Surah Al-Kahf in Arabic and English

1. 1 Al-Kahf 18:1

   اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّـذٖٓي اَنْزَلَ عَلٰى عَبْدِهِ الْكِتَابَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ عِـوَجاًؕ ࣝ

   Transliteration

   Alḥamdu lillāhi allathee anzala ʿalā ʿabdihi alkitāba walam yajʿal lahu ʿiwajān

   Translation

   [All] praise is [due] to Allah, who has sent down upon His Servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance.

2. 2 Al-Kahf 18:2

   قَيِّماً لِيُنْذِرَ بَأْساً شَدٖيداً مِنْ لَدُنْـهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِنٖينَ الَّذٖينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ اَنَّ لَهُمْ اَجْراً حَسَنًاۙ

   Transliteration

   Qayyiman liyunthira basan shadeedan min ladunhu wayubashshira almumineena allatheena yaʿmaloona alṣṣāliḥāti anna lahum ajran ḥasanān

   Translation

   [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

3. 3 Al-Kahf 18:3

   مَاكِثٖينَ فٖيهِ اَبَداًۙ

   Transliteration

   Mākitheena feehi abadān

   Translation

   In which they will remain forever

4. 4 Al-Kahf 18:4

   وَيُنْذِرَ الَّذٖينَ قَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللّٰهُ وَلَداًࣗ

   Transliteration

   Wayunthira allatheena qāloo ittakhatha Allāhu waladān

   Translation

   And to warn those who say, "Allah has taken a son."

5. 5 Al-Kahf 18:5

   مَا لَهُمْ بِهٖ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِاٰبَٓائِهِمْؕ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ اَفْوَاهِهِمْؕ اِنْ يَقُولُونَ اِلَّا كَذِباً

   Transliteration

   Mā lahum bihi min ʿilmin walā liābāihim kaburat kalimatan takhruju min afwāhihim in yaqooloona illā kathibān

   Translation

   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.

6. 6 Al-Kahf 18:6

   فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِـعٌ نَفْسَكَ عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ اِنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهٰذَا الْحَدٖيثِ اَسَفاً

   Transliteration

   Falaʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka ʿalā āthārihim in lam yuminoo bihāthā alḥadeethi asafān

   Translation

   Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muhammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.

7. 7 Al-Kahf 18:7

   اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى الْاَرْضِ زٖينَةً لَهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ اَيُّهُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلاً

   Transliteration

   Innā jaʿalnā mā ʿalā alarḏi zeenatan lahā linabluwahum ayyuhum aḥsanu ʿamalān

   Translation

   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.

8. 8 Al-Kahf 18:8

   وَاِنَّا لَجَاعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعٖيداً جُرُزاًؕ

   Transliteration

   Wainnā lajāʿiloona mā ʿalayhā ṣaʿeedan juruzān

   Translation

   And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.

9. 9 Al-Kahf 18:9

   اَمْ حَسِبْتَ اَنَّ اَصْحَابَ الْكَهْفِ وَالرَّقٖيمِ كَانُوا مِنْ اٰيَاتِنَا عَجَباً

   Transliteration

   Am ḥasibta anna aṣḥāba alkahfi waalrraqeemi kānoo min āyātinā ʿajabān

   Translation

   Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?

10. 10 Al-Kahf 18:10

    اِذْ اَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ اِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَٓا اٰتِنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ اَمْرِنَا رَشَداً

    Transliteration

    Ith awā alfityatu ilā alkahfi faqāloo rabbanā ātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wahayyi lanā min amrinā rashadān

    Translation

    [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."

11. 11 Al-Kahf 18:11

    فَضَرَبْنَا عَلٰٓى اٰذَانِهِمْ فِي الْكَهْفِ سِنٖينَ عَدَداًۙ

    Transliteration

    Faḏarabnā ʿalā āthānihim fee alkahfi sineena ʿadadān

    Translation

    So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.

12. 12 Al-Kahf 18:12

    ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ اَيُّ الْحِزْبَيْنِ اَحْصٰى لِمَا لَبِثُٓوا اَمَداًࣖ

    Transliteration

    Thumma baʿathnāhum linaʿlama ayyu alḥizbayni aḥṣā limā labithoo amadān

    Translation

    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.

13. 13 Al-Kahf 18:13

    نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَاَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّؕ اِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ اٰمَنُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَاهُمْ هُدًىࣗ

    Transliteration

    Naḥnu naquṣṣu ʿalayka nabaahum bialḥaqqi innahum fityatun āmanoo birabbihim wazidnāhum hudān

    Translation

    It is We who relate to you, [O Muhammad], their story in truth. Indeed, they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.

14. 14 Al-Kahf 18:14

    وَرَبَطْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ اِذْ قَامُوا فَقَالُوا رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ لَنْ نَدْعُوَ۬ا مِنْ دُونِهٖٓ اِلٰهاً لَقَدْ قُلْـنَٓا اِذاً شَطَطاً

    Transliteration

    Warabaṭnā ʿalā quloobihim ith qāmoo faqāloo rabbunā rabbu alssamāwāti waalarḏi lan nadʿuwa min doonihi ilāhan laqad qulnā ithan shaṭaṭān

    Translation

    And We 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.

15. 15 Al-Kahf 18:15

    هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ قَوْمُنَا اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِهٖٓ اٰلِهَةًؕ لَوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِسُلْطَانٍ بَيِّنٍؕ فَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى عَلَى اللّٰهِ كَذِباًؕ

    Transliteration

    Hāolāi qawmunā ittakhathoo min doonihi ālihatan lawlā yatoona ʿalayhim bisulṭānin bayyinin faman athlamu mimmani iftarā ʿalā Allāhi kathibān

    Translation

    These, our people, have taken besides Him deities. Why do they not bring for [worship of] them a clear authority? And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie?"

16. 16 Al-Kahf 18:16

    وَاِذِ اعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ اِلَّا اللّٰهَ فَأْوُٓ۫ا اِلَى الْكَهْفِ يَنْشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهٖ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُمْ مِنْ اَمْرِكُمْ مِرْفَقاً

    Transliteration

    Waithi iʿtazaltumoohum wamā yaʿbudoona illā Allāha fawoo ilā alkahfi yanshur lakum rabbukum min raḥmatihi wayuhayyi lakum min amrikum mirfaqān

    Translation

    [The youths said to one another], "And when you have withdrawn from them and that which they worship other than Allah, retreat to the cave. Your Lord will spread out for you of His mercy and will prepare for you from your affair facility."

