سورة الكهف - محمود شلبي
سورة الكهف الكريمة : 1 - 110
[ Holy Quran – Chapter : 18 - Surat : Al-Kahf ( The Cave ) - Verses : 1 - 110 ]
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Translation (1) : [ Dr. Mohsin Khan ]
[ Holy Quran – Chapter : 18 - Surat : Al-Kahf ( The Cave ) - Verses : 1 - 110 ]
In the name of Allah the Almighty God , the Most Beneficent , the Most Merciful .
All the praises and thanks are to
Allâh, Who has sent down to His slave (Muhammad SAW) the Book (the Qur'ân), and
has not placed therein any crookedness. (1) (He has made it) Straight to give
warning (to the disbelievers) of a severe punishment from Him, and to give glad
tidings to the believers (in the Oneness of Allâh Islâmic Monotheism), who do
righteous - deeds, that they shall have a fair reward (i.e. Paradise). (2)
They shall abide therein forever. (3) And to warn those (Jews, Christians, and
pagans) who say, "Allâh has begotten a son (or offspring or
children)." (4)No knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had
their fathers. Mighty is the word that comes out of their mouths (i.e. He begot
sons and daughters). They utter nothing but a lie. (5) Perhaps, you, would kill
yourself (O Muhammad SAW) in grief, over their footsteps (for their turning
away from you), because they believe not in this narration (the Qur'ân). (6)
Verily! We have made that which is on earth as an adornment for it, in order
that We may test them (mankind) as to which of them are best in deeds.
[i.e.those who do good deeds in the most perfect manner, that means to do them
(deeds) totally for Allâh's sake and in accordance to the legal ways of the
Prophet SAW ]. (7) And verily! We shall make all that is on it (the earth) a
bare dry soil (without any vegetation or trees). (8) Do you think that the
people of the Cave and the Inscription (the news or the names of the people of
the Cave) were a wonder among Our Signs? (9) (Remember) when the young men fled
for refuge (from their disbelieving folk) to the Cave, They said: "Our
Lord! Bestow on us mercy from Yourself, and facilitate for us our affair in the
right way!" (10) Therefore, We covered up their (sense of) hearing
(causing them, to go in deep sleep) in the Cave for a number of years. (11)
Then We raised them up (from their sleep), that We might test which of the two
parties was best at calculating the time period that they had tarried. (12) We
narrate unto you (O Muhammad SAW) their story with truth: Truly! they were
young men who believed in their Lord (Allâh), and We increased them in
guidance. (13) And We made their hearts firm and strong (with the light of
Faith in Allâh and bestowed upon them patience to bear the separation of their
kith and kin and dwellings) when they stood up and said: "Our Lord is the
Lord of the heavens and the earth, never shall we call upon any ilâh (god)
other than Him; if we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity in
disbelief. (14) "These our people have taken for worship âlihah (gods)
other than Him (Allâh). Why do they not bring for them a clear authority? And
who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allâh. (15)(The young men
said to one another): "And when you withdraw from them, and that which
they worship, except Allâh, then seek refuge in the Cave, your Lord will open a
way for you from His Mercy and will make easy for you your affair (i.e. will
give you what you will need of provision, dwelling)." (16) And you might
have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the right from their Cave, and
when it set, turning away from them to the left, while they lay in the midst of
the Cave. That is (one) of the Ayât (proofs, evidences, signs) of Allâh. He
whom Allâh guides, is rightly guided; but he whom He sends astray, for him you
will find no Walî (guiding friend) to lead him (to the right Path). (17) And
you would have thought them awake, whereas they were asleep. And We turned them
on their right and on their left sides, and their dog stretching forth his two
forelegs at the entrance [of the Cave or in the space near to the entrance of
the Cave (as a guard at the gate)]. Had you looked at them, you would certainly
have turned back from them in flight, and would certainly have been filled with
awe of them (18) Likewise, We awakened them (from their long deep sleep) that
they might question one another. A speaker from among them said: "How long
have you stayed (here)?" They said: "We have stayed (perhaps) a day
or part of a day." They said: "Your Lord (Alone) knows best how long
you have stayed (here). So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to
the town, and let him find out which is the good lawful food, and bring some of
that to you. And let him be careful and let no man know of you (19) "For
if they come to know of you, they will stone you (to death or abuse and harm
you) or turn you back to their religion, and in that case you will never be
successful." (20)And thus We made their case known to (the
people), that they might know that the Promise of Allâh is true, and that there
can be no doubt about the Hour. (Remember) when they (the people of the city)
disputed among themselves about their case, they said: "Construct a
building over them, their Lord knows best about them," (then) those who
won their point said (most probably the disbelievers): "We verily shall
build a place of worship over them." (21) (Some) say they were three, the
dog being the fourth among them; and (others) say they were five, the dog being
the sixth, guessing at the unseen; (yet others) say they were seven, the dog
being the eighth. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "My Lord knows best their number;
none knows them but a few." So debate not (about their number) except with
the clear proof (which We have revealed to you). And consult not any of them
(people of the Scripture, Jews and Christians) about (the affair of) the people
of the Cave. (22) And never say of anything, "I shall do such and such
thing tomorrow." (23) Except (with the saying), "If Allâh will!"
