Surah Al-Kahf

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 18:1 ▶

   ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَا ۜ ﴿١﴾

   al-ḥamdu lillāhi lladhī 'anzala ʿalā ʿabdihi l-kitāba walam yajʿal lahū ʿiwajā

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

   From the truth or the straight path.

2. 18:2 ▶

   قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا ﴿٢﴾

   qayyimal liyundhira ba'san shadīdam mil ladunhu wayubashshira l-mu'minīna lladhīna yaʿmalūna ṣ-ṣāliḥāti 'anna lahum 'ajran ḥasanā

   [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]

3. 18:3 ▶

   مَّـٰكِثِينَ فِيهِ أَبَدًا ﴿٣﴾

   mākithīna fīhi 'abadā

   In which they will remain forever

4. 18:4 ▶

   وَيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَدًا ﴿٤﴾

   wayundhira lladhīna qālu ttakhadha llāhu waladā

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

5. 18:5 ▶

   مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ ۚ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ ۚ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبًا ﴿٥﴾

   mā lahum bihī min ʿilmiw walā li'ābā'ihim | kaburat kalimatan takhruju min 'afwāhihim | iy yaqūlūna 'illā kadhibā

   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.

   i.e., they could not have had knowledge of something which is not true.

6. 18:6 ▶

   فَلَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا ﴿٦﴾

   falaʿallaka bākhiʿun nafsaka ʿalā 'āthārihim 'il lam yu'minū bihādha l-ḥadīthi 'asafā

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

7. 18:7 ▶

   إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ﴿٧﴾

   innā jaʿalnā mā ʿala l-arḍi zīnatal lahā linabluwahum 'ayyuhum 'aḥsanu ʿamalā

   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. 18:8 ▶

   وَإِنَّا لَجَـٰعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيدًا جُرُزًا ﴿٨﴾

   wa'innā lajāʿilūna mā ʿalayhā ṣaʿīdan juruzā

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

9. 18:9 ▶

   أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْكَهْفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا۟ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا عَجَبًا ﴿٩﴾

   am ḥasibta 'anna 'aṣḥāba l-kahfi war-raqīmi kānū min 'āyātinā ʿajabā

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

   Rather, it is only one of the many wonders of Allāh.

10. 18:10 ▶

    إِذْ أَوَى ٱلْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا ﴿١٠﴾

    idh 'awa l-fityatu 'ila l-kahfi faqālū rabbanā 'ātinā mil ladunka raḥmataw wahayyi' lanā min 'amrinā rashadā

    [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. 18:11 ▶

    فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ فِى ٱلْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا ﴿١١﴾

    faḍarabnā ʿalā 'ādhānihim fi l-kahfi sinīna ʿadadā

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

12. 18:12 ▶

    ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَىُّ ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓا۟ أَمَدًا ﴿١٢﴾

    thumma baʿathnāhum linaʿlama 'ayyu l-ḥizbayni 'aḥṣā limā labithū 'amadā

    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. 18:13 ▶

    نَّحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَـٰهُمْ هُدًى ﴿١٣﴾

    naḥnu naquṣṣu ʿalayka naba'ahum bil-ḥaqq | innahum fityatun 'āmanū birabbihim wazidnāhum hudā

    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.

14. 18:14 ▶

    وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا۟ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَن نَّدْعُوَا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَـٰهًا ۖ لَّقَدْ قُلْنَآ إِذًا شَطَطًا ﴿١٤﴾

    warabaṭnā ʿalā qulūbihim 'idh qāmū faqālū rabbunā rabbu s-samāwāti wal-arḍi lan nadʿuwa min dūnihī 'ilāhal laqad qulnā 'idhan shaṭaṭā

    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.

15. 18:15 ▶

    هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمُنَا ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً ۖ لَّوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۭ بَيِّنٍ ۖ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا ﴿١٥﴾

    hā'ulā'i qawmuna ttakhadhū min dūnihī 'ālihah | lawlā ya'tūna ʿalayhim bisulṭānim bayyin | faman 'aẓlamu mimmani ftarā ʿala llāhi kadhibā

    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?"

16. 18:16 ▶

    وَإِذِ ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَأْوُۥٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقًا ﴿١٦﴾

    wa'idhi ʿtazaltumūhum wamā yaʿbudūna 'illa llāha fa'wū 'ila l-kahfi yanshur lakum rabbukum mir raḥmatihī wayuhayyi' lakum min 'amrikum mirfaqā

    [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."

