The Cave — Verse 82

18:82 · al-Kahf

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The Cave 18:82

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Arabic English Morphology
وَأَمَّا wa-ammā
And as for Prep
ٱلْجِدَارُ l-jidāru
the wall Noun
فَكَانَ fakāna
it was V
لِغُلَٰمَيْنِ lighulāmayni
for two orphan boys Noun
يَتِيمَيْنِ yatīmayni
for two orphan boys Noun
فِى fī
in Prep
ٱلْمَدِينَةِ l-madīnati
the town Noun
وَكَانَ wakāna
and was V
تَحْتَهُۥ taḥtahu
underneath it Noun
كَنزٌ kanzun
a treasure Noun
لَّهُمَا lahumā
for them Noun
وَكَانَ wakāna
and was V
أَبُوهُمَا abūhumā
their father Noun
صَٰلِحًا ṣāliḥan
righteous Noun
فَأَرَادَ fa-arāda
So intended V
رَبُّكَ rabbuka
your Lord Noun
أَن an
that Prep
يَبْلُغَآ yablughā
they reach V
أَشُدَّهُمَا ashuddahumā
their maturity Noun
وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا wayastakhrijā
and bring forth V
كَنزَهُمَا kanzahumā
their treasure Noun
رَحْمَةً raḥmatan
(as) a mercy Noun
مِّن min
from Prep
رَّبِّكَ rabbika
your Lord Noun
وَمَا wamā
And not Prep
فَعَلْتُهُۥ faʿaltuhu
I did it V
عَنْ ʿan
on Prep
أَمْرِى amrī
my (own) accord Noun
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika
That Noun
تَأْوِيلُ tawīlu
(is the) interpretation Noun
مَا mā
(of) what Noun
لَمْ lam
not Prep
تَسْطِع tasṭiʿ
you were able V
عَّلَيْهِ ʿalayhi
on it Prep
صَبْرًا ṣabran
(to have) patience Noun

The wall belonged to two young orphans in the town and there was buried treasure beneath it belonging to them. Their father had been a righteous man, so your Lord intended them to reach maturity and then dig up their treasure as a mercy from your Lord. I did not do [these things] of my own accord: these are the explanations for those things you could not bear with patience.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَأَمَّا ٱلۡجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَـٰمَیۡنِ یَتِیمَیۡنِ فِی ٱلۡمَدِینَةِ وَكَانَ تَحۡتَهُۥ كَنزࣱ لَّهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَـٰلِحࣰا فَأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَن یَبۡلُغَاۤ أَشُدَّهُمَا وَیَسۡتَخۡرِجَا كَنزَهُمَا رَحۡمَةࣰ مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ وَمَا فَعَلۡتُهُۥ عَنۡ أَمۡرِیۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ تَأۡوِیلُ مَا لَمۡ تَسۡطِع عَّلَیۡهِ صَبۡرࣰا ۝٨٢

wa-ammā l-jidāru fakāna lighulāmayni yatīmayni fī l-madīnati wakāna taḥtahu kanzun lahumā wakāna abūhumā ṣāliḥan fa-arāda rabbuka an yablughā ashuddahumā wayastakhrijā kanzahumā raḥmatan min rabbika wamā faʿaltuhu ʿan amrī dhālika tawīlu mā lam tasṭiʿ ʿalayhi ṣabra

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