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 13-17نَحْنُWeنَقُصُّnarrateعَلَیْكَto youنَبَاَهُمْtheir storyبِالْحَقِّ ؕin truthاِنَّهُمْIndeed they (were)فِتْیَةٌyouthsاٰمَنُوْاwho believedبِرَبِّهِمْin their Lordوَ زِدْنٰهُمْand We increased themهُدًیۗۖ(in) guidance وَّ رَبَطْنَاAnd We made firmعَلٰی[on]قُلُوْبِهِمْtheir heartsاِذْwhenقَامُوْاthey stood upفَقَالُوْاand saidرَبُّنَاOur Lordرَبُّ(is) the Lordالسَّمٰوٰتِ(of) the heavensوَ الْاَرْضِand the earthلَنْNeverنَّدْعُوَاۡwe will invokeمِنْbesides Himدُوْنِهٖۤbesides Himاِلٰهًاany godلَّقَدْCertainlyقُلْنَاۤwe would have saidاِذًاthenشَطَطًا an enormity هٰۤؤُلَآءِTheseقَوْمُنَاour peopleاتَّخَذُوْاhave takenمِنْbesides Himدُوْنِهٖۤbesides Himاٰلِهَةً ؕgodsلَوْ لَاWhy notیَاْتُوْنَthey comeعَلَیْهِمْto themبِسُلْطٰنٍۭwith an authorityبَیِّنٍ ؕclearفَمَنْAnd whoاَظْلَمُ(is) more wrongمِمَّنِthan (one) whoافْتَرٰیinventsعَلَیagainstاللّٰهِAllahكَذِبًاؕa lie 18. Al-Kahf Page 295وَ اِذِAnd whenاعْتَزَلْتُمُوْهُمْyou withdraw from themوَ مَاand whatیَعْبُدُوْنَthey worshipاِلَّاexceptاللّٰهَAllahفَاْوٗۤاthen retreatاِلَیtoالْكَهْفِthe caveیَنْشُرْWill spreadلَكُمْfor youرَبُّكُمْyour LordمِّنْofرَّحْمَتِهٖHis Mercyوَ یُهَیِّئْand will facilitateلَكُمْfor youمِّنْ[from]اَمْرِكُمْyour affairمِّرْفَقًا (in) ease وَ تَرَیAnd you (might) have seenالشَّمْسَthe sunاِذَاwhenطَلَعَتْit roseتَّزٰوَرُinclining awayعَنْfromكَهْفِهِمْtheir caveذَاتَtoالْیَمِیْنِthe rightوَ اِذَاand whenغَرَبَتْit setتَّقْرِضُهُمْpassing away from themذَاتَtoالشِّمَالِthe leftوَ هُمْwhile theyفِیْ(lay) inفَجْوَةٍthe open spaceمِّنْهُ ؕthereofذٰلِكَThatمِنْ(was) fromاٰیٰتِ(the) Signsاللّٰهِ ؕ(of) AllahمَنْWhoeverیَّهْدِAllah guidesاللّٰهُAllah guidesفَهُوَand heالْمُهْتَدِ ۚ(is) the guided oneوَ مَنْand whoeverیُّضْلِلْHe lets go astrayفَلَنْthen neverتَجِدَyou will findلَهٗfor himوَلِیًّاa protectorمُّرْشِدًا۠a guide

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Translation of Verse 13-17

13. We relate to you ˹O Prophet˺ their story in truth. They were youths who truly believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.

14. And We strengthened their hearts when they stood up and declared, "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. We will never call upon any god besides Him, or we would truly be uttering an outrageous lie."

15. ˹Then they said to one another,˺ "These people of ours have taken gods besides Him. Why do they not produce a clear proof of them? Who then does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah?

16. Since you have distanced yourselves from them and what they worship besides Allah, take refuge in the cave. Your Lord will extend His mercy to you and accommodate you in your ordeal."

17. And you would have seen the sun, as it rose, inclining away from their cave to the right, and as it set, declining away from them to the left, while they lay in its open space. ⁵⁴⁸ That is one of the signs of Allah. Whoever Allah guides is truly guided. But whoever He leaves to stray, you will never find for them a guiding mentor.

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Commentary

548. While they slept in the open space of the cave, fresh air blew through the cave, but they were protected from the heat of the sun.