17. 18:17 ▶

    ۞ وَتَرَى ٱلشَّمْسَ إِذَا طَلَعَت تَّزَٰوَرُ عَن كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَإِذَا غَرَبَت تَّقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ فِى فَجْوَةٍ مِّنْهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ مَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُۥ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا ﴿١٧﴾

    watara sh-shamsa 'idhā ṭalaʿat tazāwaru ʿan kahfihim dhāta l-yamīni wa'idhā gharabat taqriḍuhum dhāta sh-shimāli wahum fī fajwatim minh | dhālika min 'āyāti llāh | may yahdi llāhu fahuwa l-muhtad | wamay yuḍlil falan tajida lahū waliyyam murshidā

    And [had you been present], you would see the sun when it rose, inclining away from their cave on the right, and when it set, passing away from them on the left, while they were [lying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allāh. He whom Allāh guides is the [rightly] guided, but he whom He sends astray - never will you find for him a protecting guide.

18. 18:18 ▶

    وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظًا وَهُمْ رُقُودٌ ۚ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ ۖ وَكَلْبُهُم بَـٰسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِٱلْوَصِيدِ ۚ لَوِ ٱطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارًا وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا ﴿١٨﴾

    wataḥsabuhum 'ayqāẓaw wahum ruqūd | wanuqallibuhum dhāta l-yamīni wadhāta sh-shimāl | wakalbuhum bāsiṭun dhirāʿayhi bil-waṣīd | lawi ṭṭalaʿta ʿalayhim lawallayta minhum firāraw walamuli'ta minhum ruʿbā

    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. 18:19 ▶

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِيَتَسَآءَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ۚ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَٱبْعَثُوٓا۟ أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمْ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَنظُرْ أَيُّهَآ أَزْكَىٰ طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْتِكُم بِرِزْقٍ مِّنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا ﴿١٩﴾

    wakadhālika baʿathnāhum liyatasā'alū baynahum | qāla qā'ilum minhum kam labithtum | qālū labithnā yawman 'aw baʿḍa yawm | qālū rabbukum 'aʿlamu bimā labithtum fabʿathū 'aḥadakum biwariqikum hādhihī 'ila l-madīnati falyanẓur 'ayyuhā 'azkā ṭaʿāman falya'tikum birizqim minhu walyatalaṭṭaf walā yushʿiranna bikum 'aḥadā

    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.

    By the will of Allāh.

20. 18:20 ▶

    إِنَّهُمْ إِن يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوكُمْ أَوْ يُعِيدُوكُمْ فِى مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَن تُفْلِحُوٓا۟ إِذًا أَبَدًا ﴿٢٠﴾

    innahum 'iy yaẓharū ʿalaykum yarjumūkum 'aw yuʿīdūkum fī millatihim walan tufliḥū 'idhan 'abadā

    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. 18:21 ▶

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَآ إِذْ يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ ۖ فَقَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَـٰنًا ۖ رَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا ﴿٢١﴾

    wakadhālika 'aʿtharnā ʿalayhim liyaʿlamū 'anna waʿda llāhi ḥaqquw wa'anna s-sāʿata lā rayba fīhā 'idh yatanāzaʿūna baynahum 'amrahum | faqālu bnū ʿalayhim bunyānā | rabbuhum 'aʿlamu bihim | qāla lladhīna ghalabū ʿalā 'amrihim lanattakhidhanna ʿalayhim masjidā

    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."

    The people of the city.

    i.e., we will make this site a place of worship.

22. 18:22 ▶

    سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلَـٰثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْمًۢا بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۖ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ ۚ قُل رَّبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِم مَّا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ ۗ فَلَا تُمَارِ فِيهِمْ إِلَّا مِرَآءً ظَـٰهِرًا وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ فِيهِم مِّنْهُمْ أَحَدًا ﴿٢٢﴾

    sayaqūlūna thalāthatur rābiʿuhum kalbuhum wayaqūlūna khamsatun sādisuhum kalbuhum rajmam bil-ghayb | wayaqūlūna sabʿatuw wathāminuhum kalbuhum | qur rabbī 'aʿlamu biʿiddatihim mā yaʿlamuhum 'illā qalīl | falā tumāri fīhim 'illā mirā'an ẓāhiraw walā tastafti fīhim minhum 'aḥadā

    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."

    i.e., one from the Qur’ān, which is the only sure argument.

23. 18:23 ▶

    وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَا۟ىْءٍ إِنِّى فَاعِلٌ ذَٰلِكَ غَدًا ﴿٢٣﴾

    walā taqūlanna lishay'in 'innī fāʿilun dhālika ghadā

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

24. 18:24 ▶

    إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّى لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَـٰذَا رَشَدًا ﴿٢٤﴾

    illā 'ay yashā'a llāh | wadhkur rabbaka 'idhā nasīta waqul ʿasā 'ay yahdiyani rabbī li'aqraba min hādhā rashadā

    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."

25. 18:25 ▶

    وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَـٰثَ مِا۟ئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًا ﴿٢٥﴾

    walabithū fī kahfihim thalātha mi'atin sinīna wazdādū tisʿā

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

    i.e., 309 lunar years.

