|@ Allah instructs us to exalt Him with His exaltations repeatedly – Dhikr 17:111
17:111 Say, ‘Praise be to Allah who has not taken a son; who has no associate in the Kingdom; nor out of humility any guardian.’ And exalt Him repeatedly with exaltations.
# وَقُلِ الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَداً وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي المُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ وَلِيٌّ مِّنَ الذُّلِّ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيراً 111
|@AL KAHFI 18 The Cave -Al-Kahf
1:1 In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
# بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ 1
$ There is no crookedness in the Koran 18:1-3
18:1 Praise belongs to Allah who has sent down the Book to His worshiper (Prophet Muhammad) and has not made any crookedness in it,
# الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ الكِتَابَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُ عِوَجاً 1
18:2 unswerving. To warn of great violence from Him, and to give good tidings to the believers who do good deeds that theirs shall be a goodly wage
# قَيِّماً لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْساً شَدِيداً مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ المُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْراً حَسَناً 2
18:3 and they will live forever therein.
# مَاكِثِينَ فِيهِ أَبَداً 3
|@ The Koran warns those who say that He has taken a son that their saying is a lie against Allah 18:4-8
18:4 And it (the Koran) warns those who say, ‘Allah has taken a son.’
# وَيُنذِرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ وَلَداً 4
18:5 Surely, of this they have no knowledge, neither they nor their fathers; it is a monstrous word that comes from their mouths, they say nothing but a lie.
# مَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلاَ لآبَائِهِمْ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلاَّ كَذِباً 5
18:6 Yet perchance, if they do not believe in this tiding, you will consume yourself with grief and follow after them.
# فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَذَا الحَدِيثِ أَسَفاً 6
18:7 We have appointed all that is on the earth an adornment for it, in order that We try which of them is finest in works.
# إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلاً 7
18:8 We will surely reduce all that is on it to barren dust.
# وَإِنَّا لَجَاعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيداً جُرُزاً 8
|@ The story of the companions of the cave and the tomb stone 18:9-15
18:9 Or, do you think the companions of the Cave and the tomb stone were a wonder among Our signs?
# أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ الكَهْفِ وَالرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا مِنْ آيَاتِنَا عَجَباً 9
18:10 When the youths sought refuge in the Cave, they said, ‘Lord, give us from Your Mercy and furnish us with rectitude in our affair.’
# إِذْ أَوَى الفِتْيَةُ إِلَى الكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَداً 10
18:11 For many years We sealed up their hearing in the Cave,
# فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَى آذَانِهِمْ فِي الكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَداً 11
18:12 and thereafter We revived them to find out which of the two parties could best calculate the length of their stay.
# ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَيُّ الحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَى لِمَا لَبِثُوا أَمَداً 12
$ Why the men of the cave left their people 18:13-15
18:13 In truth We tell to you their news. They were young men who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.
# نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَهُم بِالْحَقِّ إِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ آمَنُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَاهُمْ هُدًى 13
18:14 We strengthened their hearts when they stood up and said, ‘Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. We will call on no other god except Him; (for if we did), we would have spoken outrageously (in disbelief).
# وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا فَقَالُوا رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ لَن نَّدْعُوَ مِن دُونِهِ إِلَهاً لَّقَدْ قُلْنَا إِذاً شَطَطاً 14
18:15 These, our nation have taken to themselves gods, other than Allah. Why do they not bring some clear authority regarding them! Who does greater evil than he who forges a lie against Allah?’
# هَؤُلاءِ قَوْمُنَا اتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِهِ آلِهَةً لَّوْلا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِسُلْطَانٍ بَيِّنٍ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِباً 15
|@The companions to seek refuge in the Café 18:16-18
18:16 When you depart from them and from what they worship, other than Allah, seek refuge in the Cave. Allah will extend His Mercy to you and will furnish you with a gentle issue of your affair.
# وَإِذِ اعْتَزَلْتُمُوَهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلاَّ اللَّهَ فَأْوُوا إِلَى الكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقاً 16
18:17 You might have seen the rising sun incline towards the right of their Cave, and, as it set go past them on the left, while they stayed within an open space in the Cave. That was one of the signs of Allah. He whom Allah guides is rightly guided; but he whom He leads astray you shall not find for him a guardian to guide him.