17. 17 Al-Kahf 18:17

    وَتَرَى الشَّمْسَ اِذَا طَلَعَتْ تَزَاوَرُ عَنْ كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمٖينِ وَاِذَا غَرَبَتْ تَقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ فٖي فَجْوَةٍ مِنْهُؕ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ اٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِؕ مَنْ يَهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِۚ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِياًّ مُرْشِداًࣖ

    Transliteration

    Watarā alshshamsa ithā ṭalaʿat tazāwaru ʿan kahfihim thāta alyameeni waithā gharabat taqriḏuhum thāta alshshimāli wahum fee fajwatin minhu thālika min āyāti Allāhi man yahdi Allāhu fahuwa almuhtadi waman yuḏlil falan tajida lahu waliyyan murshidān

    Translation

    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 [laying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allah. He whom Allah guides is the [rightly] guided, but he whom He leaves astray - never will you find for him a protecting guide.

18. 18 Al-Kahf 18:18

    وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ اَيْقَاظاً وَهُمْ رُقُودٌࣗ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمٖينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِࣗ وَكَلْبُهُمْ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَصٖيدِؕ لَوِ اطَّـلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَاراً وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْباً

    Transliteration

    Wataḥsabuhum ayqāthan wahum ruqoodun wanuqallibuhum thāta alyameeni wathāta alshshimāli wakalbuhum bāsiṭun thirāʿayhi bialwaṣeedi lawi iṭṭalaʿta ʿalayhim lawallayta minhum firāran walamulita minhum ruʿbān

    Translation

    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.

19. 19 Al-Kahf 18:19

    وَكَذٰلِكَ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِيَتَسَٓاءَلُوا بَيْنَهُمْؕ قَالَ قَٓائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْؕ قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْماً اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍؕ قَالُوا رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَابْعَثُٓوا اَحَدَكُمْ بِوَرِقِكُمْ هٰذِهٖٓ اِلَى الْمَدٖينَةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ اَيُّهَٓا اَزْكٰى طَعَاماً فَلْيَأْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ اَحَداً

    Transliteration

    Wakathālika baʿathnāhum liyatasāaloo baynahum qāla qāilun minhum kam labithtum qāloo labithnā yawman aw baʿḏa yawmin qāloo rabbukum aʿlamu bimā labithtum faibʿathoo aḥadakum biwariqikum hāthihi ilā almadeenati falyanthur ayyuhā azkā ṭaʿāman falyatikum birizqin minhu walyatalaṭṭaf walā yushʿiranna bikum aḥadān

    Translation

    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.

20. 20 Al-Kahf 18:20

    اِنَّهُمْ اِنْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوكُمْ اَوْ يُعٖيدُوكُمْ فٖي مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَنْ تُفْلِحُٓوا اِذاً اَبَداً

    Transliteration

    Innahum in yathharoo ʿalaykum yarjumookum aw yuʿeedookum fee millatihim walan tufliḥoo ithan abadān

    Translation

    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."

21. 21 Al-Kahf 18:21

    وَكَذٰلِكَ اَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُٓوا اَنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَاَنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فٖيهَاۚ اِذْ يَتَنَازَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ اَمْرَهُمْ فَقَالُوا ابْنُوا عَلَيْهِمْ بُنْيَاناًؕ رَبُّهُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِهِمْؕ قَالَ الَّذٖينَ غَلَبُوا عَلٰٓى اَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مَسْجِداً

    Transliteration

    Wakathālika aʿtharnā ʿalayhim liyaʿlamoo anna waʿda Allāhi ḥaqqun waanna alsāʿata lā rayba feehā ith yatanāzaʿoona baynahum amrahum faqāloo ibnoo ʿalayhim bunyānan rabbuhum aʿlamu bihim qāla allatheena ghalaboo ʿalā amrihim lanattakhithanna ʿalayhim masjidān

    Translation

    And similarly, We caused them to be found that they [who found them] would know that the promise of Allah 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."

22. 22 Al-Kahf 18:22

    سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلٰثَةٌ رَابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْۚ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْماً بِالْغَيْبِۚ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْؕ قُلْ رَبّٖٓي اَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِمْ مَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ اِلَّا قَلٖيلٌࣞ فَلَا تُمَارِ فٖيهِمْ اِلَّا مِرَٓاءً ظَاهِراًۖ وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ فٖيهِمْ مِنْهُمْ اَحَداًࣖ

    Transliteration

    Sayaqooloona thalāthatun rābiʿuhum kalbuhum wayaqooloona khamsatun sādisuhum kalbuhum rajman bialghaybi wayaqooloona sabʿatun wathāminuhum kalbuhum qul rabbee aʿlamu biʿiddatihim mā yaʿlamuhum illā qaleelun falā tumāri feehim illā mirāan thāhiran walā tastafti feehim minhum aḥadān

    Translation

    They 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 Muhammad], "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."

23. 23 Al-Kahf 18:23

    وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَا۬يْءٍ اِنّٖي فَاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَداًۙ

    Transliteration

    Walā taqoolanna lishayin innee fāʿilun thālika ghadān

    Translation

    And never say of anything, "Indeed, I will do that tomorrow,"

24. 24 Al-Kahf 18:24

    اِلَّٓا اَنْ يَشَٓاءَ اللّٰهُؗ وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ اِذَا نَسٖيتَ وَقُلْ عَسٰٓى اَنْ يَهْدِيَنِ رَبّٖي لِاَقْرَبَ مِنْ هٰذَا رَشَداً

    Transliteration

    Illā an yashāa Allāhu waothkur rabbaka ithā naseeta waqul ʿasā an yahdiyani rabbee liaqraba min hāthā rashadān

    Translation

    Except [when adding], "If Allah 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."

25. 25 Al-Kahf 18:25

    وَلَبِثُوا فٖي كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلٰثَ مِائَةٍ سِنٖينَ وَازْدَادُوا تِسْعاً

    Transliteration

    Walabithoo fee kahfihim thalātha miatin sineena waizdādoo tisʿān

    Translation

    And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.

