, and, when it sets, cut across them towards the left, and they are in a cavern within it. That is one of Allah’s signs. Whomever Allah guides is rightly guided, and whomever He leads astray, you will never find for him any guardian or guide.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:18
وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَا
ظً ۭا و َهُمْ رُقُودٌ ۭۚ و َنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَٱ لْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَٱ ل شِّمَالِ ۖ وَكَلْبُهُم ب َٰ سِطٌ ۭذ ِرَاعَيْهِ بِٱ لْوَصِيدِ ۚ لَوِٱ طَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارً ۭا و َلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًۭا ١٨Watahsabuhum ayqathanwahum ruqoodun wanuqallibuhum thata alyameeni wathataashshimali wakalbuhum basitun thiraAAayhibilwaseedi lawi ittalaAAta AAalayhimlawallayta minhum firaran walamuli/ta minhum ruAAba
You will suppose them to be awake, although they are asleep. We turn them to the right and to the left, and their dog [lies] stretching its forelegs at the threshold. If you come upon them, you will surely turn to flee from them, and you will surely be filled with a terror of them.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:19
وَكَذَ
ٰ لِكَ بَعَثْنَٰ هُمْ لِيَتَسَا ٓءَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ قَالَ قَا ٓئِلٌ ۭم ِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ۢۚ ق َالُوا۟ رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَٱ بْ عَثُوٓ ا۟ أَحَدَكُم ب ِوَرِقِكُمْ هَٰ ذِهِۦٓ إِلَىٱ لْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَنظ ُرْ أَيُّهَآ أَزْكَىٰ طَعَامً ۭا ف َلْيَأْتِكُم ب ِرِزْقٍ ۢم ِّنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنّ َ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا ١٩Wakathalika baAAathnahumliyatasaaloo baynahum qala qa-ilun minhumkam labithtum qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAdayawmin qaloo rabbukum aAAlamu bima labithtum fabAAathooahadakum biwariqikum hathihi ila almadeenatifalyanthur ayyuha azka taAAamanfalya/tikum birizqin minhu walyatalattaf walayushAAiranna bikum ahada
So it was that We aroused them [from sleep] so that they might question one another. One of them said, ‘How long have you stayed [here]?’ They said, ‘We have stayed a day, or part of a day.’ They said, ‘Your Lord knows best how long you have stayed. Send one of you to the city with this money. Let him observe which of them has the purest food, and bring you provisions from there. Let him be attentive, and let him not make anyone aware of you.Ali Quli Qarai
And similarly, 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.Saheeh International
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18:20
إِ
نّ َهُمْ إِن ي َظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوكُمْ أَوْ يُعِيدُوكُمْ فِى مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَن ت ُفْلِحُوٓ ا۟ إِذًا أَبَدًۭا ٢٠Innahum in yathharoo AAalaykumyarjumookum aw yuAAeedookum fee millatihim walan tuflihooithan abada
Indeed should they prevail over you, they will [either] stone you [to death], or force you back into their creed, and then you will never be saved. ’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:21
وَكَذَ
ٰ لِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوٓ ا۟ أَنّ َ وَعْدَٱ للَّهِ حَقٌّ ۭو َأَنّ َٱ ل سَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَآ إِذْ يَتَنَٰ زَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ ۖ فَقَالُوا۟ ٱ بْ نُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم ب ُنْيَٰ نً ۭا ۖ ر َّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ۚ قَالَٱ لَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنّ َ عَلَيْهِم م َّسْجِدًۭا ٢١Wakathalika aAAtharnaAAalayhim liyaAAlamoo anna waAAda Allahi haqqunwaanna asaAAata la rayba feeha ithyatanazaAAoona baynahum amrahum faqaloo ibnooAAalayhim bunyanan rabbuhum aAAlamu bihim qala allatheenaghalaboo AAala amrihim lanattakhithanna AAalayhimmasjida
So it was that We let them come upon them, that they might know that Allah’s promise is true, and that there is no doubt in the Hour. As they disputed among themselves about their matter, they said, ‘Build a building over them. Their Lord knows them best.’ Those who had the say in their matter said, ‘We will set up a place of worship over them.’Ali Quli Qarai
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 they 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."Saheeh International
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18:22
سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلَ
ٰ ثَةٌ ۭر َّابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ ۭس َادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْ مًۢا ب ِٱ لْغَيْبِ ۖ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْ عَةٌ ۭو َثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ ۚ قُل رَّبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِم م َّا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ ۭۗ ف َلَا تُمَارِ فِيهِمْ إِلَّا مِرَا ٓءً ۭظ َٰ هِرً ۭا و َلَا تَسْتَفْتِ فِيهِم م ِّنْهُمْ أَحَدًۭا ٢٢Sayaqooloona thalathatun rabiAAuhumkalbuhum wayaqooloona khamsatun sadisuhum kalbuhum rajmanbilghaybi wayaqooloona sabAAatun wathaminuhumkalbuhum qul rabbee aAAlamu biAAiddatihim ma yaAAlamuhumilla qaleelun fala tumari feehim illamiraan thahiran wala tastaftifeehim minhum ahada
They will say, ‘[They are] three; their dog is the fourth of them,’ and say, ‘[They are] five, their dog is the sixth of them,’ taking a shot at the invisible. They will say, ‘[They are] seven, their dog is the eighth of them.’ Say, ‘My Lord knows best their number, and none knows them except a few.’ So do not dispute concerning them, except for a seeming dispute, and do not question about them any of them.Ali Quli Qarai
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 argument and do not inquire about them among [the speculators] from anyone."Saheeh International
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18:23
وَلَا تَقُولَ
نّ َ لِشَا۟ ىْءٍ إِنّ ِى فَاعِلٌ ۭذ َٰ لِكَ غَدًا ٢٣Wala taqoolanna lishay-in innee faAAilunthalika ghada
Do not say about anything, ‘I will indeed do it tomorrow,’Ali Quli Qarai
And never say of anything, "Indeed, I will do that tomorrow,"Saheeh International
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18:24
إِلّ
َآ أَن ي َشَا ٓءَٱ للَّهُ ۚ وَٱ ذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن ي َهْدِيَنِ رَبِّى لِأَقْ رَبَ مِنْ هَٰ ذَا رَشَدًۭا ٢٤Illa an yashaa Allahuwathkur rabbaka itha naseeta waqul AAasaan yahdiyani rabbee li-aqraba min hatha rashada
without [adding], ‘God willing.’ And when you forget, remember your Lord, and say, ‘Maybe my Lord will guide me to [something] more akin to rectitude than this.’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:25
وَلَبِثُو
ا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَٰ ثَ مِا۟ ئَةٍ ۢس ِنِينَ وَٱ زْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًۭا ٢٥Walabithoo fee kahfihim thalathami-atin sineena wazdadoo tisAAa
They remained in the Cave for three hundred years, and added nine more [to that number].Ali Quli Qarai
And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.Saheeh International
