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Surah Al-Kahf (Arabic: سورة Al-Kahf, "The Cave") is the 18 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 110 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.
Introduction
Surah Al-Kahf ("The Cave") is chapter 18 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 110 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.
Text and Translation
Verse 18:1
اَلۡحَمۡدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِيۡ٘ اَنۡزَلَ عَلٰي عَبۡدِهِ الۡكِتٰبَ وَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ لَّهٗ عِوَجًاؕࣝ
al-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī anzala ʿalā ʿabdihi l-kitāba walam yajʿal lahu ʿiwajā
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, who has sent down upon His Servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance
Verse 18:2
قَيِّمًا لِّيُنۡذِرَ بَاۡسًا شَدِيۡدًا مِّنۡ لَّدُنۡهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ الَّذِيۡنَ يَعۡمَلُوۡنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ اَنَّ لَهُمۡ اَجۡرًا حَسَنًاۙ
qayyiman liyundhira basan shadīdan min ladun'hu wayubashira l-mu'minīna alladhīna yaʿmalūna l-ṣāliḥāti anna lahum ajran ḥasanan
[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
Verse 18:3
مَّاكِثِيۡنَ فِيۡهِ اَبَدًاۙ
mākithīna fīhi abadan
In which they will remain forever
Verse 18:4
وَّيُنۡذِرَ الَّذِيۡنَ قَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللّٰهُ وَلَدًاࣗ
wayundhira alladhīna qālū ittakhadha l-lahu waladan
And to warn those who say, "Allah has taken a son
Verse 18:5
مَا لَهُمۡ بِهٖ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍ وَّلَا لِاٰبَآئِهِمۡؕ كَبُرَتۡ كَلِمَةً تَخۡرُجُ مِنۡ اَفۡوَاهِهِمۡؕ اِنۡ يَّقُوۡلُوۡنَ اِلَّا كَذِبًا
mā lahum bihi min ʿil'min walā liābāihim kaburat kalimatan takhruju min afwāhihim in yaqūlūna illā kadhiban
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
Verse 18:6
فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفۡسَكَ عَلٰ٘ي اٰثَارِهِمۡ اِنۡ لَّمۡ يُؤۡمِنُوۡا بِهٰذَا الۡحَدِيۡثِ اَسَفًا
falaʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka ʿalā āthārihim in lam yu'minū bihādhā l-ḥadīthi asafan
Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muhammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow
Verse 18:7
اِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا مَا عَلَي الۡاَرۡضِ زِيۡنَةً لَّهَا لِنَبۡلُوَهُمۡ اَيُّهُمۡ اَحۡسَنُ عَمَلًا
innā jaʿalnā mā ʿalā l-arḍi zīnatan lahā linabluwahum ayyuhum aḥsanu ʿamalan
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
Verse 18:8
وَاِنَّا لَجٰعِلُوۡنَ مَا عَلَيۡهَا صَعِيۡدًا جُرُزًاؕ
wa-innā lajāʿilūna mā ʿalayhā ṣaʿīdan juruzan
And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground
Verse 18:9
اَمۡ حَسِبۡتَ اَنَّ اَصۡحٰبَ الۡكَهۡفِ وَالرَّقِيۡمِ كَانُوۡا مِنۡ اٰيٰتِنَا عَجَبًا
am ḥasib'ta anna aṣḥāba l-kahfi wal-raqīmi kānū min āyātinā ʿajaban
Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder
Verse 18:10
اِذۡ اَوَي الۡفِتۡيَةُ اِلَي الۡكَهۡفِ فَقَالُوۡا رَبَّنَا٘ اٰتِنَا مِنۡ لَّدُنۡكَ رَحۡمَةً وَّهَيِّئۡ لَنَا مِنۡ اَمۡرِنَا رَشَدًا
idh awā l-fit'yatu ilā l-kahfi faqālū rabbanā ātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wahayyi lanā min amrinā rashadan
[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
Verse 18:11
فَضَرَبۡنَا عَلٰ٘ي اٰذَانِهِمۡ فِي الۡكَهۡفِ سِنِيۡنَ عَدَدًاۙ
So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years
Verse 18:12
ثُمَّ بَعَثۡنٰهُمۡ لِنَعۡلَمَ اَيُّ الۡحِزۡبَيۡنِ اَحۡصٰي لِمَا لَبِثُوۡ٘ا اَمَدًاࣖ