26. 26 Al-Kahf 18:26

    قُلِ اللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُواۚ لَهُ غَيْبُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِؕ اَبْصِرْ بِهٖ وَاَسْمِــعْؕ مَا لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِهٖ مِنْ وَلِيٍّؗ وَلَا يُشْرِكُ فٖي حُكْمِهٖٓ اَحَداً

    Transliteration

    Quli Allāhu aʿlamu bimā labithoo lahu ghaybu alssamāwāti waalarḏi abṣir bihi waasmiʿ mā lahum min doonihi min waliyyin walā yushriku fee ḥukmihi aḥadān

    Translation

    Say, "Allah 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."

27. 27 Al-Kahf 18:27

    وَاتْلُ مَٓا اُو۫حِيَ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ رَبِّكَۚ لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِهٖ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ مِنْ دُونِهٖ مُلْتَحَداً

    Transliteration

    Waotlu mā ooḥiya ilayka min kitābi rabbika lā mubaddila likalimātihi walan tajida min doonihi multaḥadān

    Translation

    And recite, [O Muhammad], 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.

28. 28 Al-Kahf 18:28

    وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذٖينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدٰوةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرٖيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْۚ تُرٖيدُ زٖينَةَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَا تُطِـعْ مَنْ اَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوٰيهُ وَكَانَ اَمْرُهُ فُرُطاً

    Transliteration

    Waiṣbir nafsaka maʿa allatheena yadʿoona rabbahum bialghadāti waalʿashiyyi yureedoona wajhahu walā taʿdu ʿaynāka ʿanhum tureedu zeenata alḥayāti alddunyā walā tuṭiʿ man aghfalnā qalbahu ʿan thikrinā waittabaʿa hawāhu wakāna amruhu furuṭān

    Translation

    And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. 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.

29. 29 Al-Kahf 18:29

    وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ فَمَنْ شَٓاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِنْ وَمَنْ شَٓاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْۙ اِنَّٓا اَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّالِمٖينَ نَاراًۙ اَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَاؕ وَاِنْ يَسْتَغٖيثُوا يُغَاثُوا بِمَٓاءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ يَشْوِي الْوُجُوهَؕ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُؕ وَسَٓاءَتْ مُرْتَفَقاً

    Transliteration

    Waquli alḥaqqu min rabbikum faman shāa falyumin waman shāa falyakfur innā aʿtadnā lilththālimeena nāran aḥāṭa bihim surādiquhā wain yastagheethoo yughāthoo bimāin kaalmuhli yashwee alwujooha bisa alshsharābu wasāat murtafaqān

    Translation

    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.

30. 30 Al-Kahf 18:30

    اِنَّ الَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ اِنَّا لَا نُضٖيعُ اَجْرَ مَنْ اَحْسَنَ عَمَلاًۚ

    Transliteration

    Inna allatheena āmanoo waʿamiloo alṣṣāliḥāti innā lā nuḏeeʿu ajra man aḥsana ʿamalān

    Translation

    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.

31. 31 Al-Kahf 18:31

    اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرٖي مِنْ تَحْتِهِمُ الْاَنْهَارُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فٖيهَا مِنْ اَسَاوِرَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَاباً خُضْراً مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَاِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُتَّكِـٖٔينَ فٖيهَا عَلَى الْاَرَٓائِكِؕ نِعْمَ الثَّوَابُؕ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقاًࣖ

    Transliteration

    Olāika lahum jannātu ʿadnin tajree min taḥtihimu alanhāru yuḥallawna feehā min asāwira min thahabin wayalbasoona thiyāban khuḏran min sundusin waistabraqin muttakieena feehā ʿalā alarāiki niʿma alththawābu waḥasunat murtafaqān

    Translation

    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.

32. 32 Al-Kahf 18:32

    وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلاً رَجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِاَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ اَعْنَابٍ وَحَفَفْنَاهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعاًؕ

    Transliteration

    Waiḏrib lahum mathalan rajulayni jaʿalnā liaḥadihimā jannatayni min aʿnābin waḥafafnāhumā binakhlin wajaʿalnā baynahumā zarʿān

    Translation

    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.

33. 33 Al-Kahf 18:33

    كِلْتَا الْجَنَّتَيْنِ اٰتَتْ اُكُلَهَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِمْ مِنْهُ شَيْـٔاًۙ وَفَجَّرْنَا خِلَالَهُمَا نَهَراًۙ

    Transliteration

    Kiltā aljannatayni ātat okulahā walam tathlim minhu shayan wafajjarnā khilālahumā naharān

    Translation

    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.

34. 34 Al-Kahf 18:34

    وَكَانَ لَهُ ثَمَرٌۚ فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِهٖ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُٓ اَنَا۬ اَكْثَرُ مِنْكَ مَالاً وَاَعَزُّ نَفَراً

    Transliteration

    Wakāna lahu thamarun faqāla liṣāḥibihi wahuwa yuḥāwiruhu anā aktharu minka mālan waaʿazzu nafarān

    Translation

    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."

35. 35 Al-Kahf 18:35

    وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِنَفْسِهٖۚ قَالَ مَٓا اَظُنُّ اَنْ تَبٖيدَ هٰذِهٖٓ اَبَداًۙ

    Transliteration

    Wadakhala jannatahu wahuwa thālimun linafsihi qāla mā athunnu an tabeeda hāthihi abadān

    Translation

    And he entered his garden while he was unjust to himself. He said, "I do not think that this will perish - ever.

36. 36 Al-Kahf 18:36

    وَمَٓا اَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَٓائِمَةًۙ وَلَئِنْ رُدِدْتُ اِلٰى رَبّٖي لَاَجِدَنَّ خَيْراً مِنْهَا مُنْقَلَباً

    Transliteration

    Wamā athunnu alssāʿata qāimatan walain rudidtu ilā rabbee laajidanna khayran minhā munqalabān

    Translation

    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."

37. 37 Al-Kahf 18:37

    قَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُٓ اَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذٖي خَلَقَكَ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوّٰيكَ رَجُلاًؕ

    Transliteration

    Qāla lahu ṣāḥibuhu wahuwa yuḥāwiruhu akafarta biallathee khalaqaka min turābin thumma min nuṭfatin thumma sawwāka rajulān

    Translation

    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?

38. 38 Al-Kahf 18:38

    لٰكِنَّا۬ هُوَ اللّٰهُ رَبّٖي وَلَٓا اُشْرِكُ بِرَبّٖٓي اَحَداً

    Transliteration

    Lākinna huwa Allāhu rabbee walā oshriku birabbee aḥadān

    Translation

    But as for me, He is Allah, my Lord, and I do not associate with my Lord anyone.