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18:26
قُلِ
ٱ للَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُوا۟ ۖ لَهُۥ غَيْبُٱ ل سَّمَٰ وَٰ تِ وَٱ لْأَرْضِ ۖ أَبْ صِرْ بِهِۦ وَأَسْمِعْ ۚ مَا لَهُم م ِّن د ُونِهِۦ مِن و َلِىٍّ ۢو َلَا يُشْرِكُ فِى حُكْمِهِۦٓ أَحَدًۭا ٢٦Quli Allahu aAAlamu bimalabithoo lahu ghaybu assamawati wal-ardiabsir bihi waasmiAA ma lahum min doonihi minwaliyyin wala yushriku fee hukmihi ahada
Say, ‘Allah knows best how long they remained. To Him belongs the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. How well does He see! How well does He hear! They have no guardian besides Him, and none shares with Him in His judgement.’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:27
وَ
ٱ تْلُ مَآ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ مِن ك ِتَابِ رَبِّكَ ۖ لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَٰ تِهِۦ وَلَن ت َجِدَ مِن د ُونِهِۦ مُلْتَحَدًۭا ٢٧Watlu ma oohiya ilaykamin kitabi rabbika la mubaddila likalimatihiwalan tajida min doonihi multahada
Recite what has been revealed to you from the Book of your Lord. Nothing can change His words, and you will never find any refuge besides Him.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:28
وَ
ٱ صْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَٱ لَّذِينَ يَدْ عُونَ رَبَّهُم ب ِٱ لْغَدَو ٰ ةِ وَٱ لْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْ هَهُۥ ۖ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَٱ لْحَيَو ٰ ةِٱ ل دُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُۥ عَن ذ ِكْرِنَا وَٱ تَّبَعَ هَوَىٰ هُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُۥ فُرُطًۭا ٢٨Wasbir nafsaka maAAa allatheenayadAAoona rabbahum bilghadati walAAashiyyiyureedoona wajhahu wala taAAdu AAaynaka AAanhumtureedu zeenata alhayati addunya walatutiAA man aghfalna qalbahu AAan thikrinawattabaAAa hawahu wakana amruhu furuta
Content yourself with the company of those who supplicate their Lord morning and evening, desiring His Face, and do not lose sight of them, desiring the glitter of the life of this world. And do not obey him whose heart We have made oblivious to Our remembrance, and who follows his own desires, and whose conduct is [mere] profligacy.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:29
وَقُلِ
ٱ لْحَقُّ مِن ر َّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَن ش َا ٓءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن و َمَن ش َا ٓءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ ۚ إِنّ َآ أَعْتَدْ نَا لِلظَّٰ لِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا ۚ وَإِن ي َسْتَغِيثُوا۟ يُغَاثُوا۟ بِمَا ٓءٍ ۢك َٱ لْمُهْلِ يَشْوِىٱ لْوُجُوهَ ۚ بِئْسَٱ ل شَّرَابُ وَسَا ٓءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا ٢٩Waquli alhaqqu min rabbikum faman shaafalyu/min waman shaa falyakfur inna aAAtadnaliththalimeena naran ahatabihim suradiquha wa-in yastagheethoo yughathoobima-in kalmuhli yashwee alwujooha bi/sa ashsharabuwasaat murtafaqa
And say, ‘[This is] the truth from your Lord: let anyone who wishes believe it, and let anyone who wishes disbelieve it.’ Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire whose curtains will surround them [on all sides]. If they cry out for help, they will be helped with a water like molten copper, which will scald their faces. What an evil drink, and how ill a resting place!Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:30
إِ
نّ َٱ لَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱ ل صَّٰ لِحَٰ تِ إِنّ َا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْ رَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا ٣٠Inna allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati inna lanudeeAAu ajra man ahsana AAamala
As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds—indeed We do not waste the reward of those who are good in deeds.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:31
أُ
و۟ لَٰٓ ئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنّ َٰ تُ عَدْ نٍ ۢت َجْ رِى مِن ت َحْتِهِمُٱ لْأَنْهَٰ رُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذ َهَبٍ ۢو َيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا خُضْرً ۭا م ِّن س ُند ُسٍ ۢو َإِسْتَبْ رَقٍ ۢم ُّتَّكِِٔينَ فِيهَا عَلَىٱ لْأَرَا ٓئِكِ ۚ نِعْمَٱ ل ثَّوَابُ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقًۭا ٣١Ola-ika lahum jannatu AAadnintajree min tahtihimu al-anharu yuhallawnafeeha min asawira min thahabin waylbasoonathiyaban khudran min sundusin wa-istabraqinmuttaki-eena feeha AAala al-ara-iki niAAma aththawabuwahasunat murtafaqa
For such there will be the gardens of Eden with streams running in them. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and wear green garments of silk and brocade, reclining therein on couches. How excellent a reward, and how good a resting place!Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:32
۞ وَ
ٱ ضْرِبْ لَهُم م َّثَلً ۭار َّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنّ َتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَٰ بٍ ۢو َحَفَفْنَٰ هُمَا بِنَخْلٍ ۢو َجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًۭا ٣٢Wadrib lahum mathalanrajulayni jaAAalna li-ahadihima jannataynimin aAAnabin wahafafnahuma binakhlinwajaAAalna baynahuma zarAAa
Draw for them the parable of two men for each of whom We had made two gardens of vines, and We had surrounded them with date palms, and placed crops between them.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:33
كِلْتَا
ٱ لْجَنّ َتَيْنِ ءَاتَتْ أُكُلَهَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِم م ِّنْهُ شَئًْ ۭا ۚ و َفَجَّرْنَا خِلَٰ لَهُمَا نَهَرًۭا ٣٣Kilta aljannatayni atat okulahawalam tathlim minhu shay-an wafajjarna khilalahumanahara
Both gardens yielded their produce without stinting anything of it. And We had set a stream gushing through them.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:34
وَكَانَ لَهُ
ۥ ثَمَرٌ ۭف َقَالَ لِصَٰ حِبِهِۦ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَنَا۠ أَكْثَرُ مِنك َ مَالً ۭاو َأَعَزُّ نَفَرًۭا ٣٤Wakana lahu thamarun faqala lisahibihiwahuwa yuhawiruhu ana aktharu minka malanwaaAAazzu nafara
He had abundant fruits, so he said to his companion, as he conversed with him: ‘I have more wealth than you, and am stronger with respect to numbers.’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:35
وَدَخَلَ جَ
نّ َتَهُۥ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ ۭل ِّنَفْسِهِۦ قَالَ مَآ أَظُنّ ُ أَن ت َبِيدَ هَٰ ذِهِۦٓ أَبَدًۭا ٣٥Wadakhala jannatahu wahuwa thalimunlinafsihi qala ma athunnu an tabeedahathihi abada
He entered his garden while he wronged himself. He said, ‘I do not think that this will ever perish,Ali Quli Qarai
And he entered his garden while he was unjust to himself. He said, "I do not think that this will perish - ever.Saheeh International
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18:36
وَم
َآ أَظُنّ ُٱ ل سَّاعَةَ قَا ٓئِمَةً ۭو َلَئِن ر ُّدِد تُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى لَأَجِدَنّ َ خَيْرً ۭا م ِّنْهَا مُنق َلَبًۭا ٣٦Wama athunnu assaAAataqa-imatan wala-in rudidtu ila rabbee laajidannakhayran minha munqalaba