26. 18:26 ▶

    قُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُوا۟ ۖ لَهُۥ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ أَبْصِرْ بِهِۦ وَأَسْمِعْ ۚ مَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا يُشْرِكُ فِى حُكْمِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا ﴿٢٦﴾

    quli llāhu 'aʿlamu bimā labithū | lahū ghaybu s-samāwāti wal-arḍ | abṣir bihī wa'asmiʿ | mā lahum min dūnihī miw waliyyiw walā yushriku fī ḥukmihī 'aḥadā

    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."

27. 18:27 ▶

    وَٱتْلُ مَآ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ مِن كِتَابِ رَبِّكَ ۖ لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦ وَلَن تَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلْتَحَدًا ﴿٢٧﴾

    watlu mā 'ūḥiya 'ilayka min kitābi rabbik | lā mubaddila likalimātihī walan tajida min dūnihī multaḥadā

    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.

28. 18:28 ▶

    وَٱصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥ ۖ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُۥ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُۥ فُرُطًا ﴿٢٨﴾

    waṣbir nafsaka maʿa lladhīna yadʿūna rabbahum bil-ghadāti wal-ʿashiyyi yurīdūna wajhah | walā taʿdu ʿaynāka ʿanhum turīdu zīnata l-ḥayāti d-dunyā | walā tuṭiʿ man 'aghfalnā qalbahū ʿan dhikrinā wattabaʿa hawāhu wakāna 'amruhū furuṭā

    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.

    Or "in excess," exceeding the limits of Allāh.

29. 18:29 ▶

    وَقُلِ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ ۚ إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا ۚ وَإِن يَسْتَغِيثُوا۟ يُغَاثُوا۟ بِمَآءٍ كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَشْوِى ٱلْوُجُوهَ ۚ بِئْسَ ٱلشَّرَابُ وَسَآءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا ﴿٢٩﴾

    waquli l-ḥaqqu mir rabbikum | faman shā'a falyu'miw waman shā'a falyakfur | innā 'aʿtadnā liẓ-ẓālimīna nāran 'aḥāṭa bihim surādiquhā | wa'iy yastaghīthū yughāthū bimā'in kal-muhli yashwi l-wujūh | bi'sa sh-sharābu wasā'at murtafaqā

    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. 18:30 ▶

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا ﴿٣٠﴾

    inna lladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti 'innā lā nuḍīʿu 'ajra man 'aḥsana ʿamalā

    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. 18:31 ▶

    أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا خُضْرًا مِّن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَّكِـِٔينَ فِيهَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِ ۚ نِعْمَ ٱلثَّوَابُ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا ﴿٣١﴾

    ulā'ika lahum jannātu ʿadnin tajrī min taḥtihimu l-anhāru yuḥallawna fīhā min 'asāwira min dhahabiw wayalbasūna thiyāban khuḍram min sundusiw wa'istabraqim muttaki'īna fīhā ʿala l-arā'ik | niʿma th-thawābu waḥasunat murtafaqā

    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. 18:32 ▶

    ۞ وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَـٰبٍ وَحَفَفْنَـٰهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًا ﴿٣٢﴾

    waḍrib lahum mathalar rajulayni jaʿalnā li'aḥadihimā jannatayni min 'aʿnābiw waḥafafnāhumā binakhliw wajaʿalnā baynahumā zarʿā

    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. 18:33 ▶

    كِلْتَا ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ ءَاتَتْ أُكُلَهَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِم مِّنْهُ شَيْـًٔا ۚ وَفَجَّرْنَا خِلَـٰلَهُمَا نَهَرًا ﴿٣٣﴾

    kilta l-jannatayni 'ātat 'ukulahā walam taẓlim minhu shay'ā | wafajjarnā khilālahumā naharā

    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. 18:34 ▶

    وَكَانَ لَهُۥ ثَمَرٌ فَقَالَ لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَنَا۠ أَكْثَرُ مِنكَ مَالًا وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرًا ﴿٣٤﴾

    wakāna lahū thamarun faqāla liṣāḥibihī wahuwa yuḥāwiruhū 'ana 'aktharu minka mālaw wa'aʿazzu nafarā

    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. 18:35 ▶

    وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُۥ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ قَالَ مَآ أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أَبَدًا ﴿٣٥﴾

    wadakhala jannatahū wahuwa ẓālimul linafsihī qāla mā 'aẓunnu 'an tabīda hādhihī 'abadā

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

    i.e., proud and ungrateful to Allāh.