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
Verse 18:13
نَحۡنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيۡكَ نَبَاَهُمۡ بِالۡحَقِّؕ اِنَّهُمۡ فِتۡيَةٌ اٰمَنُوۡا بِرَبِّهِمۡ وَزِدۡنٰهُمۡ هُدًيࣗۖ
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
Verse 18:14
وَّرَبَطۡنَا عَلٰي قُلُوۡبِهِمۡ اِذۡ قَامُوۡا فَقَالُوۡا رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ لَنۡ نَّدۡعُوَا۠ مِنۡ دُوۡنِهٖ٘ اِلٰهًا لَّقَدۡ قُلۡنَا٘ اِذًا شَطَطًا
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
Verse 18:15
هٰ٘ؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمُنَا اتَّخَذُوۡا مِنۡ دُوۡنِهٖ٘ اٰلِهَةًؕ لَوۡلَا يَاۡتُوۡنَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ بِسُلۡطٰنٍۭ بَيِّنٍؕ فَمَنۡ اَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنِ افۡتَرٰي عَلَي اللّٰهِ كَذِبًاؕ
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
Verse 18:16
وَاِذِ اعۡتَزَلۡتُمُوۡهُمۡ وَمَا يَعۡبُدُوۡنَ اِلَّا اللّٰهَ فَاۡوٗ٘ا اِلَي الۡكَهۡفِ يَنۡشُرۡ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُمۡ مِّنۡ رَّحۡمَتِهٖ وَيُهَيِّئۡ لَكُمۡ مِّنۡ اَمۡرِكُمۡ مِّرۡفَقًا
[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
Verse 18:17
وَتَرَي الشَّمۡسَ اِذَا طَلَعَتۡ تَّزٰوَرُ عَنۡ كَهۡفِهِمۡ ذَاتَ الۡيَمِيۡنِ وَاِذَا غَرَبَتۡ تَّقۡرِضُهُمۡ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَهُمۡ فِيۡ فَجۡوَةٍ مِّنۡهُؕ ذٰلِكَ مِنۡ اٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِؕ مَنۡ يَّهۡدِ اللّٰهُ فَهُوَ الۡمُهۡتَدِۚ وَمَنۡ يُّضۡلِلۡ فَلَنۡ تَجِدَ لَهٗ وَلِيًّا مُّرۡشِدًاࣖ
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
Verse 18:18
وَتَحۡسَبُهُمۡ اَيۡقَاظًا وَّهُمۡ رُقُوۡدٌࣗۖ وَّنُقَلِّبُهُمۡ ذَاتَ الۡيَمِيۡنِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِࣗۖ وَكَلۡبُهُمۡ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيۡهِ بِالۡوَصِيۡدِؕ لَوِ اطَّلَعۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ لَوَلَّيۡتَ مِنۡهُمۡ فِرَارًا وَّلَمُلِئۡتَ مِنۡهُمۡ رُعۡبًا
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
Verse 18:19
وَكَذٰلِكَ بَعَثۡنٰهُمۡ لِيَتَسَآءَلُوۡا بَيۡنَهُمۡؕ قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنۡهُمۡ كَمۡ لَبِثۡتُمۡؕ قَالُوۡا لَبِثۡنَا يَوۡمًا اَوۡ بَعۡضَ يَوۡمٍؕ قَالُوۡا رَبُّكُمۡ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثۡتُمۡؕ فَابۡعَثُوۡ٘ا اَحَدَكُمۡ بِوَرِقِكُمۡ هٰذِهٖ٘ اِلَي الۡمَدِيۡنَةِ فَلۡيَنۡظُرۡ اَيُّهَا٘ اَزۡكٰي طَعَامًا فَلۡيَاۡتِكُمۡ بِرِزۡقٍ مِّنۡهُ وَلۡيَتَۙلَطَّفۡ وَلَا يُشۡعِرَنَّ بِكُمۡ اَحَدًا
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
Verse 18:20
اِنَّهُمۡ اِنۡ يَّظۡهَرُوۡا عَلَيۡكُمۡ يَرۡجُمُوۡكُمۡ اَوۡ يُعِيۡدُوۡكُمۡ فِيۡ مِلَّتِهِمۡ وَلَنۡ تُفۡلِحُوۡ٘ا اِذًا اَبَدًا
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
Verse 18:21
وَكَذٰلِكَ اَعۡثَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ لِيَعۡلَمُوۡ٘ا اَنَّ وَعۡدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَّاَنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيۡهَاࣗۚ اِذۡ يَتَنَازَعُوۡنَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ اَمۡرَهُمۡ فَقَالُوا ابۡنُوۡا عَلَيۡهِمۡ بُنۡيَانًاؕ رَبُّهُمۡ اَعۡلَمُ بِهِمۡؕ قَالَ الَّذِيۡنَ غَلَبُوۡا عَلٰ٘ي اَمۡرِهِمۡ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ مَّسۡجِدًا
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
Verse 18:22
سَيَقُوۡلُوۡنَ ثَلٰثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمۡ كَلۡبُهُمۡۚ وَيَقُوۡلُوۡنَ خَمۡسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمۡ كَلۡبُهُمۡ رَجۡمًاۭ بِالۡغَيۡبِۚ وَيَقُوۡلُوۡنَ سَبۡعَةٌ وَّثَامِنُهُمۡ كَلۡبُهُمۡؕ قُلۡ رَّبِّيۡ٘ اَعۡلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِمۡ مَّا يَعۡلَمُهُمۡ اِلَّا قَلِيۡلٌ ࣞ فَلَا تُمَارِ فِيۡهِمۡ اِلَّا مِرَآءً ظَاهِرًاࣕ وَّلَا تَسۡتَفۡتِ فِيۡهِمۡ مِّنۡهُمۡ اَحَدًاࣖ
