Surah 18. Al-Kahf

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Verses [Section]: 1-12[1], 13-17 [2], 18-22 [3], 23-31 [4], 32-44 [5], 45-49 [6], 50-53 [7], 54-59 [8], 60-70 [9], 71-82 [10], 83-101 [11], 102-110 [12]

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Quran Text of Verse 54-5918. Al-Kahf Page 300وَ لَقَدْAnd certainlyصَرَّفْنَاWe have explainedفِیْinهٰذَاthisالْقُرْاٰنِthe Quranلِلنَّاسِfor mankindمِنْofكُلِّeveryمَثَلٍ ؕexampleوَ كَانَBut isالْاِنْسَانُthe manاَكْثَرَ(in) mostشَیْءٍthingsجَدَلًا quarrelsome وَ مَاAnd nothingمَنَعَpreventsالنَّاسَmenاَنْthatیُّؤْمِنُوْۤاthey believeاِذْwhenجَآءَهُمُhas come to themالْهُدٰیthe guidanceوَ یَسْتَغْفِرُوْاand they ask forgivenessرَبَّهُمْ(of) their Lordاِلَّاۤexceptاَنْthatتَاْتِیَهُمْcomes to themسُنَّةُ(the) wayالْاَوَّلِیْنَ(of) the former (people)اَوْorیَاْتِیَهُمُcomes to themالْعَذَابُthe punishmentقُبُلًا before (them) وَ مَاAnd notنُرْسِلُWe sendالْمُرْسَلِیْنَthe Messengersاِلَّاexceptمُبَشِّرِیْنَ(as) bearers of glad tidingsوَ مُنْذِرِیْنَ ۚand (as) warnersوَ یُجَادِلُAnd disputeالَّذِیْنَthose whoكَفَرُوْاdisbelieveبِالْبَاطِلِwith falsehoodلِیُدْحِضُوْاto refuteبِهِtherebyالْحَقَّthe truthوَ اتَّخَذُوْۤاAnd they takeاٰیٰتِیْMy Versesوَ مَاۤand whatاُنْذِرُوْاthey are warnedهُزُوًا (in) ridicule وَ مَنْAnd whoاَظْلَمُ(is) more wrongمِمَّنْthan (he) whoذُكِّرَis remindedبِاٰیٰتِof the Versesرَبِّهٖ(of) his Lordفَاَعْرَضَbut turns awayعَنْهَاfrom themوَ نَسِیَand forgetsمَاwhatقَدَّمَتْhave sent forthیَدٰهُ ؕhis handsاِنَّاIndeed Weجَعَلْنَا[We] have placedعَلٰیoverقُلُوْبِهِمْtheir heartsاَكِنَّةًcoveringsاَنْlestیَّفْقَهُوْهُthey understand itوَ فِیْۤand inاٰذَانِهِمْtheir earsوَقْرًا ؕ(is) deafnessوَ اِنْAnd ifتَدْعُهُمْyou call themاِلَیtoالْهُدٰیthe guidanceفَلَنْthen neverیَّهْتَدُوْۤاthey will be guidedاِذًاthenاَبَدًا ever وَ رَبُّكَAnd your Lordالْغَفُوْرُ(is) the Most ForgivingذُوOwnerالرَّحْمَةِ ؕ(of) the MercyلَوْIfیُؤَاخِذُهُمْHe were to seize themبِمَاfor whatكَسَبُوْاthey have earnedلَعَجَّلَsurely, He (would) have hastenedلَهُمُfor themالْعَذَابَ ؕthe punishmentبَلْButلَّهُمْfor themمَّوْعِدٌ(is) an appointmentلَّنْneverیَّجِدُوْاthey will findمِنْother than itدُوْنِهٖother than itمَوْىِٕلًا an escape وَ تِلْكَAnd theseالْقُرٰۤی[the] townsاَهْلَكْنٰهُمْWe destroyed themلَمَّاwhenظَلَمُوْاthey wrongedوَ جَعَلْنَاand We madeلِمَهْلِكِهِمْfor their destructionمَّوْعِدًا۠an appointed time

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Translation of Verse 54-59

54. And verily We have provided for mankind in this Qur’an all manner of examples.⁷⁸ But man is in most cases disputant.⁷⁹

55. Nothing can prevent men from having faith and seeking forgiveness of their Lord, when the guidance has come to them, except for their waiting for the fate of the ancients to overtake them or to be confronted with the punishment.⁸⁰

56. We do not send messengers save as bearers of good news and warners.⁸¹ But those who disbelieve contend with falsehood in order to refute the Truth thereby.⁸² And they take my revelations and what they are threatened with as jest.⁸³

57. Who is a greater wrong-doer than the man who, when reminded of his Lord’s revelations, turns away from them and forgets his past misdeeds? We have placed veils over their hearts so that they may not understand, and made them hard of hearing.⁸⁴ Call them as you to the right path, they will never be guided.

58. Your Lord is Forgiving, Merciful. If He were to penalise them (now) for what they earned, He would have hastened their punishment, but there is an appointed time for them, beside which they will find no refuge.

59. And (all) these cities! ⁸⁶ We destroyed them when they did wrong, and We appointed a fixed time for their destruction.

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Commentary

78. For explanation, please see Surah Bani Israil, Note No.122.

79. That is: Instead of giving his attention to the advice, he starts disputing and quarrelling, and this is a common weakness of man.

80.That is: After the coming of the clear guidance, there is no reason they should not believe in it and may not seek Allah’s pardon for the polytheism in which they indulged. If inspite of this they do not accept faith, then it means that they should also be confronted with the same destruction to which the earlier communities had been ‘subjected, or they are waiting to see their punishment with their own eyes and they would then accept the faith, but their acceptance at that time would be useless. It means that Allah’s message has been convincingly conveyed to them, and if even after this they are not prepared to believe, then punishment only would open their eyes.

81. The task of the Messengers of Allah is not to inflict divine punishment, but to give good tidings of the eternal bliss to those who believe and to warn of eternal punishment to those who disbelieve.

82. Those who deny the message of the prophets, they indulge in futile discussion, debating and disputation with the help of the false and senseless points, and their plan is to suppress the message of truth.

83.That is: Punishment about which they have been warned.

84. For explanation, please see Surah An’am Note No.44.

85. The misdeeds of these deniers are such that they would attract immediate punishment, but Allah is Forgiving and Merciful, that is why He is giving them time to reform and by repenting they would deserve to get His bounties. But this respite is only for a fixed duration, and when the punishment will come they will find no place to escape from it. They will find no shelter.

86. Refers to those cities and townships which have been mentioned a number of times in the Qur’an.