and I do not think that the Hour will ever set in. And even if I am returned to my Lord I will surely find a resort better than this.’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:37
قَالَ لَهُ
ۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱ لَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن ت ُرَابٍ ۢث ُمّ َ مِن ن ُّطْ فَةٍ ۢث ُمّ َ سَوَّىٰ كَ رَجُلًۭا ٣٧Qala lahu sahibuhu wahuwa yuhawiruhuakafarta billathee khalaqaka min turabinthumma min nutfatin thumma sawwaka rajula
His companion said to him, as he conversed with him: ‘Do you disbelieve in Him who created you from dust, then from a drop of [seminal] fluid, then fashioned you as a man?Ali Quli Qarai
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?Saheeh International
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18:38
لَّ
ٰ كِنّ َا۠ هُوَٱ للَّهُ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًۭا ٣٨Lakinna huwa Allahu rabbee walaoshriku birabbee ahada
But I [say], ‘‘He is Allah, my Lord,’’ and I do not ascribe any partner to my Lord.Ali Quli Qarai
But as for me, He is Allāh, my Lord, and I do not associate with my Lord anyone.Saheeh International
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18:39
وَلَوْل
َآ إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنّ َتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَا ٓءَٱ للَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱ للَّهِ ۚ إِن ت َرَنِ أَنَا۠ أَقَلَّ مِنك َ مَالً ۭاو َوَلَدًۭا ٣٩Walawla ith dakhalta jannatakaqulta ma shaa Allahu la quwwata illabillahi in tarani ana aqalla minka malanwawalada
Why did you not say, when you entered your garden, ‘‘[This is] as Allah has willed! There is no power except by Allah!’’ If you see that I have lesser wealth than you and children,Ali Quli Qarai
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,Saheeh International
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18:40
فَعَسَىٰ رَبّ
ِىٓ أَن ي ُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْرً ۭا م ِّن ج َنّ َتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَانً ۭا م ِّنَٱ ل سَّمَا ٓءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيدً ۭا ز َلَقًا ٤٠FaAAasa rabbee an yu/tiyani khayranmin jannatika wayursila AAalayha husbananmina assama-i fatusbiha saAAeedanzalaqa
maybe my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden, and He will unleash upon it bolts from the sky, so that it becomes a bare plain.Ali Quli Qarai
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,Saheeh International
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18:41
أَوْ يُصْبِحَ م
َا ٓؤُهَا غَوْرً ۭا ف َلَن ت َسْتَطِيعَ لَهُۥ طَلَبًۭا ٤١Aw yusbiha maohaghawran falan tastateeAAa lahu talaba
Or its water will sink down, so that you will never be able to obtain it.’Ali Quli Qarai
Or its water will become sunken [into the earth], so you would never be able to seek it."Saheeh International
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18:42
وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِه
ِۦ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنف َقَ فِيهَا وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَٰ لَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًۭا ٤٢Waoheeta bithamarihi faasbahayuqallibu kaffayhi AAala ma anfaqa feehawahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshihawayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oshrik birabbee ahada
And ruin closed in on his produce, and he began to wring his hands for what he had spent on it, as it lay fallen on its trellises. He was saying, ‘I wish I had not ascribed any partner to my Lord.’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:43
وَلَمْ تَك
ُن ل َّهُۥ فِئَةٌ ۭي َنص ُرُونَهُۥ مِن د ُونِٱ للَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنت َصِرًا ٤٣Walam takun lahu fi-atun yansuroonahumin dooni Allahi wama kana muntasira
He had no party to help him, besides Allah, nor could he help himself.Ali Quli Qarai
And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allāh, nor could he defend himself.Saheeh International
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18:44
هُنَالِكَ
ٱ لْوَلَٰ يَةُ لِلَّهِٱ لْحَقِّ ۚ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ۭث َوَابً ۭا و َخَيْرٌ عُقْ بًۭا ٤٤Hunalika alwalayatu lillahialhaqqi huwa khayrun thawaban wakhayrun AAuqba
There, all authority belongs to Allah, the Real. He is best in rewarding, and best in requiting.Ali Quli Qarai
There the authority is [completely] for Allāh, the Truth. He is best in reward and best in outcome.Saheeh International
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18:45
وَ
ٱ ضْرِبْ لَهُم م َّثَلَٱ لْحَيَو ٰ ةِٱ ل دُّنْيَا كَمَا ٓءٍ أَنز َلْنَٰ هُ مِنَٱ ل سَّمَا ٓءِ فَٱ خْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُٱ لْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمً ۭا ت َذْرُوهُٱ ل رِّيَٰ حُ ۗ وَكَانَٱ للَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ ۢم ُّقْ تَدِرًا ٤٥Wadrib lahum mathala alhayatiaddunya kama-in anzalnahu mina assama-ifakhtalata bihi nabatu al-ardi faasbahahasheeman tathroohu arriyahu wakanaAllahu AAala kulli shay-in muqtadira
Draw for them the parable of the life of this world: [It is] like the water We send down from the sky. Then the earth’s vegetation mingles with it. Then it becomes chaff, scattered by the wind. And Allah has power over all things.Ali Quli Qarai
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 it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allāh is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.Saheeh International
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18:46
ٱلْمَالُ وَ
ٱ لْبَنُونَ زِينَةُٱ لْحَيَو ٰ ةِٱ ل دُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱ لْبَٰ قِيَٰ تُٱ ل صَّٰ لِحَٰ تُ خَيْرٌ عِند َ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابً ۭا و َخَيْرٌ أَمَلًۭا ٤٦Almalu walbanoona zeenatu alhayatiaddunya walbaqiyatu assalihatukhayrun AAinda rabbika thawaban wakhayrun amala
Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of the world, but lasting righteous deeds are better with your Lord in reward and better in hope.Ali Quli Qarai
Wealth and children are [but] adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for [one's] hope.Saheeh International
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18:47
وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ
ٱ لْجِبَالَ وَتَرَىٱ لْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً ۭو َحَشَرْنَٰ هُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًۭا ٤٧Wayawma nusayyiru aljibala wataraal-arda barizatan wahasharnahum falamnughadir minhum ahada
The day We shall set the mountains moving and you will see the earth in full view, We shall muster them, and We will not leave out anyone of them.Ali Quli Qarai
And [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth exposed, and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.Saheeh International
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18:48
وَعُرِضُو
ا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ صَفًّ ۭا ل َّقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْ نَٰ كُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۭ ۚ ب َلْ زَعَمْتُمْ أَلَّن ن َّجْ عَلَ لَكُم م َّوْعِدًۭا ٤٨WaAAuridoo AAala rabbika saffanlaqad ji/tumoona kama khalaqnakum awwalamarratin bal zaAAamtum allan najAAala lakum mawAAida