36. 18:36 ▶

    وَمَآ أَظُنُّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةً وَلَئِن رُّدِدتُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى لَأَجِدَنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا مُنقَلَبًا ﴿٣٦﴾

    wamā 'aẓunnu s-sāʿata qā'imataw wala'ir rudittu 'ilā rabbī la'ajidanna khayram minhā munqalabā

    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. 18:37 ▶

    قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلًا ﴿٣٧﴾

    qāla lahū ṣāḥibuhū wahuwa yuḥāwiruhū 'akafarta billadhī khalaqaka min turābin thumma min nuṭfatin thumma sawwāka rajulā

    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. 18:38 ▶

    لَّـٰكِنَّا۠ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا ﴿٣٨﴾

    lākinna huwa llāhu rabbī walā 'ushriku birabbī 'aḥadā

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

39. 18:39 ▶

    وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ ۚ إِن تَرَنِ أَنَا۠ أَقَلَّ مِنكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا ﴿٣٩﴾

    walawlā 'idh dakhalta jannataka qulta mā shā'a llāhu lā quwwata 'illā billāh | in tarani 'ana 'aqalla minka mālaw wawaladā

    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,

40. 18:40 ▶

    فَعَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْرًا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَانًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيدًا زَلَقًا ﴿٤٠﴾

    faʿasā rabbī 'ay yu'tiyani khayram min jannatika wayursila ʿalayhā ḥusbānam mina s-samā'i fatuṣbiḥa ṣaʿīdan zalaqā

    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,

41. 18:41 ▶

    أَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَآؤُهَا غَوْرًا فَلَن تَسْتَطِيعَ لَهُۥ طَلَبًا ﴿٤١﴾

    aw yuṣbiḥa mā'uhā ghawran falan tastaṭīʿa lahū ṭalabā

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

42. 18:42 ▶

    وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا ﴿٤٢﴾

    wa'uḥīṭa bithamarihī fa'aṣbaḥa yuqallibu kaffayhi ʿalā mā 'anfaqa fīhā wahiya khāwiyatun ʿalā ʿurūshihā wayaqūlu yālaytanī lam 'ushrik birabbī 'aḥadā

    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."

    He attributed his prosperity to himself rather than to Allāh and disbelieved in the account of the Hereafter.

43. 18:43 ▶

    وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُۥ فِئَةٌ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنتَصِرًا ﴿٤٣﴾

    walam takul lahū fi'atuy yanṣurūnahū min dūni llāhi wamā kāna muntaṣirā

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

44. 18:44 ▶

    هُنَالِكَ ٱلْوَلَـٰيَةُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ عُقْبًا ﴿٤٤﴾

    hunālika l-walāyatu lillāhi l-ḥaqq | huwa khayrun thawābaw wakhayrun ʿuqbā

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

    i.e., at such a time or on the Day of Judgement.

45. 18:45 ▶

    وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحُ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مُّقْتَدِرًا ﴿٤٥﴾

    waḍrib lahum mathala l-ḥayāti d-dunyā kamā'in 'anzalnāhu mina s-samā'i fakhtalaṭa bihī nabātu l-arḍi fa'aṣbaḥa hashīman tadhrūhu r-riyāḥ | wakāna llāhu ʿalā kulli shay'im muqtadirā

    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.

    Absorbs it, growing lush and thick.

46. 18:46 ▶

    ٱلْمَالُ وَٱلْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًا ﴿٤٦﴾

    al-mālu wal-banūna zīnatu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā | wal-bāqiyātu ṣ-ṣāliḥātu khayrun ʿinda rabbika thawābaw wakhayrun 'amalā

    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.

    i.e., in His sight or evaluation.

47. 18:47 ▶

    وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَـٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا ﴿٤٧﴾

    wayawma nusayyiru l-jibāla watara l-arḍa bārizataw waḥasharnāhum falam nughādir minhum 'aḥadā

    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.

    i.e., flattened and bare.

48. 18:48 ▶

    وَعُرِضُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ صَفًّا لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۭ ۚ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ أَلَّن نَّجْعَلَ لَكُم مَّوْعِدًا ﴿٤٨﴾

    waʿuriḍū ʿalā rabbika ṣaffal laqad ji'tumūnā kamā khalaqnākum 'awwala marrah | bal zaʿamtum 'allan najʿala lakum mawʿidā

    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. 18:49 ▶

    وَوُضِعَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ فَتَرَى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَـٰوَيْلَتَنَا مَالِ هَـٰذَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّآ أَحْصَىٰهَا ۚ وَوَجَدُوا۟ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ حَاضِرًا ۗ وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدًا ﴿٤٩﴾

    wawuḍiʿa l-kitābu fatara l-mujrimīna mushfiqīna mimmā fīhi wayaqūlūna yāwaylatanā māli hādha l-kitābi lā yughādiru ṣaghīrataw walā kabīratan 'illā 'aḥṣāhā | wawajadū mā ʿamilū ḥāḍirā | walā yaẓlimu rabbuka 'aḥadā

    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. 18:50 ▶

    وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِۦٓ ۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِى وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّۢ ۚ بِئْسَ لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ بَدَلًا ﴿٥٠﴾

    wa'idh qulnā lil-malā'ikati sjudū li'ādama fasajadū 'illā 'iblīsa kāna mina l-jinni fafasaqa ʿan 'amri rabbih | afatattakhidhūnahū wadhurriyyatahū 'awliyā'a min dūnī wahum lakum ʿaduww | bi'sa liẓ-ẓālimīna badalā

    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.

