The Cave 18:98

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Arabic English Morphology
قَالَ qāla
He said V
هَٰذَا hādhā
This Noun
رَحْمَةٌ raḥmatun
(is) a mercy Noun
مِّن min
from Prep
my Lord Noun
فَإِذَا fa-idhā
But when Noun
comes V
وَعْدُ waʿdu
(the) Promise Noun
رَبِّى rabbī
(of) my Lord Noun
جَعَلَهُۥ jaʿalahu
He will make it V
level Noun
وَكَانَ wakāna
And is V
وَعْدُ waʿdu
(the) Promise Noun
رَبِّى rabbī
(of) my Lord Noun
حَقًّا ḥaqqan
true Noun

and he said, ‘This is a mercy from my Lord. But when my Lord’s promise is fulfilled, He will raze this barrier to the ground: my Lord’s promise always comes true.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَحۡمَةࣱ مِّن رَّبِّیۖ فَإِذَا جَاۤءَ وَعۡدُ رَبِّی جَعَلَهُۥ دَكَّاۤءَۖ وَكَانَ وَعۡدُ رَبِّی حَقࣰّا ۝٩٨

qāla hādhā raḥmatun min rabbī fa-idhā jāa waʿdu rabbī jaʿalahu dakkāa wakāna waʿdu rabbī ḥaqqa