They will be presented before your Lord in ranks: ‘Certainly you have come to Us just as We created you the first time. But you maintained that We shall not appoint a tryst for you.’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:49
وَوُضِعَ
ٱ لْكِتَٰ بُ فَتَرَىٱ لْمُجْ رِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمّ َا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَٰ وَيْلَتَنَا مَالِ هَٰ ذَاٱ لْكِتَٰ بِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً ۭو َلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّآ أَحْصَىٰ هَا ۚ وَوَجَدُوا۟ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ حَاضِرً ۭا ۗ و َلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدًۭا ٤٩WawudiAAa alkitabu fataraalmujrimeena mushfiqeena mimma feehi wayaqooloona yawaylatana ma lihatha alkitabi layughadiru sagheeratan wala kabeeratan illaahsaha wawajadoo ma AAamiloo hadiranwala yathlimu rabbuka ahada
The Book will be set up. Then you will see the guilty apprehensive of what is in it. They will say, ‘Woe to us! What a book is this! It omits nothing, big or small, without enumerating it.’ They will find present whatever they had done, and your Lord does not wrong anyone.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:50
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَ
ٰٓ ئِكَةِٱ سْجُدُوا۟ لَِٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓ ا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْ لِيسَ كَانَ مِنَٱ لْجِنّ ِ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِۦٓ ۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوْلِيَا ٓءَ مِن د ُونِى وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّۢ ۚ ب ِئْسَ لِلظَّٰ لِمِينَ بَدَلًۭا ٥٠Wa-ith qulna lilmala-ikatiosjudoo li-adama fasajadoo illa ibleesa kanamina aljinni fafasaqa AAan amri rabbihi afatattakhithoonahuwathurriyyatahu awliyaa min doonee wahum lakumAAaduwwun bi/sa liththalimeena badala
When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate before Adam,’ they prostrated, but not Iblis. He was one of the jinn, so he transgressed against his Lord’s command. Will you then take him and his offspring for guardians in My stead, though they are your enemies? How evil a substitute for the wrongdoers!Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:51
۞ مّ
َآ أَشْهَد تُّهُمْ خَلْقَٱ ل سَّمَٰ وَٰ تِ وَٱ لْأَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ أَنف ُسِهِمْ وَمَا كُنت ُ مُتَّخِذَٱ لْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُدًۭا ٥١Ma ashhadtuhum khalqa assamawatiwal-ardi wala khalqa anfusihim wamakuntu muttakhitha almudilleena AAaduda
I did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor to their own creation, nor do I take those who mislead others as assistants.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:52
وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ نَادُو
ا۟ شُرَكَا ٓءِىَٱ لَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُم م َّوْبِقًۭا ٥٢Wayawma yaqoolu nadoo shuraka-iyaallatheena zaAAamtum fadaAAawhum falam yastajeeboo lahumwajaAAalna baynahum mawbiqa
The day He will say [to the polytheists], ‘Call those whom you maintained to be My partners,’ they will call them, but they will not respond to them, for We shall set an abyss between them.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:53
وَرَءَا
ٱ لْمُجْ رِمُونَٱ ل نّ َارَ فَظَنّ ُوٓ ا۟ أَنّ َهُم م ُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًۭا ٥٣Waraa almujrimoona annarafathannoo annahum muwaqiAAooha walamyajidoo AAanha masrifa
The guilty will sight the Fire and know that they are about to fall in it, for they will find no way to escape it.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:54
وَلَقَ
دْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَٰ ذَاٱ لْقُرْءَانِ لِلنّ َاسِ مِن ك ُلِّ مَثَلٍ ۢۚ و َكَانَٱ لْإِنس َٰ نُ أَكْثَرَ شَىْءٍ ۢج َدَلًۭا ٥٤Walaqad sarrafna fee hathaalqur-ani linnasi min kulli mathalin wakanaal-insanu akthara shay-in jadala
We have certainly interspersed this Quran with every kind of parable for the people. But man is the most disputatious of creatures.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:55
وَمَا مَنَعَ
ٱ ل نّ َاسَ أَن ي ُؤْمِنُوٓ ا۟ إِذْ جَا ٓءَهُمُٱ لْهُدَىٰ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن ت َأْتِيَهُمْ سُنّ َةُٱ لْأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُٱ لْعَذَابُ قُبُلًۭا ٥٥Wama manaAAa annasa anyu/minoo ith jaahumu alhuda wayastaghfiroorabbahum illa an ta/tiyahum sunnatu al-awwaleena awya/tiyahumu alAAathabu qubula
Nothing has kept these people from believing and pleading to their Lord for forgiveness when guidance came to them, except [their demand] that the precedent of the ancients come to pass for them, or that the punishment come to them, face to face.Ali Quli Qarai
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 peoples or that the punishment should come [directly] before them.Saheeh International
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18:56
وَمَا نُرْسِلُ
ٱ لْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذ ِرِينَ ۚ وَيُجَٰ دِلُٱ لَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱ لْبَٰ طِلِ لِيُدْ حِضُوا۟ بِهِٱ لْحَقَّ ۖ وَٱ تَّخَذُوٓ ا۟ ءَايَٰ تِى وَمَآ أُنذ ِرُوا۟ هُزُوًۭا ٥٦Wama nursilu almursaleena illamubashshireena wamunthireena wayujadilu allatheenakafaroo bilbatili liyudhidoo bihi alhaqqawattakhathoo ayatee wama onthiroohuzuwa
We do not send the apostles except as bearers of good news and as warners, but those who are faithless dispute fallaciously to refute thereby the truth, having taken My signs and what they are warned of in derision.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:57
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِ
مّ َن ذ ُكِّرَ بَِٔايَٰ تِ رَبِّهِۦ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ ۚ إِنّ َا جَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنّ َةً أَن ي َفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْ رً ۭا ۖ و َإِن ت َدْ عُهُمْ إِلَىٱ لْهُدَىٰ فَلَن ي َهْتَدُوٓ ا۟ إِذًا أَبَدًۭا ٥٧Waman athlamu mimman thukkirabi-ayati rabbihi faaAArada AAanhawanasiya ma qaddamat yadahu inna jaAAalnaAAala quloobihim akinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee athanihimwaqran wa-in tadAAuhum ila alhuda falan yahtadoo ithanabada
Who is a greater wrongdoer than he who is reminded of the signs of his Lord, whereat he disregards them and forgets what his hands have sent ahead? Indeed We have cast veils on their hearts lest they should understand it, and a deafness into their ears; and if you invite them to guidance they will never [let themselves] be guided.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:58
وَرَبُّكَ
ٱ لْغَفُورُ ذُوٱ ل رَّحْمَةِ ۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم ب ِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُٱ لْعَذَابَ ۚ بَل لَّهُم م َّوْعِدٌ ۭل َّن ي َجِدُوا۟ مِن د ُونِهِۦ مَوْئِلًۭا ٥٨Warabbuka alghafooru thoo arrahmatilaw yu-akhithuhum bima kasaboo laAAajjalalahumu alAAathaba bal lahum mawAAidun lan yajidoo mindoonihi maw-ila