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
Verse 18:23
وَلَا تَقُوۡلَنَّ لِشَايۡءٍ اِنِّيۡ فَاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَدًاۙ
And never say of anything, "Indeed, I will do that tomorrow
Verse 18:24
اِلَّا٘ اَنۡ يَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُؗ وَاذۡكُرۡ رَّبَّكَ اِذَا نَسِيۡتَ وَقُلۡ عَسٰ٘ي اَنۡ يَّهۡدِيَنِ رَبِّيۡ لِاَقۡرَبَ مِنۡ هٰذَا رَشَدًا
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
Verse 18:25
وَلَبِثُوۡا فِيۡ كَهۡفِهِمۡ ثَلٰثَ مِائَةٍ سِنِيۡنَ وَازۡدَادُوۡا تِسۡعًا
And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine
Verse 18:26
قُلِ اللّٰهُ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُوۡاۚ لَهٗ غَيۡبُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِؕ اَبۡصِرۡ بِهٖ وَاَسۡمِعۡؕ مَا لَهُمۡ مِّنۡ دُوۡنِهٖ مِنۡ وَّلِيٍّؗ وَّلَا يُشۡرِكُ فِيۡ حُكۡمِهٖ٘ اَحَدًا
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
Verse 18:27
وَاتۡلُ مَا٘ اُوۡحِيَ اِلَيۡكَ مِنۡ كِتَابِ رَبِّكَؕ لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمٰتِهٖۚࣞ وَلَنۡ تَجِدَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِهٖ مُلۡتَحَدًا
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
Verse 18:28
وَاصۡبِرۡ نَفۡسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِيۡنَ يَدۡعُوۡنَ رَبَّهُمۡ بِالۡغَدٰوةِ وَالۡعَشِيِّ يُرِيۡدُوۡنَ وَجۡهَهٗ وَلَا تَعۡدُ عَيۡنٰكَ عَنۡهُمۡۚ تُرِيۡدُ زِيۡنَةَ الۡحَيٰوةِ الدُّنۡيَاۚ وَلَا تُطِعۡ مَنۡ اَغۡفَلۡنَا قَلۡبَهٗ عَنۡ ذِكۡرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوٰىهُ وَكَانَ اَمۡرُهٗ فُرُطًا
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
Verse 18:29
وَقُلِ الۡحَقُّ مِنۡ رَّبِّكُمۡࣞ فَمَنۡ شَآءَ فَلۡيُؤۡمِنۡ وَّمَنۡ شَآءَ فَلۡيَكۡفُرۡۚ اِنَّا٘ اَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلظّٰلِمِيۡنَ نَارًا اَحَاطَ بِهِمۡ سُرَادِقُهَاؕ وَاِنۡ يَّسۡتَغِيۡثُوۡا يُغَاثُوۡا بِمَآءٍ كَالۡمُهۡلِ يَشۡوِي الۡوُجُوۡهَؕ بِئۡسَ الشَّرَابُؕ وَسَآءَتۡ مُرۡتَفَقًا
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
Verse 18:30
اِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ اِنَّا لَا نُضِيۡعُ اَجۡرَ مَنۡ اَحۡسَنَ عَمَلًاۚ
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
Verse 18:31
اُولٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ جَنّٰتُ عَدۡنٍ تَجۡرِيۡ مِنۡ تَحۡتِهِمُ الۡاَنۡهٰرُ يُحَلَّوۡنَ فِيۡهَا مِنۡ اَسَاوِرَ مِنۡ ذَهَبٍ وَّيَلۡبَسُوۡنَ ثِيَابًا خُضۡرًا مِّنۡ سُنۡدُسٍ وَّاِسۡتَبۡرَقٍ مُّتَّكِـِٕيۡنَ فِيۡهَا عَلَي الۡاَرَآئِكِؕ نِعۡمَ الثَّوَابُؕ وَحَسُنَتۡ مُرۡتَفَقًاࣖ
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
Verse 18:32
وَاضۡرِبۡ لَهُمۡ مَّثَلًا رَّجُلَيۡنِ جَعَلۡنَا لِاَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيۡنِ مِنۡ اَعۡنَابٍ وَّحَفَفۡنٰهُمَا بِنَخۡلٍ وَّجَعَلۡنَا بَيۡنَهُمَا زَرۡعًاؕ
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
Verse 18:33
كِلۡتَا الۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ اٰتَتۡ اُكُلَهَا وَلَمۡ تَظۡلِمۡ مِّنۡهُ شَيۡـًٔاۙ وَّفَجَّرۡنَا خِلٰلَهُمَا نَهَرًاۙ
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
Verse 18:34
وَّكَانَ لَهٗ ثَمَرٌۚ فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِهٖ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهٗ٘ اَنَا اَكۡثَرُ مِنۡكَ مَالًا وَّاَعَزُّ نَفَرًا
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
Verse 18:35
وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهٗ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفۡسِهٖۚ قَالَ مَا٘ اَظُنُّ اَنۡ تَبِيۡدَ هٰذِهٖ٘ اَبَدًاۙ
And he entered his garden while he was unjust to himself. He said, "I do not think that this will perish - ever
Verse 18:36
وَّمَا٘ اَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةًۙ وَّلَئِنۡ رُّدِدۡتُّ اِلٰي رَبِّيۡ لَاَجِدَنَّ خَيۡرًا مِّنۡهَا مُنۡقَلَبًاۚ
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
Verse 18:37
قَالَ لَهٗ صَاحِبُهٗ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهٗ٘ اَكَفَرۡتَ بِالَّذِيۡ خَلَقَكَ مِنۡ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنۡ نُّطۡفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوّٰىكَ رَجُلًاؕ
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
Verse 18:38
لٰكِنَّا۠ هُوَ اللّٰهُ رَبِّيۡ وَلَا٘ اُشۡرِكُ بِرَبِّيۡ٘ اَحَدًا
But as for me, He is Allah, my Lord, and I do not associate with my Lord anyone
Verse 18:39
وَلَوۡلَا٘ اِذۡ دَخَلۡتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلۡتَ مَا شَآءَ اللّٰهُۙ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰهِۚ اِنۡ تَرَنِ اَنَا اَقَلَّ مِنۡكَ مَالًا وَّوَلَدًاۚ
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
Verse 18:40
فَعَسٰي رَبِّيۡ٘ اَنۡ يُّؤۡتِيَنِ خَيۡرًا مِّنۡ جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهَا حُسۡبَانًا مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ فَتُصۡبِحَ صَعِيۡدًا زَلَقًاۙ
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
Verse 18:41
اَوۡ يُصۡبِحَ مَآؤُهَا غَوۡرًا فَلَنۡ تَسۡتَطِيۡعَ لَهٗ طَلَبًا
Or its water will become sunken [into the earth], so you would never be able to seek it
Verse 18:42
وَاُحِيۡطَ بِثَمَرِهٖ فَاَصۡبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيۡهِ عَلٰي مَا٘ اَنۡفَقَ فِيۡهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلٰي عُرُوۡشِهَا وَيَقُوۡلُ يٰلَيۡتَنِيۡ لَمۡ اُشۡرِكۡ بِرَبِّيۡ٘ اَحَدًا
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
Verse 18:43
وَلَمۡ تَكُنۡ لَّهٗ فِئَةٌ يَّنۡصُرُوۡنَهٗ مِنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنۡتَصِرًاؕ
And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allah, nor could he defend himself
Verse 18:44
هُنَالِكَ الۡوَلَايَةُ لِلّٰهِ الۡحَقِّؕ هُوَ خَيۡرٌ ثَوَابًا وَّخَيۡرٌ عُقۡبًاࣖ
There the authority is [completely] for Allah, the Truth. He is best in reward and best in outcome
Verse 18:45
وَاضۡرِبۡ لَهُمۡ مَّثَلَ الۡحَيٰوةِ الدُّنۡيَا كَمَآءٍ اَنۡزَلۡنٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ فَاخۡتَلَطَ بِهٖ نَبَاتُ الۡاَرۡضِ فَاَصۡبَحَ هَشِيۡمًا تَذۡرُوۡهُ الرِّيٰحُؕ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰي كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ مُّقۡتَدِرًا
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
Verse 18:46
اَلۡمَالُ وَالۡبَنُوۡنَ زِيۡنَةُ الۡحَيٰوةِ الدُّنۡيَاۚ وَالۡبٰقِيٰتُ الصّٰلِحٰتُ خَيۡرٌ عِنۡدَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَّخَيۡرٌ اَمَلًا
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
Verse 18:47
وَيَوۡمَ نُسَيِّرُ الۡجِبَالَ وَتَرَي الۡاَرۡضَ بَارِزَةًۙ وَّحَشَرۡنٰهُمۡ فَلَمۡ نُغَادِرۡ مِنۡهُمۡ اَحَدًاۚ
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
Verse 18:48
وَعُرِضُوۡا عَلٰي رَبِّكَ صَفًّاؕ لَقَدۡ جِئۡتُمُوۡنَا كَمَا خَلَقۡنٰكُمۡ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۭؗ بَلۡ زَعَمۡتُمۡ اَلَّنۡ نَّجۡعَلَ لَكُمۡ مَّوۡعِدًا
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
Verse 18:49