51. 18:51 ▶

    ۞ مَّآ أَشْهَدتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ ٱلْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُدًا ﴿٥١﴾

    mā 'ashhattuhum khalqa s-samāwāti wal-arḍi walā khalqa 'anfusihim wamā kuntu muttakhidha l-muḍillīna ʿaḍudā

    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. 18:52 ▶

    وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ نَادُوا۟ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّوْبِقًا ﴿٥٢﴾

    wayawma yaqūlu nādū shurakā'iya lladhīna zaʿamtum fadaʿawhum falam yastajībū lahum wajaʿalnā baynahum mawbiqā

    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. 18:53 ▶

    وَرَءَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ٱلنَّارَ فَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُم مُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا ﴿٥٣﴾

    wara'a l-mujrimūna n-nāra faẓannū 'annahum muwāqiʿūhā walam yajidū ʿanhā maṣrifā

    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. 18:54 ▶

    وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَكْثَرَ شَىْءٍ جَدَلًا ﴿٥٤﴾

    walaqad ṣarrafnā fī hādha l-qur'āni lin-nāsi min kulli mathal | wakāna l-insānu 'akthara shay'in jadalā

    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.

55. 18:55 ▶

    وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا ﴿٥٥﴾

    wamā manaʿa n-nāsa 'ay yu'minū 'idh jā'ahumu l-hudā wayastaghfirū rabbahum 'illā 'an ta'tiyahum sunnatu l-awwalīna 'aw ya'tiyahumu l-ʿadhābu qubulā

    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.

    Who denied the truth brought by Allāh's messengers.

56. 18:56 ▶

    وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ ۚ وَيُجَـٰدِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِى وَمَآ أُنذِرُوا۟ هُزُوًا ﴿٥٦﴾

    wamā nursilu l-mursalīna 'illā mubashshirīna wamundhirīn | wayujādilu lladhīna kafarū bil-bāṭili liyudḥiḍū bihi l-ḥaqq | wattakhadhū 'āyātī wamā 'undhirū huzuwā

    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. 18:57 ▶

    وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ ۚ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًا ۖ وَإِن تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَلَن يَهْتَدُوٓا۟ إِذًا أَبَدًا ﴿٥٧﴾

    waman 'aẓlamu mimman dhukkira bi'āyāti rabbihī fa'aʿraḍa ʿanhā wanasiya mā qaddamat yadāh | innā jaʿalnā ʿalā qulūbihim 'akinnatan 'ay yafqahūhu wafī 'ādhānihim waqrā | wa'in tadʿuhum 'ila l-hudā falay yahtadū 'idhan 'abadā

    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. 18:58 ▶

    وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌ لَّن يَجِدُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوْئِلًا ﴿٥٨﴾

    warabbuka l-ghafūru dhu r-raḥmah | law yu'ākhidhuhum bimā kasabū laʿajjala lahumu l-ʿadhāb | bal lahum mawʿidul lay yajidū min dūnihī maw'ilā

    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.

59. 18:59 ▶

    وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا ﴿٥٩﴾

    watilka l-qurā 'ahlaknāhum lammā ẓalamū wajaʿalnā limahlikihim mawʿidā

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

60. 18:60 ▶

    وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَىٰهُ لَآ أَبْرَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِىَ حُقُبًا ﴿٦٠﴾

    wa'idh qāla mūsā lifatāhu lā 'abraḥu ḥattā 'ablugha majmaʿa l-baḥrayni 'aw 'amḍiya ḥuqubā

    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."

61. 18:61 ▶

    فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا ﴿٦١﴾

    falammā balaghā majmaʿa baynihimā nasiyā ḥūtahumā fattakhadha sabīlahū fi l-baḥri sarabā

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

62. 18:62 ▶

    فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتَىٰهُ ءَاتِنَا غَدَآءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِن سَفَرِنَا هَـٰذَا نَصَبًا ﴿٦٢﴾

    falammā jāwazā qāla lifatāhu 'ātinā ghadā'anā laqad laqīnā min safarinā hādhā naṣabā

    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. 18:63 ▶

    قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَآ إِلَى ٱلصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّى نَسِيتُ ٱلْحُوتَ وَمَآ أَنسَىٰنِيهُ إِلَّا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُۥ ۚ وَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا ﴿٦٣﴾

    qāla 'ara'ayta 'idh 'awaynā 'ila ṣ-ṣakhrati fa'innī nasītu l-ḥūta wamā 'ansānīhu 'illa sh-shayṭānu 'an 'adhkurah | wattakhadha sabīlahū fi l-baḥri ʿajabā

    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. 18:64 ▶

    قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ ۚ فَٱرْتَدَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا ﴿٦٤﴾

    qāla dhālika mā kunnā nabgh | fartaddā ʿalā 'āthārihimā qaṣaṣā

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

65. 18:65 ▶

    فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِّنْ عِبَادِنَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا عِلْمًا ﴿٦٥﴾

    fawajadā ʿabdam min ʿibādinā 'ātaynāhu raḥmatam min ʿindinā waʿallamnāhu mil ladunnā ʿilmā

    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.