Your Lord is the All-forgiving dispenser of mercy. Were He to take them to task because of what they have committed, He would have surely hastened their punishment. But they have a tryst, [when] they will not find a refuge besides Him.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:59
وَتِلْكَ
ٱ لْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَٰ هُمْ لَمّ َا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم م َّوْعِدًۭا ٥٩Watilka alqura ahlaknahum lammathalamoo wajaAAalna limahlikihim mawAAida
Those are the towns that We destroyed when they were wrongdoers, and We appointed a tryst for their destruction.Ali Quli Qarai
And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.Saheeh International
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18:60
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَى
ٰ هُ لَآ أَبْ رَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبْ لُغَ مَجْ مَعَٱ لْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِىَ حُقُبًۭا ٦٠Wa-ith qala moosa lifatahula abrahu hatta ablugha majmaAAa albahrayniaw amdiya huquba
When Moses said to his lad, ‘I will go on [journeying] until I have reached the confluence of the two seas, or have spent a long time [travelling].’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:61
فَلَ
مّ َا بَلَغَا مَجْ مَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱ تَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِىٱ لْبَحْرِ سَرَبًۭا ٦١Falamma balagha majmaAAabaynihima nasiya hootahuma fattakhathasabeelahu fee albahri saraba
So when they reached the confluence between them, they forgot their fish, which found its way into the sea, sneaking away.Ali Quli Qarai
But when they reached the junction between them, they forgot their fish, and it took its course into the sea, slipping away.Saheeh International
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18:62
فَلَ
مّ َا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتَىٰ هُ ءَاتِنَا غَدَا ٓءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِن س َفَرِنَا هَٰ ذَا نَصَبًۭا ٦٢Falamma jawaza qalalifatahu atina ghadaana laqadlaqeena min safarina hatha nasaba
So when they had passed on, he said to his lad, ‘Bring us our meal. We have certainly encountered much fatigue on this journey of ours.’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:63
قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْن
َآ إِلَىٱ ل صَّخْرَةِ فَإِنّ ِى نَسِيتُٱ لْحُوتَ وَمَآ أَنسَىٰ نِيهُ إِلَّاٱ ل شَّيْطَٰ نُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُۥ ۚ وَٱ تَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِىٱ لْبَحْرِ عَجَبًۭا ٦٣Qala araayta ith awaynaila assakhrati fa-innee naseetu alhootawama ansaneehu illa ashshaytanuan athkurahu wattakhatha sabeelahu fee albahriAAajaba
He said, ‘Did you see?! When we took shelter at the rock, indeed I forgot about the fish—and none but Satan made me forget to mention it!—and it made its way into the sea in an amazing manner!’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:64
قَالَ ذَ
ٰ لِكَ مَا كُنّ َا نَبْ غِ ۚ فَٱ رْتَدَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًۭا ٦٤Qala thalika ma kunnanabghi fartadda AAala atharihimaqasasa
He said, ‘That is what we were after!’ So they returned, retracing their footsteps.Ali Quli Qarai
[Moses] said, "That is what we were seeking." So they returned, following their footprints.Saheeh International
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18:65
فَوَجَدَا عَ
بْ دً ۭا م ِّنْ عِبَادِنَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰ هُ رَحْمَةً ۭم ِّنْ عِند ِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَٰ هُ مِن ل َّدُنّ َا عِلْمًۭا ٦٥Fawajada AAabdan min AAibadinaataynahu rahmatan min AAindinawaAAallamnahu min ladunna AAilma
[There] they found one of Our servants whom We had granted a mercy from Ourselves, and taught him a knowledge from Our own.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:66
قَالَ لَهُ
ۥ مُوسَىٰ هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن ت ُعَلِّمَنِ مِمّ َا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًۭا ٦٦Qala lahu moosa halattabiAAuka AAala an tuAAallimani mimma AAullimtarushda
Moses said to him, ‘May I follow you for the purpose that you teach me some of the probity you have been taught?’Ali Quli Qarai
Moses said to him, "May I follow you on [the condition] that you teach me from what you have been taught of sound judgement?"Saheeh International
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18:67
قَالَ إِ
نّ َكَ لَن ت َسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْ رًۭا ٦٧Qala innaka lan tastateeAAamaAAiya sabra
He said, ‘Indeed you cannot have patience with me!Ali Quli Qarai
He said, "Indeed, with me you will never be able to have patience.Saheeh International
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18:68
وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَىٰ مَا لَمْ تُحِ
طْ بِهِۦ خُبْ رًۭا ٦٨Wakayfa tasbiru AAala malam tuhit bihi khubra
And how can you have patience about something you do not comprehend?’Ali Quli Qarai
And how can you have patience for what you do not encompass in knowledge?"Saheeh International
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18:69
قَالَ سَتَجِدُن
ِىٓ إِن ش َا ٓءَٱ للَّهُ صَابِرً ۭا و َلَآ أَعْصِى لَكَ أَمْرًۭا ٦٩Qala satajidunee in shaa Allahusabiran wala aAAsee laka amra
He said, ‘You will find me, God willing, to be patient, and I will not disobey you in any matter.’Ali Quli Qarai
[Moses] said, "You will find me, if Allāh wills, patient, and I will not disobey you in [any] order."Saheeh International
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18:70
قَالَ فَإِنِ
ٱ تَّبَعْتَنِى فَلَا تَسَْٔلْنِى عَن ش َىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًۭا ٧٠Qala fa-ini ittabaAAtanee falatas-alnee AAan shay-in hatta ohditha lakaminhu thikra
He said, ‘If you follow me, do not question me concerning anything until I myself first mention it for you.’Ali Quli Qarai
He said, "Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention [i.e., explanation]."Saheeh International
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18:71
فَ
ٱ نط َلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِىٱ ل سَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا ۖ قَالَ أَخَرَقْ تَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَئًْا إِمْرًۭا ٧١Fantalaqa hattaitha rakiba fee assafeenati kharaqahaqala akharaqtaha litughriqa ahlaha laqadji/ta shay-an imra
So they went on and when they boarded the boat, he made a hole in it. He said, ‘Did you make a hole in it to drown its people? You have certainly done a monstrous thing!’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:72
قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِ
نّ َكَ لَن ت َسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْ رًۭا ٧٢Qala alam aqul innaka lan tastateeAAamaAAiya sabra
He said, ‘Did I not say that you cannot have patience with me?’Ali Quli Qarai
[Al-Khiḍr] said, "Did I not say that with me you would never be able to have patience?"Saheeh International
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18:73
قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِى بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَا تُرْهِ