وَوُضِعَ الۡكِتٰبُ فَتَرَي الۡمُجۡرِمِيۡنَ مُشۡفِقِيۡنَ مِمَّا فِيۡهِ وَيَقُوۡلُوۡنَ يٰوَيۡلَتَنَا مَالِ هٰذَا الۡكِتٰبِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيۡرَةً وَّلَا كَبِيۡرَةً اِلَّا٘ اَحۡصٰىهَاۚ وَوَجَدُوۡا مَا عَمِلُوۡا حَاضِرًاؕ وَلَا يَظۡلِمُ رَبُّكَ اَحَدًاࣖ
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
Verse 18:50
وَاِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلٰٓئِكَةِ اسۡجُدُوۡا لِاٰدَمَ فَسَجَدُوۡ٘ا اِلَّا٘ اِبۡلِيۡسَؕ كَانَ مِنَ الۡجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنۡ اَمۡرِ رَبِّهٖؕ اَفَتَتَّخِذُوۡنَهٗ وَذُرِّيَّتَهٗ٘ اَوۡلِيَآءَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِيۡ وَهُمۡ لَكُمۡ عَدُوٌّؕ بِئۡسَ لِلظّٰلِمِيۡنَ بَدَلًا
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
Verse 18:51
مَا٘ اَشۡهَدۡتُّهُمۡ خَلۡقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ وَلَا خَلۡقَ اَنۡفُسِهِمۡࣕ وَمَا كُنۡتُ مُتَّخِذَ الۡمُضِلِّيۡنَ عَضُدًا
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
Verse 18:52
وَيَوۡمَ يَقُوۡلُ نَادُوۡا شُرَكَآءِيَ الَّذِيۡنَ زَعَمۡتُمۡ فَدَعَوۡهُمۡ فَلَمۡ يَسۡتَجِيۡبُوۡا لَهُمۡ وَجَعَلۡنَا بَيۡنَهُمۡ مَّوۡبِقًا
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
Verse 18:53
وَرَاَ الۡمُجۡرِمُوۡنَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوۡ٘ا اَنَّهُمۡ مُّوَاقِعُوۡهَا وَلَمۡ يَجِدُوۡا عَنۡهَا مَصۡرِفًاࣖ
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
Verse 18:54
وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَا فِيۡ هٰذَا الۡقُرۡاٰنِ لِلنَّاسِ مِنۡ كُلِّ مَثَلٍؕ وَكَانَ الۡاِنۡسَانُ اَكۡثَرَ شَيۡءٍ جَدَلًا
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
Verse 18:55
وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ اَنۡ يُّؤۡمِنُوۡ٘ا اِذۡ جَآءَهُمُ الۡهُدٰي وَيَسۡتَغۡفِرُوۡا رَبَّهُمۡ اِلَّا٘ اَنۡ تَاۡتِيَهُمۡ سُنَّةُ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَ اَوۡ يَاۡتِيَهُمُ الۡعَذَابُ قُبُلًا
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
Verse 18:56
وَمَا نُرۡسِلُ الۡمُرۡسَلِيۡنَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّرِيۡنَ وَمُنۡذِرِيۡنَۚ وَيُجَادِلُ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا بِالۡبَاطِلِ لِيُدۡحِضُوۡا بِهِ الۡحَقَّ وَاتَّخَذُوۡ٘ا اٰيٰتِيۡ وَمَا٘ اُنۡذِرُوۡا هُزُوًا
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
Verse 18:57
وَمَنۡ اَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنۡ ذُكِّرَ بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّهٖ فَاَعۡرَضَ عَنۡهَا وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتۡ يَدٰهُؕ اِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا عَلٰي قُلُوۡبِهِمۡ اَكِنَّةً اَنۡ يَّفۡقَهُوۡهُ وَفِيۡ٘ اٰذَانِهِمۡ وَقۡرًاؕ وَاِنۡ تَدۡعُهُمۡ اِلَي الۡهُدٰي فَلَنۡ يَّهۡتَدُوۡ٘ا اِذًا اَبَدًا
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
Verse 18:58
وَرَبُّكَ الۡغَفُوۡرُ ذُو الرَّحۡمَةِؕ لَوۡ يُؤَاخِذُهُمۡ بِمَا كَسَبُوۡا لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ الۡعَذَابَؕ بَلۡ لَّهُمۡ مَّوۡعِدٌ لَّنۡ يَّجِدُوۡا مِنۡ دُوۡنِهٖ مَوۡئِلًا
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
Verse 18:59
وَتِلۡكَ الۡقُرٰ٘ي اَهۡلَكۡنٰهُمۡ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوۡا وَجَعَلۡنَا لِمَهۡلِكِهِمۡ مَّوۡعِدًاࣖ
And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time
Verse 18:60
وَاِذۡ قَالَ مُوۡسٰي لِفَتٰىهُ لَا٘ اَبۡرَحُ حَتّٰ٘ي اَبۡلُغَ مَجۡمَعَ الۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ اَوۡ اَمۡضِيَ حُقُبًا
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
Verse 18:61
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجۡمَعَ بَيۡنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوۡتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيۡلَهٗ فِي الۡبَحۡرِ سَرَبًا