66. 18:66 ▶

    قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا ﴿٦٦﴾

    qāla lahū mūsā hal 'attabiʿuka ʿalā 'an tuʿallimani mimmā ʿullimta rushdā

    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. 18:67 ▶

    قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا ﴿٦٧﴾

    qāla 'innaka lan tastaṭīʿa maʿiya ṣabrā

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

68. 18:68 ▶

    وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَىٰ مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِۦ خُبْرًا ﴿٦٨﴾

    wakayfa taṣbiru ʿalā mā lam tuḥiṭ bihī khubrā

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

69. 18:69 ▶

    قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ صَابِرًا وَلَآ أَعْصِى لَكَ أَمْرًا ﴿٦٩﴾

    qāla satajidunī 'in shā'a llāhu ṣābiraw walā 'aʿṣī laka 'amrā

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

70. 18:70 ▶

    قَالَ فَإِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَنِى فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِى عَن شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا ﴿٧٠﴾

    qāla fa'ini ttabaʿtanī falā tas'alnī ʿan shay'in ḥattā 'uḥditha laka minhu dhikrā

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

71. 18:71 ▶

    فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا ۖ قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا إِمْرًا ﴿٧١﴾

    fanṭalaqā ḥattā 'idhā rakibā fi s-safīnati kharaqahā qāla 'akharaqtahā litughriqa 'ahlahā laqad ji'ta shay'an 'imrā

    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."

72. 18:72 ▶

    قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا ﴿٧٢﴾

    qāla 'alam 'aqul 'innaka lan tastaṭīʿa maʿiya ṣabrā

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

73. 18:73 ▶

    قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِى بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِى مِنْ أَمْرِى عُسْرًا ﴿٧٣﴾

    qāla lā tu'ākhidhnī bimā nasītu walā turhiqnī min 'amrī ʿusrā

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

74. 18:74 ▶

    فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَـٰمًا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةًۢ بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا نُّكْرًا ﴿٧٤﴾

    fanṭalaqā ḥattā 'idhā laqiyā ghulāman faqatalahū qāla 'aqatalta nafsan zakiyyatam bighayri nafsil laqad ji'ta shay'an nukrā

    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."

75. 18:75 ▶

    ۞ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا ﴿٧٥﴾

    qāla 'alam 'aqul laka 'innaka lan tastaṭīʿa maʿiya ṣabrā

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

76. 18:76 ▶

    قَالَ إِن سَأَلْتُكَ عَن شَىْءٍۭ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَـٰحِبْنِى ۖ قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِن لَّدُنِّى عُذْرًا ﴿٧٦﴾

    qāla 'in sa'altuka ʿan shay'im baʿdahā falā tuṣāḥibnī | qad balaghta mil ladunnī ʿudhrā

    [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. 18:77 ▶

    فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا۟ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا ﴿٧٧﴾

    fanṭalaqā ḥattā 'idhā 'atayā 'ahla qaryatini staṭʿamā 'ahlahā fa'abaw 'ay yuḍayyifūhumā fawajadā fīhā jidāray yurīdu 'ay yanqaḍḍa fa'aqāmah | qāla law shi'ta lattakhadhta ʿalayhi 'ajrā

    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."

78. 18:78 ▶

    قَالَ هَـٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنِكَ ۚ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا ﴿٧٨﴾

    qāla hādhā firāqu baynī wabaynik | sa'unabbi'uka bita'wīli mā lam tastaṭiʿ ʿalayhi ṣabrā

    [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.