قْ نِى مِنْ أَمْرِى عُسْرًۭا ٧٣Qala la tu-akhithneebima naseetu wala turhiqnee min amree AAusra
He said, ‘Do not take me to task for my forgetting, and do not be hard upon me.’Ali Quli Qarai
[Moses] said, "Do not blame me for what I forgot and do not overwhelm me in my matter with difficulty."Saheeh International
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18:74
فَ
ٱ نط َلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَٰ مً ۭا ف َقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسً ۭا ز َكِيَّةًۢ ب ِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ ۢل َّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَئًْ ۭا ن ُّكْرًۭا ٧٤Fantalaqa hattaitha laqiya ghulaman faqatalahu qalaaqatalta nafsan zakiyyatan bighayri nafsin laqad ji/ta shay-annukra
So they went on until they came upon a boy, whereat he slew him. He said, ‘Did you slay an innocent soul, without [his having slain] anyone? You have certainly done a dire thing!’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:75
۞ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِ
نّ َكَ لَن ت َسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْ رًۭا ٧٥Qala alam aqul laka innaka lan tastateeAAamaAAiya sabra
He said, ‘Did I not tell you that you cannot have patience with me?’Ali Quli Qarai
[Al-Khiḍr] said, "Did I not tell you that with me you would never be able to have patience?"Saheeh International
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18:76
قَالَ إِ
ن س َأَلْتُكَ عَن ش َىْءٍۭ ب َعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَٰ حِبْ نِى ۖ قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِن ل َّدُنّ ِى عُذْرًۭا ٧٦Qala in saaltuka AAan shay-in baAAdahafala tusahibnee qad balaghta min ladunnee AAuthra
He said, ‘If I question you about anything after this, do not keep me in your company. You already have enough excuse on my part.’Ali Quli Qarai
[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."Saheeh International
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18:77
فَ
ٱ نط َلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍٱ سْتَطْ عَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا۟ أَن ي ُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارً ۭا ي ُرِيدُ أَن ي َنق َضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْ رًۭا ٧٧Fantalaqa hattaitha ataya ahla qaryatin istatAAamaahlaha faabaw an yudayyifoohuma fawajadafeeha jidaran yureedu an yanqadda faaqamahuqala law shi/ta lattakhathta AAalayhi ajra
So they went on until they came to the people of a town. They asked its people for food, but they refused to extend them any hospitality. There they found a wall which was about to collapse, so he erected it. He said, ‘Had you wished, you could have taken a wage for it.’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:78
قَالَ هَ
ٰ ذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنِكَ ۚ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْ رًا ٧٨Qala hatha firaqubaynee wabaynika saonabbi-oka bita/weeli ma lam tastatiAAAAalayhi sabra
He said, ‘This is where you and I shall part. I will inform you about the interpretation of that over which you could not maintain patience.Ali Quli Qarai
[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.Saheeh International
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18:79
أَ
مّ َاٱ ل سَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَٰ كِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِىٱ لْبَحْرِ فَأَرَد تُّ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَا ٓءَهُم م َّلِكٌ ۭي َأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًۭا ٧٩Amma assafeenatu fakanatlimasakeena yaAAmaloona fee albahri faaradtu anaAAeebaha wakana waraahum malikun ya/khuthukulla safeenatin ghasba
As for the boat, it belonged to some poor people who work on the sea. I wanted to make it defective, for behind them was a king seizing every ship usurpingly.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:80
وَأَ
مّ َاٱ لْغُلَٰ مُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينَآ أَن ي ُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَٰ نً ۭا و َكُفْرًۭا ٨٠Waamma alghulamu fakanaabawahu mu/minayni fakhasheena an yurhiqahumatughyanan wakufra
As for the boy, his parents were faithful [persons], and We feared he would overwhelm them with rebellion and unfaith.Ali Quli Qarai
And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief.Saheeh International
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18:81
فَأَرَ
دْ نَآ أَن ي ُبْ دِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرً ۭا م ِّنْهُ زَكَو ٰ ةً ۭو َأَقْ رَبَ رُحْمًۭا ٨١Faaradna an yubdilahumarabbuhuma khayran minhu zakatan waaqraba ruhma
So We desired that their Lord should give them in exchange one better than him in respect of purity and closer in mercy.Ali Quli Qarai
So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.Saheeh International
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18:82
وَأَ
مّ َاٱ لْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَٰ مَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِىٱ لْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُۥ كَنزٌ ۭل َّهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَٰ لِحً ۭا ف َأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَن ي َبْ لُغَآ أَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنز َهُمَا رَحْمَةً ۭم ِّن ر َّبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُۥ عَنْ أَمْرِى ۚ ذَٰ لِكَ تَأْوِيلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْ رًۭا ٨٢Waamma aljidaru fakanalighulamayni yateemayni fee almadeenati wakana tahtahukanzun lahuma wakana aboohuma salihanfaarada rabbuka an yablugha ashuddahumawayastakhrija kanzahuma rahmatan min rabbikawama faAAaltuhu AAan amree thalika ta/weelu malam tastiAA AAalayhi sabra
As for the wall, it belonged to two boy orphans in the city. Under it there was a treasure belonging to them. Their father had been a righteous man. So your Lord desired that they should come of age and take out their treasure—as a mercy from your Lord. I did not do that out of my own accord. This is the interpretation of that over which you could not maintain patience.’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:83
وَيَسَْٔلُونَكَ عَ
ن ذ ِىٱ لْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم م ِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا ٨٣Wayas-aloonaka AAan thee alqarnayniqul saatloo AAalaykum minhu thikra
They question you concerning Dhul Qarnayn. Say, ‘I will relate to you an account of him.’Ali Quli Qarai
And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, "I will recite to you about him a report."Saheeh International
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18:84
إِ
نّ َا مَكَّنّ َا لَهُۥ فِىٱ لْأَرْضِ وَءَاتَيْنَٰ هُ مِن ك ُلِّ شَىْءٍ ۢس َبَبًۭا ٨٤Inna makkanna lahu fee al-ardiwaataynahu min kulli shay-in sababa
Indeed We had granted him power in the land and given him the means to all things.Ali Quli Qarai
Indeed, We established him upon the earth, and We gave him from everything a way [i.e., means].Saheeh International
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18:85
فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا ٨٥
FaatbaAAa sababa
So he directed a means.Ali Quli Qarai
So he followed a waySaheeh International
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18:86
حَتَّ
ىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَٱ ل شَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِى عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ ۢو َوَجَدَ عِند َهَا قَوْمً ۭا ۗ ق ُلْنَا يَٰ ذَاٱ لْقَرْنَيْنِ إِمّ َآ أَن ت ُعَذِّبَ وَإِمّ َآ أَن ت َتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْنًۭا ٨٦Hatta itha balaghamaghriba ashshamsi wajadaha taghrubu fee AAaynin hami-atinwawajada AAindaha qawman qulna ya thaalqarnayni imma an tuAAaththiba wa-imma antattakhitha feehim husna
When he reached the place where the sun sets, he found it setting over a warm sea, and by it he found a people. We said, ‘O Dhul Qarnayn! You will either punish them, or treat them with kindness.’Ali Quli Qarai
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, 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."Saheeh International
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18:87
قَالَ أَ
مّ َا مَن ظ َلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُۥ ثُمّ َ يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥ عَذَابً ۭا ن ُّكْرًۭا ٨٧Qala amma man thalamafasawfa nuAAaththibuhu thumma yuraddu ila rabbihifayuAAaththibuhu AAathaban nukra
He said, ‘As for him who is a wrongdoer, we will punish him. Then he shall be returned to his Lord and He will punish him with a dire punishment.Ali Quli Qarai
He said, "As for one who wrongs, we will punish him. Then he will be returned to his Lord, and He will punish him with a terrible punishment [i.e., Hellfire].Saheeh International
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18:88
وَأَ
مّ َا مَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَٰ لِحً ۭا ف َلَهُۥ جَزَا ٓءًٱ لْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ وَسَنَقُولُ لَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا يُسْرًۭا ٨٨Waamma man amana waAAamila salihanfalahu jazaan alhusna wasanaqoolu lahu minamrina yusra
But as for him who has faith and acts righteously, he shall have the best reward, and we will assign him easy tasks under our command.’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:89
ثُ
مّ َ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا ٨٩Thumma atbaAAa sababa
Thereafter he directed another means.Ali Quli Qarai
Then he followed a waySaheeh International
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18:90
حَتَّ
ىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْ لِعَٱ ل شَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْ لُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ ۢل َّمْ نَجْ عَل لَّهُم م ِّن د ُونِهَا سِتْرًۭا ٩٠Hatta itha balagha matliAAaashshamsi wajadaha tatluAAu AAalaqawmin lam najAAal lahum min dooniha sitra
When he reached the place where the sun rises, he found it rising on a people for whom We had not provided any shield against it.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:91
كَذَ
ٰ لِكَ وَقَدْ أَحَطْ نَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْ رًۭا ٩١Kathalika waqad ahatnabima ladayhi khubra
So it was, and We were fully aware of whatever [means] he possessed.Ali Quli Qarai
Thus. And We had encompassed [all] that he had in knowledge.Saheeh International
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18:92
ثُ
مّ َ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا ٩٢Thumma atbaAAa sababa
Thereafter he directed another means.Ali Quli Qarai
Then he followed a waySaheeh International
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18:93
حَتَّ
ىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَٱ ل سَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِن د ُونِهِمَا قَوْمً ۭا ل َّا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلًۭا ٩٣Hatta itha balaghabayna assaddayni wajada min doonihima qawman layakadoona yafqahoona qawla
When he reached [the place] between the two barriers, he found between them a people who could hardly understand a word [of his language].Ali Quli Qarai
Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech.Saheeh International
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18:94
قَالُو
ا۟ يَٰ ذَاٱ لْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنّ َ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِىٱ لْأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْ عَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلَىٰٓ أَن ت َجْ عَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّۭا ٩٤Qaloo ya tha alqarnayniinna ya/jooja wama/jooja mufsidoona fee al-ardi fahalnajAAalu laka kharjan AAala an tajAAala baynanawabaynahum sadda
They said, ‘O Dhul Qarnayn! Indeed Gog and Magog are causing disaster in this land. Shall we pay you a tribute on condition that you build a barrier between them and us?’Ali Quli Qarai
They said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog are [great] corrupters in the land. So may we assign for you an expenditure that you might make between us and them a barrier?"Saheeh International
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18:95
قَالَ مَا مَكَّ
نّ ِى فِيهِ رَبِّى خَيْرٌ ۭف َأَعِينُونِى بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْ عَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْ مًا ٩٥Qala ma makkannee feehi rabbeekhayrun faaAAeenoonee biquwwatin ajAAal baynakum wabaynahum radma
He said, ‘What my Lord has furnished me is better. Yet help me with some strength, and I will make a bulwark between you and them.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:96
ءَاتُونِى زُبَرَ
ٱ لْحَدِيدِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَٱ ل صَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَٱ نف ُخُوا۟ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارً ۭا ق َالَ ءَاتُونِىٓ أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْ رًۭا ٩٦Atoonee zubara alhadeedi hattaitha sawa bayna asadafayni qalaonfukhoo hatta itha jaAAalahu naran qalaatoonee ofrigh AAalayhi qitra
Bring me pieces of iron!’ When he had levelled up between the flanks, he said, ‘Blow!’ When he had turned it into fire, he said, ‘Bring me molten copper to pour over it.’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International
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18:97
فَمَا
ٱ سْطَٰ عُوٓ ا۟ أَن ي َظْهَرُوهُ وَمَاٱ سْتَطَٰ عُوا۟ لَهُۥ نَقْ بًۭا ٩٧Fama istaAAoo an yathharoohuwama istataAAoo lahu naqba
So they could neither scale it, nor could they make a hole in it.Ali Quli Qarai
So they [i.e., Gog and Magog] were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.Saheeh International
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18:98
قَالَ هَ
ٰ ذَا رَحْمَةٌ ۭم ِّن ر َّبِّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَا ٓءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى جَعَلَهُۥ دَكَّا ٓءَ ۖ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى حَقًّۭا ٩٨Qala hatha rahmatun minrabbee fa-itha jaa waAAdu rabbee jaAAalahu dakkaawakana waAAdu rabbee haqqa