39. 39 Al-Kahf 18:39

    وَلَوْلَٓا اِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُۙ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِۚ اِنْ تَرَنِ اَنَا۬ اَقَلَّ مِنْكَ مَالاً وَوَلَداًۚ

    Transliteration

    Walawlā ith dakhalta jannataka qulta mā shāa Allāhu lā quwwata illā biAllāhi in tarani anā aqalla minka mālan wawaladān

    Translation

    And why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, 'What Allah willed [has occurred]; there is no power except in Allah '? Although you see me less than you in wealth and children,

40. 40 Al-Kahf 18:40

    فَعَسٰى رَبّٖٓي اَنْ يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْراً مِنْ جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَاناً مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعٖيداً زَلَقاًۙ

    Transliteration

    Faʿasā rabbee an yutiyani khayran min jannatika wayursila ʿalayhā ḥusbānan mina alssamāi fatuṣbiḥa ṣaʿeedan zalaqān

    Translation

    It may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a calamity from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground,

41. 41 Al-Kahf 18:41

    اَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَٓاؤُ۬هَا غَوْراً فَلَنْ تَسْتَطٖيعَ لَهُ طَلَباً

    Transliteration

    Aw yuṣbiḥa māohā ghawran falan tastaṭeeʿa lahu ṭalabān

    Translation

    Or its water will become sunken [into the earth], so you would never be able to seek it."

42. 42 Al-Kahf 18:42

    وَاُحٖيطَ بِثَمَرِهٖ فَاَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلٰى مَٓا اَنْفَقَ فٖيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰى عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنٖي لَمْ اُشْرِكْ بِرَبّٖٓي اَحَداً

    Transliteration

    Waoḥeeṭa bithamarihi faaṣbaḥa yuqallibu kaffayhi ʿalā mā anfaqa feehā wahiya khāwiyatun ʿalā ʿurooshihā wayaqoolu yā laytanee lam oshrik birabbee aḥadān

    Translation

    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."

43. 43 Al-Kahf 18:43

    وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ فِئَةٌ يَنْصُرُونَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللّٰهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنْتَصِراًؕ

    Transliteration

    Walam takun lahu fiatun yanṣuroonahu min dooni Allāhi wamā kāna muntaṣirān

    Translation

    And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allah, nor could he defend himself.

44. 44 Al-Kahf 18:44

    هُنَالِكَ الْوَلَايَةُ لِلّٰهِ الْحَقِّؕ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَاباً وَخَيْرٌ عُقْباًࣖ

    Transliteration

    Hunālika alwalāyatu lillāhi alḥaqqi huwa khayrun thawāban wakhayrun ʿuqbān

    Translation

    There the authority is [completely] for Allah, the Truth. He is best in reward and best in outcome.

45. 45 Al-Kahf 18:45

    وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلَ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَٓاءٍ اَنْزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهٖ نَبَاتُ الْاَرْضِ فَاَصْبَحَ هَشٖيماً تَذْرُوهُ الرِّيَاحُؕ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُقْتَدِراً

    Transliteration

    Waiḏrib lahum mathala alḥayāti alddunyā kamāin anzalnāhu mina alssamāi faikhtalaṭa bihi nabātu alarḏi faaṣbaḥa hasheeman tathroohu alrriyāḥu wakāna Allāhu ʿalā kulli shayin muqtadirān

    Translation

    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 Allah is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.

46. 46 Al-Kahf 18:46

    اَلْمَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ زٖينَةُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاۚ وَالْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَاباً وَخَيْرٌ اَمَلاً

    Transliteration

    Almālu waalbanoona zeenatu alḥayāti alddunyā waalbāqiyātu alṣṣāliḥātu khayrun ʿinda rabbika thawāban wakhayrun amalān

    Translation

    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.

47. 47 Al-Kahf 18:47

    وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ الْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى الْاَرْضَ بَارِزَةًۙ وَحَشَرْنَاهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ اَحَداًۚ

    Transliteration

    Wayawma nusayyiru aljibāla watarā alarḏa bārizatan waḥasharnāhum falam nughādir minhum aḥadān

    Translation

    And [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth prominent, and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.

48. 48 Al-Kahf 18:48

    وَعُرِضُوا عَلٰى رَبِّكَ صَفاًّؕ لَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍؗ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ اَلَّنْ نَجْعَلَ لَكُمْ مَوْعِداً

    Transliteration

    Waʿuriḏoo ʿalā rabbika ṣaffan laqad jitumoonā kamā khalaqnākum awwala marratin bal zaʿamtum allan najʿala lakum mawʿidān

    Translation

    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."

49. 49 Al-Kahf 18:49

    وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَابُ فَتَرَى الْمُجْرِمٖينَ مُشْفِقٖينَ مِمَّا فٖيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَا وَيْلَتَنَا مَا لِ‌هٰذَا الْكِتَابِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغٖيرَةً وَلَا كَبٖيرَةً اِلَّٓا اَحْصٰيهَاۚ وَوَجَدُوا مَا عَمِلُوا حَاضِراًؕ وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ اَحَداًࣖ

    Transliteration

    Wawuḏiʿa alkitābu fatarā almujrimeena mushfiqeena mimmā feehi wayaqooloona yā waylatanā mā lihāthā alkitābi lā yughādiru ṣagheeratan walā kabeeratan illā aḥṣāhā wawajadoo mā ʿamiloo ḥāḏiran walā yathlimu rabbuka aḥadān

    Translation

    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.

50. 50 Al-Kahf 18:50

    وَاِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِاٰدَمَ فَسَجَدُٓوا اِلَّٓا اِبْلٖيسَؕ كَانَ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ اَمْرِ رَبِّهٖؕ اَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُٓ اَوْلِيَٓاءَ مِنْ دُونٖي وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّؕ بِئْسَ لِلظَّالِمٖينَ بَدَلاً

    Transliteration

    Waith qulnā lilmalāikati osjudoo liādama fasajadoo illā ibleesa kāna mina aljinni fafasaqa ʿan amri rabbihi afatattakhithoonahu wathurriyyatahu awliyāa min doonee wahum lakum ʿaduwwun bisa lilththālimeena badalān

    Translation

    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 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.

