The Cave — Verse 40
18:40 · al-Kahf
The Cave 18:40
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| Arabic | English | Morphology |
|---|---|---|
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فَعَسَىٰ
faʿasā
|
It may be | V |
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رَبِّىٓ
rabbī
|
that my Lord | Noun |
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أَن
an
|
that my Lord | Prep |
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يُؤْتِيَنِ
yu'tiyani
|
will give me | V |
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خَيْرًا
khayran
|
better | Noun |
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مِّن
min
|
than | Prep |
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جَنَّتِكَ
jannatika
|
your garden | Noun |
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وَيُرْسِلَ
wayur'sila
|
and will send | V |
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عَلَيْهَا
ʿalayhā
|
upon it | Prep |
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حُسْبَانًا
ḥus'bānan
|
a calamity | Noun |
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مِّنَ
mina
|
from | Prep |
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ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
|
the sky | Noun |
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فَتُصْبِحَ
fatuṣ'biḥa
|
then it will become | V |
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صَعِيدًا
ṣaʿīdan
|
ground | Noun |
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زَلَقًا
zalaqan
|
slippery | Noun |
my Lord may well give me something better than your garden, and send thunderbolts on your garden from the sky, so that it becomes a heap of barren dust
— Abdel Haleem
Arabic Text
فَعَسَىٰ رَبِّیۤ أَن یُؤۡتِیَنِ خَیۡرࣰا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَیُرۡسِلَ عَلَیۡهَا حُسۡبَانࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ فَتُصۡبِحَ صَعِیدࣰا زَلَقًا ٤٠
faʿasā rabbī an yu'tiyani khayran min jannatika wayur'sila ʿalayhā ḥus'bānan mina l-samāi fatuṣ'biḥa ṣaʿīdan zalaqa