He said, ‘This is a mercy from my Lord. But when the promise of my Lord is fulfilled, He will level it; and my Lord’s promise is true.’Ali Quli Qarai
[Dhul-Qarnayn] said, "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord comes [i.e., approaches], He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true."Saheeh International
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18:99
۞ وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِ
ذٍ ۢي َمُوجُ فِى بَعْضٍ ۢۖ و َنُفِخَ فِىٱ ل صُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَٰ هُمْ جَمْعًۭا ٩٩Watarakna baAAdahum yawma-ithinyamooju fee baAAdin wanufikha fee assoorifajamaAAnahum jamAAa
That day We shall let them surge over one another, the Trumpet will be blown, and We shall gather them all,Ali Quli Qarai
And We will leave them that day surging over each other, and [then] the Horn will be blown, and We will assemble them in [one] assembly.Saheeh International
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18:100
وَعَرَضْنَا جَهَ
نّ َمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ۢل ِّلْكَٰ فِرِينَ عَرْضًا ١٠٠WaAAaradna jahannama yawma-ithinlilkafireena AAarda
and on that day We shall bring hell into view visibly for the faithless.Ali Quli Qarai
And We will present Hell that Day to the disbelievers, on display -Saheeh International
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18:101
ٱلَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِى غِط
َا ٓءٍ عَن ذ ِكْرِى وَكَانُوا۟ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا ١٠١Allatheena kanat aAAyunuhumfee ghita-in AAan thikree wakanoo layastateeAAoona samAAa
—Those whose eyes were blind to My remembrance and who could not hear.Ali Quli Qarai
Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance, and they were not able to hear.Saheeh International
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18:102
أَفَحَسِبَ
ٱ لَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓ ا۟ أَن ي َتَّخِذُوا۟ عِبَادِى مِن د ُونِىٓ أَوْلِيَا ٓءَ ۚ إِنّ َآ أَعْتَدْ نَا جَهَنّ َمَ لِلْكَٰ فِرِينَ نُزُلًۭا ١٠٢Afahasiba allatheena kafarooan yattakhithoo AAibadee min doonee awliyaainna aAAtadna jahannama lilkafireena nuzula
Do the faithless suppose that they have taken My servants for guardians in My stead? Indeed, We have prepared hell for the hospitality of the faithless.Ali Quli Qarai
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.Saheeh International
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18:103
قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُك
ُم ب ِٱ لْأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَٰ لًا ١٠٣Qul hal nunabbi-okum bil-akhsareenaaAAmala
Say, ‘Shall we inform you who are the biggest losers in their works?Ali Quli Qarai
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Shall we [believers] inform you of the greatest losers as to [their] deeds?Saheeh International
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18:104
ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِى
ٱ لْحَيَو ٰ ةِٱ ل دُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنّ َهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا ١٠٤Allatheena dalla saAAyuhumfee alhayati addunya wahum yahsaboonaannahum yuhsinoona sunAAa
Those whose efforts are misguided in the life of the world, while they suppose they are doing good.’Ali Quli Qarai
[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."Saheeh International
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18:105
أُ
و۟ لَٰٓ ئِكَٱ لَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰ تِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَا ٓئِهِۦ فَحَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰ لُهُمْ فَلَا نُقِيمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَٱ لْقِيَٰ مَةِ وَزْنًۭا ١٠٥Ola-ika allatheena kafaroobi-ayati rabbihim waliqa-ihi fahabitataAAmaluhum fala nuqeemu lahum yawma alqiyamatiwazna
They are the ones who deny the signs of their Lord and encounter with Him. So their works have failed. On the Day of Resurrection We will not give them any weight.Ali Quli Qarai
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].Saheeh International
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18:106
ذَ
ٰ لِكَ جَزَا ٓؤُهُمْ جَهَنّ َمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱ تَّخَذُوٓ ا۟ ءَايَٰ تِى وَرُسُلِى هُزُوًا ١٠٦Thalika jazaohum jahannamubima kafaroo wattakhathoo ayateewarusulee huzuwa
That is their requital—hell—because of their unfaith and for deriding My signs and apostles.Ali Quli Qarai
That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.Saheeh International
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18:107
إِ
نّ َٱ لَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱ ل صَّٰ لِحَٰ تِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنّ َٰ تُٱ لْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلًا ١٠٧Inna allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati kanat lahumjannatu alfirdawsi nuzula
As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, they shall have the gardens of Firdaws for abode,Ali Quli Qarai
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - they will have the Gardens of Paradise as a lodging,Saheeh International
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18:108
خَ
ٰ لِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يَبْ غُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًۭا ١٠٨Khalideena feeha layabghoona AAanha hiwala
to remain in them [forever]; they will not seek to leave it for another place.Ali Quli Qarai
Wherein they abide eternally. They will not desire from it any transfer.Saheeh International
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18:109
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ
ٱ لْبَحْرُ مِدَادً ۭا ل ِّكَلِمَٰ تِ رَبِّى لَنَفِدَٱ لْبَحْرُ قَبْ لَ أَن ت َنف َدَ كَلِمَٰ تُ رَبِّى وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِۦ مَدَدًۭا ١٠٩Qul law kana albahru midadanlikalimati rabbee lanafida albahru qabla an tanfadakalimatu rabbee walaw ji/na bimithlihi madada
Say, ‘If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would be spent before the words of my Lord are finished, though We replenish it with another like it.’Ali Quli Qarai
Say, "If the sea were ink for [writing] the words 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."Saheeh International
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18:110
قُلْ إِ
نّ َمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ ۭم ِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنّ َمَآ إِلَٰ هُكُمْ إِلَٰ هٌ ۭو َٰ حِدٌ ۭۖ ف َمَن ك َانَ يَرْجُوا۟ لِقَا ٓءَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلً ۭاص َٰ لِحً ۭا و َلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَحَدًۢا ١١٠Qul innama ana basharunmithlukum yooha ilayya annama ilahukum ilahunwahidun faman kana yarjoo liqaa rabbihifalyaAAmal AAamalan salihan wala yushrikbiAAibadati rabbihi ahada
Say, ‘I am just a human being like you. It has been revealed to me that your God is the One God. So whoever expects to encounter his Lord—let him act righteously, and not associate anyone with the worship of his Lord.’Ali Quli Qarai
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."Saheeh International