51. 51 Al-Kahf 18:51

    مَٓا اَشْهَدْتُهُمْ خَلْقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ اَنْفُسِهِمْۖ وَمَا كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذَ الْمُضِلّٖينَ عَضُداً

    Transliteration

    Mā ashhadtuhum khalqa alssamāwāti waalarḏi walā khalqa anfusihim wamā kuntu muttakhitha almuḏilleena ʿaḏudān

    Translation

    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.

52. 52 Al-Kahf 18:52

    وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ نَادُوا شُرَكَٓاءِيَ الَّذٖينَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجٖيبُوا لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَوْبِقاً

    Transliteration

    Wayawma yaqoolu nādoo shurakāiya allatheena zaʿamtum fadaʿawhum falam yastajeeboo lahum wajaʿalnā baynahum mawbiqān

    Translation

    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.

53. 53 Al-Kahf 18:53

    وَرَاَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّٓوا اَنَّهُمْ مُوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفاًࣖ

    Transliteration

    Waraā almujrimoona alnnāra fathannoo annahum muwāqiʿoohā walam yajidoo ʿanhā maṣrifān

    Translation

    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.

54. 54 Al-Kahf 18:54

    وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فٖي هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍؕ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ اَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلاً

    Transliteration

    Walaqad ṣarrafnā fee hāthā alqurāni lilnnāsi min kulli mathalin wakāna alinsānu akthara shayin jadalān

    Translation

    And We have certainly diversified in this Qur'an for the people from every [kind of] example; but man has ever been, most of anything, [prone to] dispute.

55. 55 Al-Kahf 18:55

    وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ اَنْ يُؤْمِنُٓوا اِذْ جَٓاءَهُمُ الْهُدٰى وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّهُمْ اِلَّٓا اَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ الْاَوَّلٖينَ اَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ قُبُلاً

    Transliteration

    Wamā manaʿa alnnāsa an yuminoo ith jāahumu alhudā wayastaghfiroo rabbahum illā an tatiyahum sunnatu alawwaleena aw yatiyahumu alʿathābu qubulān

    Translation

    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.

56. 56 Al-Kahf 18:56

    وَمَا نُرْسِلُ الْمُرْسَلٖينَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّرٖينَ وَمُنْذِرٖينَۚ وَيُجَادِلُ الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الْحَقَّ وَاتَّخَذُٓوا اٰيَاتٖي وَمَٓا اُنْذِرُوا هُزُواً

    Transliteration

    Wamā nursilu almursaleena illā mubashshireena wamunthireena wayujādilu allatheena kafaroo bialbāṭili liyudḥiḏoo bihi alḥaqqa waittakhathoo āyātee wamā onthiroo huzuwān

    Translation

    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.

57. 57 Al-Kahf 18:57

    وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّهٖ فَاَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُؕ اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلٰى قُلُوبِهِمْ اَكِنَّةً اَنْ يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفٖٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْراًؕ وَاِنْ تَدْعُهُمْ اِلَى الْهُدٰى فَلَنْ يَهْتَدُٓوا اِذاً اَبَداً

    Transliteration

    Waman athlamu mimman thukkira biāyāti rabbihi faaʿraḏa ʿanhā wanasiya mā qaddamat yadāhu innā jaʿalnā ʿalā quloobihim akinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee āthānihim waqran wain tadʿuhum ilā alhudā falan yahtadoo ithan abadān

    Translation

    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.

58. 58 Al-Kahf 18:58

    وَرَبُّكَ الْغَفُورُ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِؕ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُمْ بِمَا كَسَبُوا لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ الْعَذَابَؕ بَلْ لَهُمْ مَوْعِدٌ لَنْ يَجِدُوا مِنْ دُونِهٖ مَوْئِلاً

    Transliteration

    Warabbuka alghafooru thoo alrraḥmati law yuākhithuhum bimā kasaboo laʿajjala lahumu alʿathāba bal lahum mawʿidun lan yajidoo min doonihi mawilān

    Translation

    And your Lord is the Forgiving, full 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.

59. 59 Al-Kahf 18:59

    وَتِلْكَ الْقُرٰٓى اَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِمْ مَوْعِداًࣖ

    Transliteration

    Watilka alqurā ahlaknāhum lammā thalamoo wajaʿalnā limahlikihim mawʿidān

    Translation

    And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.

60. 60 Al-Kahf 18:60

    وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوسٰى لِفَتٰيهُ لَٓا اَبْرَحُ حَتّٰٓى اَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ اَوْ اَمْضِيَ حُقُباً

    Transliteration

    Waith qāla moosā lifatāhu lā abraḥu ḥattā ablugha majmaʿa albaḥrayni aw amḏiya ḥuqubān

    Translation

    And [mention] when Moses said to his servant, "I will not cease [traveling] until I reach the junction of the two seas or continue for a long period."

61. 61 Al-Kahf 18:61

    فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبٖيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَباً

    Transliteration

    Falammā balaghā majmaʿa baynihimā nasiyā ḥootahumā faittakhatha sabeelahu fee albaḥri sarabān

    Translation

    But when they reached the junction between them, they forgot their fish, and it took its course into the sea, slipping away.

62. 62 Al-Kahf 18:62

    فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتٰيهُ اٰتِنَا غَدَٓاءَنَاؗ لَقَدْ لَقٖينَا مِنْ سَفَرِنَا هٰذَا نَصَباً

    Transliteration

    Falammā jāwazā qāla lifatāhu ātinā ghadāanā laqad laqeenā min safarinā hāthā naṣabān

    Translation

    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."

63. 63 Al-Kahf 18:63

    قَالَ اَرَاَيْتَ اِذْ اَوَيْنَٓا اِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَاِنّٖي نَسٖيتُ الْحُوتَؗ وَمَٓا اَنْسَانٖيهُ اِلَّا الشَّيْطَانُ اَنْ اَذْكُرَهُۚ وَاتَّخَذَ سَبٖيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِࣗ عَجَباً

    Transliteration

    Qāla araayta ith awaynā ilā alṣṣakhrati fainnee naseetu alḥoota wamā ansāneehu illā alshshayṭānu an athkurahu waittakhatha sabeelahu fee albaḥri ʿajabān

    Translation

    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".