79. 18:79 ▶

    أَمَّا ٱلسَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَـٰكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَآءَهُم مَّلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا ﴿٧٩﴾

    amma s-safīnatu fakānat limasākīna yaʿmalūna fi l-baḥri fa'arattu 'an 'aʿībahā wakāna warā'ahum malikuy ya'khudhu kulla safīnatin ghaṣbā

    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. 18:80 ▶

    وَأَمَّا ٱلْغُلَـٰمُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينَآ أَن يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَـٰنًا وَكُفْرًا ﴿٨٠﴾

    wa'amma l-ghulāmu fakāna 'abawāhu mu'minayni fakhashīnā 'ay yurhiqahumā ṭughyānaw wakufrā

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

81. 18:81 ▶

    فَأَرَدْنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُ زَكَوٰةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا ﴿٨١﴾

    fa'aradnā 'ay yubdilahumā rabbuhumā khayram minhu zakātaw wa'aqraba ruḥmā

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

82. 18:82 ▶

    وَأَمَّا ٱلْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَـٰمَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُۥ كَنزٌ لَّهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَـٰلِحًا فَأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَن يَبْلُغَآ أَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنزَهُمَا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُۥ عَنْ أَمْرِى ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَأْوِيلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا ﴿٨٢﴾

    wa'amma l-jidāru fakāna lighulāmayni yatīmayni fi l-madīnati wakāna taḥtahū kanzul lahumā wakāna 'abūhumā ṣāliḥan fa'arāda rabbuka 'ay yablughā 'ashuddahumā wayastakhrijā kanzahumā raḥmatam mir rabbik | wamā faʿaltuhū ʿan 'amrī | dhālika ta'wīlu mā lam tasṭiʿ ʿalayhi ṣabrā

    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. 18:83 ▶

    وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا ﴿٨٣﴾

    wayas'alūnaka ʿan dhi l-qarnayn | qul sa'atlū ʿalaykum minhu dhikrā

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

84. 18:84 ▶

    إِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ مِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ سَبَبًا ﴿٨٤﴾

    innā makkannā lahū fi l-arḍi wa'ātaynāhu min kulli shay'in sababā

    Indeed, We established him upon the earth, and We gave him from everything a way [i.e., means].

85. 18:85 ▶

    فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا ﴿٨٥﴾

    fa'atbaʿa sababā

    So he followed a way

86. 18:86 ▶

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِى عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوْمًا ۗ قُلْنَا يَـٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِمَّآ أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّآ أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْنًا ﴿٨٦﴾

    ḥattā 'idhā balagha maghriba sh-shamsi wajadahā taghrubu fī ʿaynin ḥami'atiw wawajada ʿindahā qawmā | qulnā yādha l-qarnayni 'immā 'an tuʿadhdhiba wa'immā 'an tattakhidha fīhim ḥusnā

    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."

    Another meaning is "a body of hot water."

87. 18:87 ▶

    قَالَ أَمَّا مَن ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُۥ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥ عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا ﴿٨٧﴾

    qāla 'ammā man ẓalama fasawfa nuʿadhdhibuhū thumma yuraddu 'ilā rabbihī fayuʿadhdhibuhū ʿadhāban nukrā

    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].

    Persists in disbelief and rebellion.

88. 18:88 ▶

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ ءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحًا فَلَهُۥ جَزَآءً ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ وَسَنَقُولُ لَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا يُسْرًا ﴿٨٨﴾

    wa'ammā man 'āmana waʿamila ṣāliḥan falahū jazā'ani l-ḥusnā | wasanaqūlu lahū min 'amrinā yusrā

    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."

89. 18:89 ▶

    ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا ﴿٨٩﴾

    thumma 'atbaʿa sababā

    Then he followed a way

90. 18:90 ▶

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرًا ﴿٩٠﴾

    ḥattā 'idhā balagha maṭliʿa sh-shamsi wajadahā taṭluʿu ʿalā qawmil lam najʿal lahum min dūnihā sitrā

    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.

91. 18:91 ▶

    كَذَٰلِكَ وَقَدْ أَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْرًا ﴿٩١﴾

    kadhālika waqad 'aḥaṭnā bimā ladayhi khubrā

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

    Such was the affair of Dhul-Qarnayn.

92. 18:92 ▶

    ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا ﴿٩٢﴾

    thumma 'atbaʿa sababā

    Then he followed a way

93. 18:93 ▶

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمَا قَوْمًا لَّا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلًا ﴿٩٣﴾

    ḥattā 'idhā balagha bayna s-saddayni wajada min dūnihimā qawmal lā yakādūna yafqahūna qawlā

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

94. 18:94 ▶

    قَالُوا۟ يَـٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّا ﴿٩٤﴾

    qālū yādha l-qarnayni 'inna ya'jūja wama'jūja mufsidūna fi l-arḍi fahal najʿalu laka kharjan ʿalā 'an tajʿala baynanā wabaynahum saddā

    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?"

    Savage tribes who had ravaged large parts of central Asia, committing every kind of atrocity.

95. 18:95 ▶

    قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّى فِيهِ رَبِّى خَيْرٌ فَأَعِينُونِى بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا ﴿٩٥﴾

    qāla mā makkannī fīhi rabbī khayrun fa'aʿīnūnī biquwwatin 'ajʿal baynakum wabaynahum radmā

    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.