# وَتَرَى الشَّمْسَ إِذَا طَلَعَت تَّزَاوَرُ عَن كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ اليَمِينِ وَإِذَا غَرَبَت تَّقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ فِي فَجْوَةٍ مِّنْهُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ مَن يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ المُهْتَدِ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِياًّ مُّرْشِداً 17
18:18 You might have thought them awake, though they were sleeping. We turned them about to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched its paws at the entrance. Had you seen them you would surely have become filled with terror and turned your back on them in flight.
# وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظاً وَهُمْ رُقُودٌ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ اليَمِينِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَكَلْبُهُم بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَصِيدِ لَوِ اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَاراً وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْباً 18
|@Allah revived the companions in the Café 18:19-20
18:19 As such We revived them so that they might question one another. ‘How long have you stayed here?’ asked one of them. ‘We have been here a day, or part of it, ‘ they replied. They said, ‘Your Lord knows best how long we have stayed here. Let one of you go to the city with this silver (coin) and let him search for one who has the purest food and bring provision from it. Let him be courteous, but let no one sense it is you.
# وَكَذَلِكَ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِيَتَسَاءَلُوا بَيْنَهُمْ قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْماً أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ قَالُوا رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَابْعَثُوا أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمْ هَذِهِ إِلَى المَدِينَةِ فَلْيَنظُرْ أَيُّهَا أَزْكَى طَعَاماً فَلْيَأْتِكُم بِرِزْقٍ مِّنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلاَ يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَداً 19
18:20 For, if they appear in front of you, they will stone you to death or restore you to their religion. Then you will never prosper.’
# إِنَّهُمْ إِن يَظْهَرُوا عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوكُمْ أَوْ يُعِيدُوكُمْ فِي مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَن تُفْلِحُوا إِذاً أَبَداً 20
|@The unbelievers came across the companions in the Café 18:21-22
18:21 And so We made them (the unbelievers) stumble upon them, so that they might know that the promise of Allah is true and that there is no doubt about the Hour. They argued among themselves over their affair, then (the unbelievers) said, ‘Build a building over them (their remains). Their Lord knows best who they were. ‘But those who prevailed over the matter said, ‘We will build around them a Mosque.’
# وَكَذَلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهَا إِذْ يَتَنَازَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ فَقَالُوا ابْنُوا عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَاناً رَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ قَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَى أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِداً 21
18:22 Some will say, ‘They were three; their dog was the fourth.’ Others, guessing at the Unseen, will say, ‘They were five and their dog was the sixth.’ And yet others, ‘Seven; their dog was the eighth.’ Say, ‘My Lord knows best their number. Except for a few none know their number.’ Therefore, do not dispute with them except in outward disputation, and do not ask any of them concerning them.
# سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلاثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْماً بِالْغَيْبِ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ قُل رَّبِّي أَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِم مَّا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلاَّ قَلِيلٌ فَلاَ تُمَارِ فِيهِمْ إِلاَّ مِرَاءً ظَاهِراً وَلاَ تَسْتَفْتِ فِيهِم مِّنْهُمْ أَحَداً 22
|@ Plan in the Name of Allah by saying InshaAllah, Allah willing 18:23-26
18:23 Do not say of anything, ‘I will do it tomorrow,’
# وَلاَ تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فَاعِلٌ ذَلِكَ غَداً 23
18:24 unless (you add) ‘if Allah wills.’ And remember your Lord when you forget and say, ‘It may be that my Lord will guide me to something nearer to rectitude than this.’
# إِلاَّ أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَى أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّي لأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَذَا رَشَداً 24
18:25 And they stayed in the Cave three hundred years and to that they added nine more.
# وَلَبِثُوا فِي كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلاثَ مِائَةٍ سِنِينَ وَازْدَادُوا تِسْعاً 25
18:26 Say, ‘None but Allah knows how long they stayed. To Him belong the Unseen in the heavens and the earth. How well He sees, and how well He hears! They have no other guardian, other than Him, and He allows no one (to share) His rule.’
# قُلِ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُوا لَهُ غَيْبُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ أَبْصِرْ بِهِ وَأَسْمِعْ مَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِ مِن وَلِيٍّ وَلاَ يُشْرِكُ فِي حُكْمِهِ أَحَداً 26
|@ No one can change the Words of Allah 18:27
18:27 Recite what is revealed to you in the Book of your Lord. No one can change His Words. You shall find no refuge other than Him.