64. 64 Al-Kahf 18:64

    قَالَ ذٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِࣗ فَارْتَدَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمَا قَصَصاًۙ

    Transliteration

    Qāla thālika mā kunnā nabghi fairtaddā ʿalā āthārihimā qaṣaṣān

    Translation

    [Moses] said, "That is what we were seeking." So they returned, following their footprints.

65. 65 Al-Kahf 18:65

    فَوَجَدَا عَبْداً مِنْ عِبَادِنَٓا اٰتَيْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ مِنْ لَدُنَّا عِلْماً

    Transliteration

    Fawajadā ʿabdan min ʿibādinā ātaynāhu raḥmatan min ʿindinā waʿallamnāhu min ladunnā ʿilmān

    Translation

    And they found a servant from among Our servants to whom we had given mercy from us and had taught him from Us a [certain] knowledge.

66. 66 Al-Kahf 18:66

    قَالَ لَهُ مُوسٰى هَلْ اَتَّبِعُكَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْداً

    Transliteration

    Qāla lahu moosā hal attabiʿuka ʿalā an tuʿallimani mimmā ʿullimta rushdān

    Translation

    Moses said to him, "May I follow you on [the condition] that you teach me from what you have been taught of sound judgement?"

67. 67 Al-Kahf 18:67

    قَالَ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطٖيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْراً

    Transliteration

    Qāla innaka lan tastaṭeeʿa maʿiya ṣabrān

    Translation

    He said, "Indeed, with me you will never be able to have patience.

68. 68 Al-Kahf 18:68

    وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلٰى مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهٖ خُبْراً

    Transliteration

    Wakayfa taṣbiru ʿalā mā lam tuḥiṭ bihi khubrān

    Translation

    And how can you have patience for what you do not encompass in knowledge?"

69. 69 Al-Kahf 18:69

    قَالَ سَتَجِدُنٖٓي اِنْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ صَابِراً وَلَٓا اَعْصٖي لَكَ اَمْراً

    Transliteration

    Qāla satajidunee in shāa Allāhu ṣābiran walā aʿṣee laka amrān

    Translation

    [Moses] said, "You will find me, if Allah wills, patient, and I will not disobey you in [any] order."

70. 70 Al-Kahf 18:70

    قَالَ فَاِنِ اتَّبَعْتَنٖي فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنٖي عَنْ شَيْءٍ حَتّٰٓى اُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْراًࣖ

    Transliteration

    Qāla faini ittabaʿtanee falā tasalnee ʿan shayin ḥattā oḥditha laka minhu thikrān

    Translation

    He said, "Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention."

71. 71 Al-Kahf 18:71

    فَانْطَلَقَاࣞ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفٖينَةِ خَرَقَهَاؕ قَالَ اَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ اَهْلَهَاۚ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـٔاً اِمْراً

    Transliteration

    Fainṭalaqā ḥattā ithā rakibā fee alssafeenati kharaqahā qāla akharaqtahā litughriqa ahlahā laqad jita shayan imrān

    Translation

    So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, al-Khidh r tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing."

72. 72 Al-Kahf 18:72

    قَالَ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطٖيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْراً

    Transliteration

    Qāla alam aqul innaka lan tastaṭeeʿa maʿiya ṣabrān

    Translation

    [Al-Khidh r] said, "Did I not say that with me you would never be able to have patience?"

73. 73 Al-Kahf 18:73

    قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنٖي بِمَا نَسٖيتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنٖي مِنْ اَمْرٖي عُسْراً

    Transliteration

    Qāla lā tuākhithnee bimā naseetu walā turhiqnee min amree ʿusrān

    Translation

    [Moses] said, "Do not blame me for what I forgot and do not cover me in my matter with difficulty."

74. 74 Al-Kahf 18:74

    فَانْطَلَقَاࣞ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَاماً فَقَتَلَهُۙ قَالَ اَقَتَلْتَ نَفْساً زَكِيَّةً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍؕ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـٔاً نُكْراً

    Transliteration

    Fainṭalaqā ḥattā ithā laqiyā ghulāman faqatalahu qāla aqatalta nafsan zakiyyatan bighayri nafsin laqad jita shayan nukrān

    Translation

    So they set out, until when they met a boy, al-Khidh r killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a deplorable thing."

75. 75 Al-Kahf 18:75

    قَالَ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ لَكَ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطٖيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْراً

    Transliteration

    Qāla alam aqul laka innaka lan tastaṭeeʿa maʿiya ṣabrān

    Translation

    [Al-Khidh r] said, "Did I not tell you that with me you would never be able to have patience?"

76. 76 Al-Kahf 18:76

    قَالَ اِنْ سَاَلْتُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَاحِبْنٖيۚ قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِنْ لَدُنّٖي عُذْراً

    Transliteration

    Qāla in saaltuka ʿan shayin baʿdahā falā tuṣāḥibnee qad balaghta min ladunnee ʿuthrān

    Translation

    [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."

77. 77 Al-Kahf 18:77

    فَانْطَلَقَاࣞ حَتّٰٓى اِذَٓا اَتَيَٓا اَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍۨ اسْتَطْعَمَٓا اَهْلَهَا فَاَبَوْا اَنْ يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فٖيهَا جِدَاراً يُرٖيدُ اَنْ يَنْقَضَّ فَاَقَامَهُؕ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ اَجْراً

    Transliteration

    Fainṭalaqā ḥattā ithā atayā ahla qaryatin istaṭʿamā ahlahā faabaw an yuḏayyifoohumā fawajadā feehā jidāran yureedu an yanqaḏḏa faaqāmahu qāla law shita laittakhathta ʿalayhi ajrān

    Translation

    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 al-Khidh r restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."

78. 78 Al-Kahf 18:78

    قَالَ هٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنٖي وَبَيْنِكَۚ سَاُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوٖيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِـعْ عَلَيْهِ صَبْراً

    Transliteration

    Qāla hāthā firāqu baynee wabaynika saonabbioka bitaweeli mā lam tastaṭiʿ ʿalayhi ṣabrān

    Translation

    [Al-Khidh r] said, "This is parting between me and you. I will inform you of the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience.

79. 79 Al-Kahf 18:79

    اَمَّا السَّفٖينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكٖينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَاَرَدْتُ اَنْ اَعٖيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَٓاءَهُمْ مَلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفٖينَةٍ غَصْباً

    Transliteration

    Ammā alssafeenatu fakānat limasākeena yaʿmaloona fee albaḥri faaradtu an aʿeebahā wakāna warāahum malikun yakhuthu kulla safeenatin ghaṣbān

    Translation

    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.