But when they reached the junction between them, they forgot their fish, and it took its course into the sea, slipping away
Verse 18:62
فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتٰىهُ اٰتِنَا غَدَآءَنَاؗ لَقَدۡ لَقِيۡنَا مِنۡ سَفَرِنَا هٰذَا نَصَبًا
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
Verse 18:63
قَالَ اَرَءَيۡتَ اِذۡ اَوَيۡنَا٘ اِلَي الصَّخۡرَةِ فَاِنِّيۡ نَسِيۡتُ الۡحُوۡتَؗ وَمَا٘ اَنۡسٰىنِيۡهُ اِلَّا الشَّيۡطٰنُ اَنۡ اَذۡكُرَهٗۚ وَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيۡلَهٗ فِي الۡبَحۡرِࣗۖ عَجَبًا
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
Verse 18:64
قَالَ ذٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبۡغِࣗۖ فَارۡتَدَّا عَلٰ٘ي اٰثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًاۙ
[Moses] said, "That is what we were seeking." So they returned, following their footprints
Verse 18:65
فَوَجَدَا عَبۡدًا مِّنۡ عِبَادِنَا٘ اٰتَيۡنٰهُ رَحۡمَةً مِّنۡ عِنۡدِنَا وَعَلَّمۡنٰهُ مِنۡ لَّدُنَّا عِلۡمًا
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
Verse 18:66
قَالَ لَهٗ مُوۡسٰي هَلۡ اَتَّبِعُكَ عَلٰ٘ي اَنۡ تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمۡتَ رُشۡدًا
Moses said to him, "May I follow you on [the condition] that you teach me from what you have been taught of sound judgement
Verse 18:67
قَالَ اِنَّكَ لَنۡ تَسۡتَطِيۡعَ مَعِيَ صَبۡرًا
He said, "Indeed, with me you will never be able to have patience
Verse 18:68
وَكَيۡفَ تَصۡبِرُ عَلٰي مَا لَمۡ تُحِطۡ بِهٖ خُبۡرًا
And how can you have patience for what you do not encompass in knowledge
Verse 18:69
قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِيۡ٘ اِنۡ شَآءَ اللّٰهُ صَابِرًا وَّلَا٘ اَعۡصِيۡ لَكَ اَمۡرًا
[Moses] said, "You will find me, if Allah wills, patient, and I will not disobey you in [any] order
Verse 18:70
قَالَ فَاِنِ اتَّبَعۡتَنِيۡ فَلَا تَسۡـَٔلۡنِيۡ عَنۡ شَيۡءٍ حَتّٰ٘ي اُحۡدِثَ لَكَ مِنۡهُ ذِكۡرًاࣖ
He said, "Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention
Verse 18:71
فَانۡطَلَقَاࣞ حَتّٰ٘ي اِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِيۡنَةِ خَرَقَهَاؕ قَالَ اَخَرَقۡتَهَا لِتُغۡرِقَ اَهۡلَهَاۚ لَقَدۡ جِئۡتَ شَيۡـًٔا اِمۡرًا
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
Verse 18:72
قَالَ اَلَمۡ اَقُلۡ اِنَّكَ لَنۡ تَسۡتَطِيۡعَ مَعِيَ صَبۡرًا
[Al-Khidh r] said, "Did I not say that with me you would never be able to have patience
Verse 18:73
قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذۡنِيۡ بِمَا نَسِيۡتُ وَلَا تُرۡهِقۡنِيۡ مِنۡ اَمۡرِيۡ عُسۡرًا
[Moses] said, "Do not blame me for what I forgot and do not cover me in my matter with difficulty
Verse 18:74
فَانۡطَلَقَاࣞ حَتّٰ٘ي اِذَا لَقِيَا غُلٰمًا فَقَتَلَهٗۙ قَالَ اَقَتَلۡتَ نَفۡسًا زَكِيَّةًۭ بِغَيۡرِ نَفۡسٍؕ لَقَدۡ جِئۡتَ شَيۡـًٔا نُّكۡرًا
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
Verse 18:75
قَالَ اَلَمۡ اَقُلۡ لَّكَ اِنَّكَ لَنۡ تَسۡتَطِيۡعَ مَعِيَ صَبۡرًا
[Al-Khidh r] said, "Did I not tell you that with me you would never be able to have patience
Verse 18:76
قَالَ اِنۡ سَاَلۡتُكَ عَنۡ شَيۡءٍۭ بَعۡدَهَا فَلَا تُصٰحِبۡنِيۡۚ قَدۡ بَلَغۡتَ مِنۡ لَّدُنِّيۡ عُذۡرًا
[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
Verse 18:77
فَانۡطَلَقَاࣞ حَتّٰ٘ي اِذَا٘ اَتَيَا٘ اَهۡلَ قَرۡيَةِ اِۨسۡتَطۡعَمَا٘ اَهۡلَهَا فَاَبَوۡا اَنۡ يُّضَيِّفُوۡهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيۡهَا جِدَارًا يُّرِيۡدُ اَنۡ يَّنۡقَضَّ فَاَقَامَهٗؕ قَالَ لَوۡ شِئۡتَ لَتَّخَذۡتَ عَلَيۡهِ اَجۡرًا
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
Verse 18:78