# وَاتْلُ مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ مِن كِتَابِ رَبِّكَ لاَ مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَلَن تَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِ مُلْتَحَداً 27
|@ Patience with the worshippers of Allah 18:28
18:28 And be patient with those who call to their Lord in the morning and evening, desiring His Face. And do not turn your eyes away from them desiring the good things of this life, nor obey he whose heart We have made neglectful of Our remembrance; so that he follows his own lust, and his affair has become excessive.
# وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ وَلاَ تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَلاَ تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُ فُرُطاً 28
|@ The people of Hell 18:29
18:29 Say, ‘This is the truth from your Lord. Let whosoever will, believe, and whosoever will, disbelieve it.’ For the harm doers, We have prepared a Fire, the pavilion of which encompasses them. When they cry out for relief, they shall be showered with water as hot as molten copper, which will scald their faces; how evil a drink, and how evil a resting-place!
# وَقُلِ الحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَمَن شَاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ نَاراً أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا وَإِن يَسْتَغِيثُوا يُغَاثُوا بِمَاءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ يَشْوِي الوُجُوهَ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُ وَسَاءَتْ مُرْتَفَقاً 29
|@ The people of Paradise 18:30-31
18:30 As for those who believe and do good works We do not waste the wage of whosoever does good works.
# إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ إِنَّا لاَ نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلاً 30
18:31 Those, they shall live in the Gardens of Eden, underneath which rivers flow. They shall be adorned with bracelets of gold and arrayed in green garments of silk, and brocade, reclining therein on couches; how excellent is their reward and how fine is their resting place!
# أُوْلَئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهِمُ الأَنْهَارُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَاباً خُضْراً مِّن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَّكِئِينَ فِيهَا عَلَى الأَرَائِكِ نِعْمَ الثَّوَابُ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقاً 31
|@ The parable of the two gardens 18:32-44
18:32 Give them the parable of two men. To one we gave two vineyards and surrounded them with palm trees and in between the two we placed a sown field.
# وَاضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلاً رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَابٍ وَحَفَفْنَاهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعاً 32
18:33 Each of the two gardens yielded its produce and did not fail in the least and We made a river to gush through them,
# كِلْتَا الجَنَّتَيْنِ آتَتْ أُكُلَهَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِم مِّنْهُ شَيْئاً وَفَجَّرْنَا خِلالَهُمَا نَهَراً 33
18:34 so he had fruit. As he spoke with his companion, as he was conversing with him, ‘My wealth is more abundant than yours and men have a greater respect for me.’
# وَكَانَ لَهُ ثَمَرٌ فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُ أَنَا أَكْثَرُ مِنكَ مَالاً وَأَعَزُّ نَفَراً 34
18:35 And when, having wronged himself, he entered his garden, he said, ‘I do not think that this will ever perish!
# وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ قَالَ مَا أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَذِهِ أَبَداً 35
18:36 Nor do I think that the Hour will come. Even if I returned to my Lord, I should surely find a better place than this.’
# وَمَا أَظُنُّ السَّاعَةَ قَائِمَةً وَلَئِن رُّدِدتُّ إِلَى رَبِّي لأَجِدَنَّ خَيْراً مِنْهَا مُنقَلَباً 36
18:37 His companion said, during his conversation with him, ‘What, do you disbelieve in Him who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, and then fashioned you into a man!
# قَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُ أَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّاكَ رَجُلاً 37
18:38 He is Allah, my Lord, and I will not associate anyone with My Lord.
# لَكِنَّاْ هُوَ اللَّهُ رَبِّي وَلاَ أُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّي أَحَداً 38
18:39 When you entered your garden why did you not say, “If Allah wills; there is no power except by Allah.” Though you see me lesser than yourself in wealth and children,
# وَلَوْلا إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ إِن تَرَنِ أَنَا أَقَلَّ مِنكَ مَالاً وَوَلَداً 39
18:40 maybe my Lord will give me a garden better than yours, and send down a thunderbolt from heaven, so that in the morning it will be a slope of dust,
# فَعَسَى رَبِّي أَن يُؤْتِيَنِي خَيْراً مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَاناً مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيداً زَلَقاً 40
18:41 or, in the morning its water will be drained into the earth so that you will not have a means to reach it.’
# أَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَاؤُهَا غَوْراً فَلَن تَسْتَطِيعَ لَهُ طَلَباً 41
18:42 And all his fruit were destroyed, and in the morning he wrung his hands with grief at all he had spent on it, for it had collapsed upon its trellises, and he said, ‘Would that I had not associated anyone with my Lord!’
# وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى مَا أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّي أَحَداً 42
18:43 He had no host to help him besides Allah, and he was helpless
# وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُ فِئَةٌ يَنصُرُونَهُ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنتَصِراً 43
18:44 that Day. Supremacy belongs only to Allah, the True. He is the best to reward and the best ending.
# هُنَالِكَ الوَلايَةُ لِلَّهِ الحَقِّ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَاباً وَخَيْرٌ عُقْباً 44
|@ The parable about this present life 18:45-46
18:45 Give to them a parable about this present life. It is like water We have sent down from the sky with which the plants of the earth mingle, and in the morning it is straw the wind scatters. Allah is Powerful over all things.
# وَاضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيماً تَذْرُوهُ الرِّيَاحُ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُّقْتَدِراً 45
18:46 Wealth and children are the ornament of this present life. But the things that last and good deeds, are better with your Lord in reward and hope.
# المَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَاباً وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلاً 46
|@ Events on the Day of Judgement 18:47-49
18:47 And on the Day when We shall set the mountains in motion and you shall see the earth a leveled plain; when We gather them together, and would not leave even one behind,
# وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ الجِبَالَ وَتَرَى الأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَاهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَداً 47
18:48 and they shall be presented in ranks before your Lord (who will say to them,) ‘You have returned to Us as We created you the first time. No, you claimed We would not appoint a meeting for you!
# وَعُرِضُوا عَلَى رَبِّكَ صَفاًّ لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ أَلَّن نَّجْعَلَ لَكُم مَّوْعِداً 48
18:49 And the Book shall be set in place, and you will see the sinners fearful of what is in it.’ They shall say, ‘Woe to us! How is it, this book omits nothing small or great, all are counted!’ And they shall find what they did is present, and Your Lord will wrong no one.
# وَوُضِعَ الكِتَابُ فَتَرَى المُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَا وَيْلَتَنَا مَا لِهَذَا الكِتَابِ لاَ يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلاَ كَبِيرَةً إِلاَّ أَحْصَاهَا وَوَجَدُوا مَا عَمِلُوا حَاضِراً وَلاَ يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَداً 49
|@ satan is the father of jinn and not an angel, and he and his descendants are the clear enemy of mankind 18:50-51
18:50 When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate yourselves before Adam, ‘ all prostrated themselves except iblis, who was one of the jinn, disobedient to the command of his Lord. Would you then take him and his descendants to be your guardians, other than Me, when they are your clear enemy? How evil is the exchange for the harm doers!
# وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلاَّ إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ الجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِن دُونِي وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ بِئْسَ لِلظَّالِمِينَ بَدَلاً 50
18:51 Neither did I make them witnesses at the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor at their own creation. I would never take those who lead others astray to be My supporters.
# مَّا أَشْهَدتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَلاَ خَلْقَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ المُضِلِّينَ عَضُداً 51
|@ The questioning on the Day of Judgement 18:52-54
18:52 And the Day He will say, ‘Call on those whom you claimed to be My associates.’ They will invoke them, but they will receive no answer, for We shall place a gulf between them.
# وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ نَادُوا شُرَكَائِيَ الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّوْبِقاً 52
18:53 And when the evildoers see the Fire of Hell they will reckon it is there they shall fall. They shall find no escape from it.
# وَرَأَى المُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُم مُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفاً 53
18:54 We have set forth for people in this Koran all manner of parables; the human is the most disputatious of things.
# وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِي هَذَا القُرْآنِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ وَكَانَ الإِنسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلاً 54
|@ There is nothing to prevent people from believing and asking Allah to forgive them 18:55
18:55 Nothing prevented people from believing and seeking the forgiveness of their Lord when guidance came to them, unless they are waiting for the fate of the ancients to overtake them, or that the punishment should come upon them face to face.
# وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا إِذْ جَاءَهُمُ الهُدَى وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّهُـمْ إِلاَّ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ الأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ العَذَابُ قُبُلاً 55
|@ The mission of the Messengers 18:56
18:56 We send Our Messengers only to proclaim glad tidings and to give warning. But the unbelievers dispute with false arguments so that they may belie the truth. They have taken My verses and warnings in mockery.
# وَمَا نُرْسِلُ المُرْسَلِينَ إِلاَّ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ وَيُجَادِلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الحَقَّ وَاتَّخَذُوا آيَاتِي وَمَا أُنذِرُوا هُزُواً 56
|@ Those who will not be guided 18:57
18:57 Who is greater in evil than he who, when reminded of the verses of his Lord, turns away from them and forgets what his hands have sent before him? We have placed veils over their hearts lest they should understand it, and there is heaviness in their ears. Even if you call them to guidance, they will never be guided.
# وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِي آذَانِهِمْ وَقْراً وَإِن تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى الهُدَى فَلَن يَهْتَدُوا إِذاً أَبَداً 57
|@ Allah is the Forgiver, the Owner of Mercy 18:58
18:58 Your Lord is Forgiving, Owner of Mercy. Had it been His will to take them to task for what they earned, He would have hastened their punishment; but they have an appointed hour from which they will never escape.
# وَرَبُّكَ الغَفُورُ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوا لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ العَذَابَ بِل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌ لَّن يَجِدُوا مِن دُونِهِ مَوْئِلاً 58
18:59 And those villages! When they became evil We destroyed them and appointed a meeting for their destruction.
# وَتِلْكَ القُرَى أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِداً 59
|@ The story of Prophets Moses and Al Khidr, the Green Man 18:60-83
18:60 When Moses said to his (assisting) youth, ‘I will not give up until I reach the point where the two seas meet even though I should go on for many years.’
# وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَى لِفَتَاهُ لاَ أَبْرَحُ حَتَّى أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ البَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِيَ حُقُباً 60
18:61 But when they came to the point where the two met, they forgot their fish, which made its way burrowing into the sea.
# فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي البَحْرِ سَرَباً 61
18:62 And when they had gone further, he said to his assisting youth; ‘Bring us our breakfast; we are worn out from our journey.’
# فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتَاهُ آتِنَا غَدَاءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِن سَفَرِنَا هَذَا نَصَباًّ 62
18:63 He replied, ‘What do you think, I forgot the fish when we were resting on the rock. None but satan made me forget to mention this it made its way into the sea in an extraordinary way.’
# قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّي نَسِيتُ الحُوتَ وَمَا أَنسَانِيهُ إِلاَّ الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُ وَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي البَحْرِ عَجَباً 63
18:64 ‘This is what we have been seeking!’ said he, and they retraced their footsteps
# قَالَ ذَلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ فَارْتَدَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمَا قَصَصاً 64
18:65 and found one of Our worshipers to whom We had given from Our Mercy, and to whom We had taught knowledge of Ours.
# فَوَجَدَا عَبْداً مِّنْ عِبَادِنَا آتَيْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا عِلْماً 65
18:66 Moses said to him, ‘May I follow you so that you can teach me of that you have learned of righteousness?’
# قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَى أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْداً 66
18:67 ‘You will not bear patiently with me,’ He replied.
# قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْراً 67
18:68 ‘For how can you bear patiently with that which you have never encompassed in your knowledge?’
# وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَى مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ خُبْراً 68
18:69 He (Moses) said, ‘If Allah wills, you shall find me patient, I shall not disobey your order.’
# قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِي إِن شَاءَ اللَّهُ صَابِراً وَلاَ أَعْصِي لَكَ أَمْراً 69
18:70 He said, ‘If you follow me, you must not question me about anything till I myself speak to you concerning it.’
# قَالَ فَإِنِ اتَّبَعْتَنِي فَلاَ تَسْأَلْنِي عَن شَيْءٍ حَتَّى أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْراً 70
18:71 So they departed. When they boarded a ship, he bored a hole in it. ‘What, have you made a hole in it,’ he (Moses) said, ‘is it to drown its passengers? You have done a dreadful thing.’
# فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئاً إِمْراً 71
18:72 ‘Did I not I tell you,’ he replied, ‘that you would not bear patiently with me?’
# قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْراً 72
18:73 Moses said, ‘Do not blame me for what I forgot, nor press me to do something which is too difficult,’
# قَالَ لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلاَ تُرْهِقْنِي مِنْ أَمْرِي عُسْراً 73
18:74 and so they departed. Thereafter they met a boy and he killed him. He (Moses) exclaimed, ‘What, have you killed a pure soul and it was not done (in retaliation) for a soul you have done a terrible thing.’
# فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلاماً فَقَتَلَهُ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْساً زَكِيَّةً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئاً نُّكْراً 74
18:75 ‘Did I not tell you,’ he replied, ‘that you would not be able to bear patiently with me?’
# قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْراً 75
18:76 He (Moses) said, ‘If I question you again do not let me be your companion; you already have enough excuse.’
# قَالَ إِن سَأَلْتُكَ عَن شَيْءٍ بَعْدَهَا فَلاَ تُصَاحِبْنِي قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِن لَّدُنِّي عُذْراً 76
18:77 So they departed and thereafter they came to the inhabitants of a village. They asked its inhabitants for some food, but they declined to host them. There, they found a wall about to fall down whereupon his companion restored it. He (Moses) said, ‘Had you wished, you could have taken payment for that.’
# فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَيَا أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ اسْتَطْعَمَا أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِداَراً يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لاتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً 77
18:78 He said, ‘This is the parting between me and you. But now I will tell you the interpretation of that which you could not patiently bear.
# قَالَ هَذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنِكَ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْراً 78
18:79 As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working on the sea. I rendered it imperfect because behind them there was a king who was taking every ship by brutal force.
# أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي البَحْرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَاءَهُم مَّلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْباً 79
18:80 As for the boy, his parents are believers, and we were afraid lest he should impose on them with his insolence and disbelief.
# وَأَمَّا الغُلامُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينَا أَن يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَاناً وَكُفْراً 80
18:81 It was our wish that their Lord should grant them another in exchange, another better in purity and tenderness.
# فَأَرَدْنَا أَن يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْراً مِّنْهُ زَكَاةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْماً 81
18:82 As for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city. Beneath it was (buried) a treasure which belonged to them. Their father had been a righteous person and your Lord willed that when they reach manhood to bring out their treasure as a mercy from your Lord. What I did was not done by my own command. That is the interpretation of what you could not bear with patience.’
# وَأَمَّا الجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلامَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِي المَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنزٌ لَّهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَالِحاً فَأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَن يَبْلُغَا أَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنزَهُمَا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَمْرِي ذَلِكَ تَأْوِيلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْراً 82
|@ The story of Thul-Karnain 18:83-101
18:83 They will ask you about Thul-Karnain (King Cyrus aka koresh the Great of Persia). Say, “I will recite to you something of his story.
# وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَن ذِي القَرْنَيْنِ قُلْ سَأَتْلُو عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْراً 83
18:84 We established him in the land and gave him means to all things.
# إِنَّا مَكَّنَّا لَهُ فِي الأَرْضِ وَآتَيْنَاهُ مِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَبَباً 84
18:85 He journeyed on a way
# فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَباً 85
18:86 until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and nearby he found a nation. ‘Thul-Karnain, ‘ We said, ‘you must either punish them or show them kindness.’
# حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغْرِبَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغْرُبُ فِي عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوْماً قُلْنَا يَا ذَا القَرْنَيْنِ إِمَّا أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّا أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمْ حُسْناً 86
18:87 He replied, ‘The evildoer we shall punish. Then he shall return to his Lord and He will punish him with a stern punishment.
# قَالَ أَمَّا مَن ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَيُعَذِّبُهُ عَذَاباً نُّكْراً 87
18:88 As for he who believes and does good works he shall receive a fine reward in recompense and we shall speak to him with a mild command.’
# وَأَمَّا مَنْ آمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَلَهُ جَزَاءً الحُسْنَى وَسَنَقُولُ لَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا يُسْراً 88
18:89 Then he followed the road,
# ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَباً 89
18:90 until he reached the rising of the sun, he found it rising upon a nation for whom We provided no veil against it to shade them.
# حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَى قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُمْ مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْراً 90
18:91 So, We encompassed in knowledge what was with him.
# كَذَلِكَ وَقَدْ أَحَطْنَا بِمَا لَدَيْهِ خُبْراً 91
18:92 Then he followed the road,
# ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَباً 92
18:93 when he reached between the two barriers he found on one side of them a nation who could barely understand speech.
# حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ السَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمَا قَوْماً لاَّ يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلاً 93
$ Gog and Magog are barricaded behind a barrier but will be let loose just before the end of the world 18:94-99
18:94 ‘Thul-Karnain,’ they said, ‘look, Gog and Magog are corrupting the earth. Build for us a barrier between us and them, and we will pay you a tribute.’
# قَالُوا يَا ذَا القَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجاً عَلَى أَن تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَداًّ 94
18:95 He replied, ‘That which my Lord has given me is better, therefore help me with all your power, and I will build a barrier between you and between them.
# قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّي فِيهِ رَبِّي خَيْرٌ فَأَعِينُونِي بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْماً 95
18:96 Bring me ingots of iron.’ After he had leveled between the two cliffs, he said, ‘Blow.’ And when he made it a fire, he said, ‘Bring me molten copper so that I may pour over it.’
# آتُونِي زُبَرَ الحَدِيدِ حَتَّى إِذَا سَاوَى بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ انفُخُوا حَتَّى إِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَاراً قَالَ آتُونِي أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْراً 96
18:97 Thereafter they (Gog and Magog) could neither scale it, nor could they pierce it.
# فَمَا اسْطَاعُوا أَن يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا لَهُ نَقْباً 97
18:98 He said, ‘This is a mercy from my Lord. But when my Lord’s promise is come, He will make it dust. The promise of my Lord is true.’
# قَالَ هَذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّي فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّي جَعَلَهُ دَكَّاءَ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّي حَقاًّ 98
18:99 On that day, We will let them surge on one another, and the Horn shall be blown, and We will gather them all together.
# وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِي بَعْضٍ وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَاهُمْ جَمْعاً 99
18:100 On that Day We shall present Gehenna (Hell) to the unbelievers,
# وَعَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْكَافِرِينَ عَرْضاً 100
18:101 whose eyes were blinded to My remembrance and they were not able to hear. ”
# الَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِي غِطَاءٍ عَن ذِكْرِي وَكَانُوا لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعاً 101
|@ Seek the guidance of believing authorities 18:102
18:102 Do the unbelievers think that they can take My worshipers as guides other than Me? We have prepared Gehenna (Hell) to be the hospitality of the unbelievers.
# أَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَن يَتَّخِذُوا عِبَادِي مِن دُونِي أَوْلِيَاءَ إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ نُزُلاً 102
|@ Those whose deeds are lost 18:103-106
18:103 Say, ‘Shall we tell you of those who are the greatest losers in deeds?’
# قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِالأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَالاً 103
18:104 (They are) those whose striving in this world go astray, while they think that what they are doing are good deeds.
# الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعاً 104
18:105 Those are they who disbelieve the verses of their Lord and deny that they will ever meet Him their deeds have failed. On the Day of Resurrection, We shall not give any weight to them.
# أُوْلَئِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَائِهِ فَحَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فَلاَ نُقِيمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ وَزْناً 105
18:106 Gehenna (Hell) is their recompense; because they disbelieved and mocked My verses, and My Messengers.
# ذَلِكَ جَزَاؤُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا وَاتَّخَذُوا آيَاتِي وَرُسُلِي هُزُواً 106
|@ Those whose deeds win 18:107-108
18:107 The hospitality of those who believe and do good works shall be the Gardens of Paradise
# إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ الفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلاً 107
18:108 where they will live for ever and never wish that they should be removed from it.
# خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا لاَ يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلاً 108
|@ The magnitude of the Words of Allah 18:109
18:109 Say, ‘If the sea were ink for the Words of my Lord, the sea would surely be spent before the Words of my Lord are spent, even if We brought its like for replenishment.’
# قُل لَّوْ كَانَ البَحْرُ مِدَاداً لِّكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ البَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي وَلَوْ جِئْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ مَدَداً 109
|@ How to meet Allah 18:110
18:110 Say, ‘I am only a human like you, revealed to me is that your God is One God. Let him who hopes for the encounter with his Lord do good work, and not associate anyone with the worship of his Lord.’
# قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَى إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَا إِلَهُكُمْ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ فَمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو لِقَاءَ رَبِّهِ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلاً صَالِحاً وَلاَ يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ أَحَداً 110