80. 80 Al-Kahf 18:80

    وَاَمَّا الْغُلَامُ فَكَانَ اَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشٖينَٓا اَنْ يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَاناً وَكُفْراًۚ

    Transliteration

    Waammā alghulāmu fakāna abawāhu muminayni fakhasheenā an yurhiqahumā ṭughyānan wakufrān

    Translation

    And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief.

81. 81 Al-Kahf 18:81

    فَاَرَدْنَٓا اَنْ يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْراً مِنْهُ زَكٰوةً وَاَقْرَبَ رُحْماً

    Transliteration

    Faaradnā an yubdilahumā rabbuhumā khayran minhu zakātan waaqraba ruḥmān

    Translation

    So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.

82. 82 Al-Kahf 18:82

    وَاَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَامَيْنِ يَتٖيمَيْنِ فِي الْمَدٖينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنْزٌ لَهُمَا وَكَانَ اَبُوهُمَا صَالِحاًۚ فَاَرَادَ رَبُّكَ اَنْ يَبْلُغَٓا اَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنْزَهُمَاࣗ رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُ عَنْ اَمْرٖيؕ ذٰلِكَ تَأْوٖيلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِـعْ عَلَيْهِ صَبْراًؕࣖ

    Transliteration

    Waammā aljidāru fakāna lighulāmayni yateemayni fee almadeenati wakāna taḥtahu kanzun lahumā wakāna aboohumā ṣāliḥan faarāda rabbuka an yablughā ashuddahumā wayastakhrijā kanzahumā raḥmatan min rabbika wamā faʿaltuhu ʿan amree thālika taweelu mā lam tasṭiʿ ʿalayhi ṣabrān

    Translation

    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."

83. 83 Al-Kahf 18:83

    وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنْ ذِي الْقَرْنَيْنِؕ قُلْ سَاَتْلُوا عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْهُ ذِكْراًؕ

    Transliteration

    Wayasaloonaka ʿan thee alqarnayni qul saatloo ʿalaykum minhu thikrān

    Translation

    And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, "I will recite to you about him a report."

84. 84 Al-Kahf 18:84

    اِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُ فِي الْاَرْضِ وَاٰتَيْنَاهُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَبَباًۙ

    Transliteration

    Innā makkannā lahu fee alarḏi waātaynāhu min kulli shayin sababān

    Translation

    Indeed We established him upon the earth, and We gave him to everything a way.

85. 85 Al-Kahf 18:85

    فَاَتْبَعَ سَبَباً

    Transliteration

    Faatbaʿa sababān

    Translation

    So he followed a way

86. 86 Al-Kahf 18:86

    حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فٖي عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا قَوْماًؕ قُلْنَا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ اِمَّٓا اَنْ تُعَذِّبَ وَاِمَّٓا اَنْ تَتَّخِذَ فٖيهِمْ حُسْناً

    Transliteration

    Ḥattā ithā balagha maghriba alshshamsi wajadahā taghrubu fee ʿaynin ḥamiatin wawajada ʿindahā qawman qulnā yā thā alqarnayni immā an tuʿaththiba waimmā an tattakhitha feehim ḥusnān

    Translation

    Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it [as if] setting in a spring of dark mud, and he found near it a people. Allah said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, either you punish [them] or else adopt among them [a way of] goodness."

87. 87 Al-Kahf 18:87

    قَالَ اَمَّا مَنْ ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ اِلٰى رَبِّهٖ فَيُعَذِّبُهُ عَذَاباً نُكْراً

    Transliteration

    Qāla ammā man thalama fasawfa nuʿaththibuhu thumma yuraddu ilā rabbihi fayuʿaththibuhu ʿathāban nukrān

    Translation

    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.

88. 88 Al-Kahf 18:88

    وَاَمَّا مَنْ اٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَلَهُ جَزَٓاءًۨ الْحُسْنٰىۚ وَسَنَقُولُ لَهُ مِنْ اَمْرِنَا يُسْراًؕ

    Transliteration

    Waammā man āmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan falahu jazāan alḥusnā wasanaqoolu lahu min amrinā yusrān

    Translation

    But as for one who believes and does righteousness, he will have a reward of Paradise, and we will speak to him from our command with ease."

89. 89 Al-Kahf 18:89

    ثُمَّ اَتْـبَعَ سَبَباً

    Transliteration

    Thumma atbaʿa sababān

    Translation

    Then he followed a way

90. 90 Al-Kahf 18:90

    حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلٰى قَوْمٍ لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِهَا سِتْراًۙ

    Transliteration

    Ḥattā ithā balagha maṭliʿa alshshamsi wajadahā taṭluʿu ʿalā qawmin lam najʿal lahum min doonihā sitrān

    Translation

    Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.

91. 91 Al-Kahf 18:91

    كَذٰلِكَؕ وَقَدْ اَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْراً

    Transliteration

    Kathālika waqad aḥaṭnā bimā ladayhi khubrān

    Translation

    Thus. And We had encompassed [all] that he had in knowledge.

92. 92 Al-Kahf 18:92

    ثُمَّ اَتْبَعَ سَبَباً

    Transliteration

    Thumma atbaʿa sababān

    Translation

    Then he followed a way

93. 93 Al-Kahf 18:93

    حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ السَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمَا قَوْماًۙ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلاً

    Transliteration

    Ḥattā ithā balagha bayna alssaddayni wajada min doonihimā qawman lā yakādoona yafqahoona qawlān

    Translation

    Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech.

94. 94 Al-Kahf 18:94

    قَالُوا يَا ذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ اِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجاً عَلٰٓى اَنْ تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَداًّ

    Transliteration

    Qāloo yā thā alqarnayni inna yajooja wamajooja mufsidoona fee alarḏi fahal najʿalu laka kharjan ʿalā an tajʿala baynanā wabaynahum saddān

    Translation

    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?"

95. 95 Al-Kahf 18:95

    قَالَ مَا مَكَّنّٖي فٖيهِ رَبّٖي خَيْرٌ فَاَعٖينُونٖي بِقُوَّةٍ اَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْماًۙ

    Transliteration

    Qāla mā makkannee feehi rabbee khayrun faaʿeenoonee biquwwatin ajʿal baynakum wabaynahum radmān

    Translation

    He said, "That in which my Lord has established me is better [than what you offer], but assist me with strength; I will make between you and them a dam.