96. 18:96 ▶

    ءَاتُونِى زُبَرَ ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارًا قَالَ ءَاتُونِىٓ أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا ﴿٩٦﴾

    ātūnī zubara l-ḥadīd | ḥattā 'idhā sāwā bayna ṣ-ṣadafayni qāla nfukhū | ḥattā 'idhā jaʿalahū nāran qāla 'ātūnī 'ufrigh ʿalayhi qiṭrā

    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."

97. 18:97 ▶

    فَمَا ٱسْطَـٰعُوٓا۟ أَن يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟ لَهُۥ نَقْبًا ﴿٩٧﴾

    fama sṭāʿū 'ay yaẓharūhu wama staṭāʿū lahū naqbā

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

98. 18:98 ▶

    قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى جَعَلَهُۥ دَكَّآءَ ۖ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى حَقًّا ﴿٩٨﴾

    qāla hādhā raḥmatum mir rabbī | fa'idhā jā'a waʿdu rabbī jaʿalahū dakkā' | wakāna waʿdu rabbī ḥaqqā

    [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."

    i.e., the Hour of Resurrection.

99. 18:99 ▶

    ۞ وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِى بَعْضٍ ۖ وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَـٰهُمْ جَمْعًا ﴿٩٩﴾

    wataraknā baʿḍahum yawma'idhiy yamūju fī baʿḍ | wanufikha fi ṣ-ṣūri fajamaʿnāhum jamʿā

    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.

    The day the dam is destroyed.

100. 18:100 ▶

     وَعَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَرْضًا ﴿١٠٠﴾

     waʿaraḍnā jahannama yawma'idhil lil-kāfirīna ʿarḍā

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

101. 18:101 ▶

     ٱلَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِى غِطَآءٍ عَن ذِكْرِى وَكَانُوا۟ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا ﴿١٠١﴾

     alladhīna kānat 'aʿyunuhum fī ghiṭā'in ʿan dhikrī wakānū lā yastaṭīʿūna samʿā

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

     i.e., Allāh's signs or the Qur’ān.

     They refused to listen to the Qur’ān or to understand it.

102. 18:102 ▶

     أَفَحَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَن يَتَّخِذُوا۟ عِبَادِى مِن دُونِىٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۚ إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ نُزُلًا ﴿١٠٢﴾

     afaḥasiba lladhīna kafarū 'ay yattakhidhū ʿibādī min dūnī 'awliyā' | innā 'aʿtadnā jahannama lil-kāfirīna nuzulā

     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. 18:103 ▶

     قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَـٰلًا ﴿١٠٣﴾

     qul hal nunabbi'ukum bil-akhsarīna 'aʿmālā

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

104. 18:104 ▶

     ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا ﴿١٠٤﴾

     alladhīna ḍalla saʿyuhum fi l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wahum yaḥsabūna 'annahum yuḥsinūna ṣunʿā

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

105. 18:105 ▶

     أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَآئِهِۦ فَحَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ فَلَا نُقِيمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَزْنًا ﴿١٠٥﴾

     ulā'ika lladhīna kafarū bi'āyāti rabbihim waliqā'ihī faḥabiṭat 'aʿmāluhum falā nuqīmu lahum yawma l-qiyāmati waznā

     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].

106. 18:106 ▶

     ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِى وَرُسُلِى هُزُوًا ﴿١٠٦﴾

     dhālika jazā'uhum jahannamu bimā kafarū wattakhadhū 'āyātī warusulī huzuwā

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

107. 18:107 ▶

     إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتُ ٱلْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلًا ﴿١٠٧﴾

     inna lladhīna 'āmanū waʿamilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti kānat lahum jannātu l-firdawsi nuzulā

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

     i.e., the highest part of Paradise, al-Firdaus.

108. 18:108 ▶

     خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًا ﴿١٠٨﴾

     khālidīna fīhā lā yabghūna ʿanhā ḥiwalā

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

109. 18:109 ▶

     قُل لَّوْ كَانَ ٱلْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَـٰتِ رَبِّى لَنَفِدَ ٱلْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَـٰتُ رَبِّى وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِۦ مَدَدًا ﴿١٠٩﴾

     qul law kāna l-baḥru midādal likalimāti rabbī lanafida l-baḥru qabla 'an tanfada kalimātu rabbī walaw ji'nā bimithlihī madadā

     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."

     The words of Allāh's unlimited knowledge or words describing His attributes and His grandeur or praise of Him (subḥānahu wa taʿālā).

110. 18:110 ▶

     قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۖ فَمَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ لِقَآءَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَـٰلِحًا وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَحَدًۢا ﴿١١٠﴾

     qul 'innamā 'ana basharum mithlukum yūḥā 'ilayya 'annamā 'ilāhukum 'ilāhuw wāḥid | faman kāna yarjū liqā'a rabbihī falyaʿmal ʿamalan ṣāliḥaw walā yushrik biʿibādati rabbihī 'aḥadā

     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."

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.