قَالَ هٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيۡنِيۡ وَبَيۡنِكَۚ سَاُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَاۡوِيۡلِ مَا لَمۡ تَسۡتَطِعۡ عَّلَيۡهِ صَبۡرًا
[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
Verse 18:79
اَمَّا السَّفِيۡنَةُ فَكَانَتۡ لِمَسٰكِيۡنَ يَعۡمَلُوۡنَ فِي الۡبَحۡرِ فَاَرَدۡتُّ اَنۡ اَعِيۡبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَآءَهُمۡ مَّلِكٌ يَّاۡخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِيۡنَةٍ غَصۡبًا
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
Verse 18:80
وَاَمَّا الۡغُلٰمُ فَكَانَ اَبَوٰهُ مُؤۡمِنَيۡنِ فَخَشِيۡنَا٘ اَنۡ يُّرۡهِقَهُمَا طُغۡيَانًا وَّكُفۡرًاۚ
And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief
Verse 18:81
فَاَرَدۡنَا٘ اَنۡ يُّبۡدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيۡرًا مِّنۡهُ زَكٰوةً وَّاَقۡرَبَ رُحۡمًا
So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy
Verse 18:82
وَاَمَّا الۡجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلٰمَيۡنِ يَتِيۡمَيۡنِ فِي الۡمَدِيۡنَةِ وَكَانَ تَحۡتَهٗ كَنۡزٌ لَّهُمَا وَكَانَ اَبُوۡهُمَا صَالِحًاۚ فَاَرَادَ رَبُّكَ اَنۡ يَّبۡلُغَا٘ اَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسۡتَخۡرِجَا كَنۡزَهُمَاࣗۖ رَحۡمَةً مِّنۡ رَّبِّكَۚ وَمَا فَعَلۡتُهٗ عَنۡ اَمۡرِيۡؕ ذٰلِكَ تَاۡوِيۡلُ مَا لَمۡ تَسۡطِعۡ عَّلَيۡهِ صَبۡرًاؕࣖ
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
Verse 18:83
وَيَسۡـَٔلُوۡنَكَ عَنۡ ذِي الۡقَرۡنَيۡنِؕ قُلۡ سَاَتۡلُوۡا عَلَيۡكُمۡ مِّنۡهُ ذِكۡرًاؕ
And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, "I will recite to you about him a report
Verse 18:84
اِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهٗ فِي الۡاَرۡضِ وَاٰتَيۡنٰهُ مِنۡ كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ سَبَبًاۙ
Indeed We established him upon the earth, and We gave him to everything a way
Verse 18:85
فَاَتۡبَعَ سَبَبًا
So he followed a way
Verse 18:86
حَتّٰ٘ي اِذَا بَلَغَ مَغۡرِبَ الشَّمۡسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغۡرُبُ فِيۡ عَيۡنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَّوَجَدَ عِنۡدَهَا قَوۡمًا ؕ قُلۡنَا يٰذَا الۡقَرۡنَيۡنِ اِمَّا٘ اَنۡ تُعَذِّبَ وَاِمَّا٘ اَنۡ تَتَّخِذَ فِيۡهِمۡ حُسۡنًا
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
Verse 18:87
قَالَ اَمَّا مَنۡ ظَلَمَ فَسَوۡفَ نُعَذِّبُهٗ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ اِلٰي رَبِّهٖ فَيُعَذِّبُهٗ عَذَابًا نُّكۡرًا
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
Verse 18:88
وَاَمَّا مَنۡ اٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَهٗ جَزَآءَ اِۨلۡحُسۡنٰيۚ وَسَنَقُوۡلُ لَهٗ مِنۡ اَمۡرِنَا يُسۡرًاؕ
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
Verse 18:89
ثُمَّ اَتۡبَعَ سَبَبًا
Then he followed a way
Verse 18:90
حَتّٰ٘ي اِذَا بَلَغَ مَطۡلِعَ الشَّمۡسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطۡلُعُ عَلٰي قَوۡمٍ لَّمۡ نَجۡعَلۡ لَّهُمۡ مِّنۡ دُوۡنِهَا سِتۡرًاۙ
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
Verse 18:91
كَذٰلِكَؕ وَقَدۡ اَحَطۡنَا بِمَا لَدَيۡهِ خُبۡرًا
Thus. And We had encompassed [all] that he had in knowledge
Verse 18:92
ثُمَّ اَتۡبَعَ سَبَبًا
Then he followed a way
Verse 18:93
حَتّٰ٘ي اِذَا بَلَغَ بَيۡنَ السَّدَّيۡنِ وَجَدَ مِنۡ دُوۡنِهِمَا قَوۡمًاۙ لَّا يَكَادُوۡنَ يَفۡقَهُوۡنَ قَوۡلًا
Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech
Verse 18:94
قَالُوۡا يٰذَا الۡقَرۡنَيۡنِ اِنَّ يَاۡجُوۡجَ وَمَاۡجُوۡجَ مُفۡسِدُوۡنَ فِي الۡاَرۡضِ فَهَلۡ نَجۡعَلُ لَكَ خَرۡجًا عَلٰ٘ي اَنۡ تَجۡعَلَ بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ سَدًّا
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
Verse 18:95
قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّيۡ فِيۡهِ رَبِّيۡ خَيۡرٌ فَاَعِيۡنُوۡنِيۡ بِقُوَّةٍ اَجۡعَلۡ بَيۡنَكُمۡ وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ رَدۡمًاۙ
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
Verse 18:96
اٰتُوۡنِيۡ زُبَرَ الۡحَدِيۡدِؕ حَتّٰ٘ي اِذَا سَاوٰي بَيۡنَ الصَّدَفَيۡنِ قَالَ انۡفُخُوۡاؕ حَتّٰ٘ي اِذَا جَعَلَهٗ نَارًاۙ قَالَ اٰتُوۡنِيۡ٘ اُفۡرِغۡ عَلَيۡهِ قِطۡرًاؕ
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
Verse 18:97
فَمَا اسۡطَاعُوۡ٘ا اَنۡ يَّظۡهَرُوۡهُ وَمَا اسۡتَطَاعُوۡا لَهٗ نَقۡبًا
So Gog and Magog were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration
Verse 18:98
قَالَ هٰذَا رَحۡمَةٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّيۡۚ فَاِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ رَبِّيۡ جَعَلَهٗ دَكَّآءَۚ وَكَانَ وَعۡدُ رَبِّيۡ حَقًّاؕ
[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
Verse 18:99
وَتَرَكۡنَا بَعۡضَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٍ يَّمُوۡجُ فِيۡ بَعۡضٍ وَّنُفِخَ فِي الصُّوۡرِ فَجَمَعۡنٰهُمۡ جَمۡعًاۙ
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
Verse 18:100
وَّعَرَضۡنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ لِّلۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ عَرۡضَاۙ
And We will present Hell that Day to the Disbelievers, on display
Verse 18:101
اِۨلَّذِيۡنَ كَانَتۡ اَعۡيُنُهُمۡ فِيۡ غِطَآءٍ عَنۡ ذِكۡرِيۡ وَكَانُوۡا لَا يَسۡتَطِيۡعُوۡنَ سَمۡعًاࣖ
Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance, and they were not able to hear
Verse 18:102
اَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡ٘ا اَنۡ يَّتَّخِذُوۡا عِبَادِيۡ مِنۡ دُوۡنِيۡ٘ اَوۡلِيَآءَؕ اِنَّا٘ اَعۡتَدۡنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ نُزُلًا
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
Verse 18:103
قُلۡ هَلۡ نُنَبِّئُكُمۡ بِالۡاَخۡسَرِيۡنَ اَعۡمَالًاؕ
Say, [O Muhammad], "Shall we [believers] inform you of the greatest losers as to [their] deeds
Verse 18:104
اَلَّذِيۡنَ ضَلَّ سَعۡيُهُمۡ فِي الۡحَيٰوةِ الدُّنۡيَا وَهُمۡ يَحۡسَبُوۡنَ اَنَّهُمۡ يُحۡسِنُوۡنَ صُنۡعًا
[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work
Verse 18:105
اُولٰٓئِكَ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَلِقَآئِهٖ فَحَبِطَتۡ اَعۡمَالُهُمۡ فَلَا نُقِيۡمُ لَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ الۡقِيٰمَةِ وَزۡنًا
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
Verse 18:106
ذٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوۡا وَاتَّخَذُوۡ٘ا اٰيٰتِيۡ وَرُسُلِيۡ هُزُوًا
That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule
Verse 18:107
اِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ كَانَتۡ لَهُمۡ جَنّٰتُ الۡفِرۡدَوۡسِ نُزُلًاۙ
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - they will have the Gardens of Paradise as a lodging
Verse 18:108
خٰلِدِيۡنَ فِيۡهَا لَا يَبۡغُوۡنَ عَنۡهَا حِوَلًا
Wherein they abide eternally. They will not desire from it any transfer
Verse 18:109
قُلۡ لَّوۡ كَانَ الۡبَحۡرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمٰتِ رَبِّيۡ لَنَفِدَ الۡبَحۡرُ قَبۡلَ اَنۡ تَنۡفَدَ كَلِمٰتُ رَبِّيۡ وَلَوۡ جِئۡنَا بِمِثۡلِهٖ مَدَدًا
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
Verse 18:110
قُلۡ اِنَّمَا٘ اَنَا بَشَرٌ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ يُوۡحٰ٘ي اِلَيَّ اَنَّمَا٘ اِلٰهُكُمۡ اِلٰهٌ وَّاحِدٌۚ فَمَنۡ كَانَ يَرۡجُوۡا لِقَآءَ رَبِّهٖ فَلۡيَعۡمَلۡ عَمَلًا صَالِحًا وَّلَا يُشۡرِكۡ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهٖ٘ اَحَدًاࣖ
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