96. 96 Al-Kahf 18:96

    اٰتُونٖي زُبَرَ الْحَدٖيدِؕ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا سَاوٰى بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ انْفُخُواؕ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَاراًۙ قَالَ اٰتُونٖٓي اُفْرِ غْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْراًؕ

    Transliteration

    Ātoonee zubara alḥadeedi ḥattā ithā sāwā bayna alṣadafayni qāla onfukhoo ḥattā ithā jaʿalahu nāran qāla ātoonee ofrigh ʿalayhi qiṭrān

    Translation

    Bring me sheets 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."

97. 97 Al-Kahf 18:97

    فَمَا اسْطَاعُٓوا اَنْ يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا لَهُ نَقْباً

    Transliteration

    Famā isṭāʿoo an yathharoohu wamā istaṭāʿoo lahu naqbān

    Translation

    So Gog and Magog were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.

98. 98 Al-Kahf 18:98

    قَالَ هٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبّٖيۚ فَاِذَا جَٓاءَ وَعْدُ رَبّٖي جَعَلَهُ دَكَّٓاءَۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبّٖي حَقاًّؕ

    Transliteration

    Qāla hāthā raḥmatun min rabbee faithā jāa waʿdu rabbee jaʿalahu dakkāa wakāna waʿdu rabbee ḥaqqān

    Translation

    [Dhul-Qarnayn] said, "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord comes, He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true."

99. 99 Al-Kahf 18:99

    وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فٖي بَعْضٍ وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَاهُمْ جَمْعاًۙ

    Transliteration

    Wataraknā baʿḏahum yawmaithin yamooju fee baʿḏin wanufikha fee alṣṣoori fajamaʿnāhum jamʿān

    Translation

    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.

100. 100 Al-Kahf 18:100

     وَعَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْكَافِرٖينَ عَرْضاًۙ

     Transliteration

     Waʿaraḏnā jahannama yawmaithin lilkāfireena ʿarḏān

     Translation

     And We will present Hell that Day to the Disbelievers, on display -

101. 101 Al-Kahf 18:101

     اَلَّذٖينَ كَانَتْ اَعْيُنُهُمْ فٖي غِطَٓاءٍ عَنْ ذِ كْرٖي وَكَانُوا لَا يَسْتَطٖيعُونَ سَمْعاًࣖ

     Transliteration

     Allatheena kānat aʿyunuhum fee ghiṭāin ʿan thikree wakānoo lā yastaṭeeʿoona samʿān

     Translation

     Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance, and they were not able to hear.

102. 102 Al-Kahf 18:102

     اَفَحَسِبَ الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُٓوا اَنْ يَتَّخِذُوا عِبَادٖي مِنْ دُونٖٓي اَوْلِيَٓاءَؕ اِنَّٓا اَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِرٖينَ نُزُلاً

     Transliteration

     Afaḥasiba allatheena kafaroo an yattakhithoo ʿibādee min doonee awliyāa innā aʿtadnā jahannama lilkāfireena nuzulān

     Translation

     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.

103. 103 Al-Kahf 18:103

     قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِالْاَخْسَرٖينَ اَعْمَالاًؕ

     Transliteration

     Qul hal nunabbiokum bialakhsareena aʿmālān

     Translation

     Say, [O Muhammad], "Shall we [believers] inform you of the greatest losers as to [their] deeds?

104. 104 Al-Kahf 18:104

     اَلَّذٖينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ اَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعاً

     Transliteration

     Allatheena ḏalla saʿyuhum fee alḥayāti alddunyā wahum yaḥsaboona annahum yuḥsinoona ṣunʿān

     Translation

     [They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."

105. 105 Al-Kahf 18:105

     اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ الَّذٖينَ كَفَرُوا بِاٰيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَٓائِهٖ فَحَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فَلَا نُقٖيمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَزْناً

     Transliteration

     Olāika allatheena kafaroo biāyāti rabbihim waliqāihi faḥabiṭat aʿmāluhum falā nuqeemu lahum yawma alqiyāmati waznān

     Translation

     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 importance.

106. 106 Al-Kahf 18:106

     ذٰلِكَ جَزَٓاؤُ۬هُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا وَاتَّخَذُٓوا اٰيَاتٖي وَرُسُلٖي هُزُواً

     Transliteration

     Thālika jazāohum jahannamu bimā kafaroo waittakhathoo āyātee warusulee huzuwān

     Translation

     That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.

107. 107 Al-Kahf 18:107

     اِنَّ الَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلاًۙ

     Transliteration

     Inna allatheena āmanoo waʿamiloo alṣṣāliḥāti kānat lahum jannātu alfirdawsi nuzulān

     Translation

     Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - they will have the Gardens of Paradise as a lodging,

108. 108 Al-Kahf 18:108

     خَالِدٖينَ فٖيهَا لَا يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلاً

     Transliteration

     Khālideena feehā lā yabghoona ʿanhā ḥiwalān

     Translation

     Wherein they abide eternally. They will not desire from it any transfer.

109. 109 Al-Kahf 18:109

     قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَاداً لِكَلِمَاتِ رَبّٖي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ اَنْ تَنْفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبّٖي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهٖ مَدَداً

     Transliteration

     Qul law kāna albaḥru midādan likalimāti rabbee lanafida albaḥru qabla an tanfada kalimātu rabbee walaw jinā bimithlihi madadān

     Translation

     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 as a supplement."

110. 110 Al-Kahf 18:110

     قُلْ اِنَّـمَٓا اَنَا۬ بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ يُوحٰٓى اِلَيَّ اَنَّـمَٓا اِلٰهُكُمْ اِلٰهٌ وَاحِدٌۚ فَمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُوا لِقَٓاءَ رَبِّهٖ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلاً صَالِحاً وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهٖٓ اَحَداً

     Transliteration

     Qul innamā anā basharun mithlukum yooḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhun wāḥidun faman kāna yarjoo liqāa rabbihi falyaʿmal ʿamalan ṣāliḥan walā yushrik biʿibādati rabbihi aḥadān

     Translation

     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."

Translation: Saheeh International. Arabic text: Mushaf of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Türkiye (Diyanet), 605 pages; kuran.diyanet.gov.tr. Transliteration: Açık Kuran (acikkuran.com).