The Cave — Verse 45

18:45 · al-Kahf

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Arabic English Morphology
وَٱضْرِبْ wa-iḍ'rib
And present V
لَهُم lahum
to them Noun
مَّثَلَ mathala
the example Noun
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ l-ḥayati
(of) the life Noun
ٱلدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā
(of) the world Noun
كَمَآءٍ kamāin
like water Noun
أَنزَلْنَٰهُ anzalnāhu
which We send down V
مِنَ mina
from Prep
ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi
the sky Noun
فَٱخْتَلَطَ fa-ikh'talaṭa
then mingles V
بِهِۦ bihi
with it Noun
نَبَاتُ nabātu
(the) vegetation Noun
ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi
(of) the earth Noun
فَأَصْبَحَ fa-aṣbaḥa
then becomes V
هَشِيمًا hashīman
dry stalks Noun
تَذْرُوهُ tadhrūhu
it (is) scattered V
ٱلرِّيَٰحُ l-riyāḥu
(by) the winds Noun
وَكَانَ wakāna
And Allah V
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
And Allah Noun
عَلَىٰ ʿalā
over Prep
كُلِّ kulli
every Noun
شَىْءٍ shayin
thing Noun
مُّقْتَدِرًا muq'tadiran
(is) All Able Noun

Tell them, too, what the life of this world is like: We send water down from the skies and the earth’s vegetation absorbs it, but soon the plants turn to dry stubble scattered about by the wind: God has power over everything

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَٱضۡرِبۡ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلۡحَیَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡیَا كَمَاۤءٍ أَنزَلۡنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ فَٱخۡتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَأَصۡبَحَ هَشِیمࣰا تَذۡرُوهُ ٱلرِّیَـٰحُۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرًا ۝٤٥

wa-iḍ'rib lahum mathala l-ḥayati l-dun'yā kamāin anzalnāhu mina l-samāi fa-ikh'talaṭa bihi nabātu l-arḍi fa-aṣbaḥa hashīman tadhrūhu l-riyāḥu wakāna l-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin muq'tadira

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