And remember your Lord when you forget and say: "It may be that my Lord
guides me unto a nearer way of truth than this." (24) And they stayed in
their Cave three hundred (solar) years, and adding nine (for lunar years).
(Tafsir Al-Qurtubi) (25) Say: "Allâh knows best how long they stayed. With
Him is (the knowledge of) the unseen of the heavens and the earth. How clearly
He sees, and hears (everything)! They have no Walî (Helper, Disposer of
affairs, Protector) other than Him, and He makes none to share in His Decision
and His Rule." (26) And recite what has been revealed to you (O Muhammad
SAW) of the Book (the Qur'ân) of your Lord (i.e. recite it, understand and
follow its teachings and act on its orders and preach it to men). None can
change His Words, and none will you find as a refuge other than Him. (27)And
keep yourself (O Muhammad SAW) patiently with those who call on their Lord
(i.e. your companions who remember their Lord with glorification, praising in
prayers, and other righteous deeds) morning and afternoon, seeking His Face,
and let not your eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp and glitter of the life
of the world; and obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our
Remembrance, and who follows his own lusts and whose affair (deeds) has been
lost. (28) And say: "The truth is from your Lord." Then whosoever
wills, let him believe, and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve. Verily, We
have prepared for the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers), a Fire whose walls
will be surrounding them (disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh). And if they
ask for help (relief, water) they will be granted water like boiling oil, that
will scald their faces. Terrible is the drink, and an evil Murtafaq (dwelling,
resting place)! (29) Verily As for those who believed and did righteous deeds,
certainly We shall not make to be lost the reward of anyone who does his
(righteous) deeds in the most perfect manner. (30) These! For them will be 'Adn
(Eden) Paradise (everlasting Gardens); wherein rivers flow underneath
them, therein they will be adorned with bracelets of gold, and they will wear
green garments of fine and thick silk. They will recline therein on raised
thrones. How good is the reward, and what an excellent Murtafaq (dwelling,
resting place)! (31) And put forward to them the example of two men; unto one
of them We had given two gardens of grapes, and We had surrounded both with
date-palms; and had put between them green crops (cultivated fields). (32) Each
of those two gardens brought forth its produce, and failed not in the least
therein, and We caused a river to gush forth in the midst of them. (33) And he
had property (or fruit) and he said to his companion, in the course of mutual
talk: I am more than you in wealth and stronger in respect of men." [See
Tafsir Qurtubî]. (34)And he went into his garden while in a state (of pride and
disbelief) unjust to himself. He said: "I think not that this will ever
perish. (35) "And I think not the Hour will ever come, and if indeed I am
brought back to my Lord, (on the Day of Resurrection), I surely shall find
better than this when I return to Him." (36) His companion said to him,
during the talk with him: "Do you disbelieve in Him Who created you out of
dust (i.e. your father Adam), then out of Nutfah (mixed semen drops of male and
female discharge), then fashioned you into a man? (37) "But as for my part
(I believe) that He is Allâh, my Lord and none shall I associate as partner
with my Lord. (38) It was better for you to say, when you entered your garden:
'That which Allâh wills (will come to pass)! There is no power but with Allâh[]
'. If you see me less than you in wealth, and children. (39) "It may be
that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and will send on
it Husbân (torment, bolt) from the sky, then it will be a slippery earth (40)
"Or the water thereof (of the gardens) becomes deep-sunken (underground)
so that you will never be able to seek it." (41) So his fruits were
encircled (with ruin). And he remained clapping his hands (with sorrow) over
what he had spent upon it, while it was all destroyed on its trellises, he
could only say: "Would that I had ascribed no partners to my Lord!"
[Tafsir Ibn Kathîr] (42) And he had no group of men to help him against Allâh,
nor could he defend (or save) himself. (43) There (on the Day of Resurrection),
Al-Walâyah (protection, power, authority and kingdom) will be for Allâh (Alone),
the - True God. He (Allâh) is the Best for reward and the Best for the final
end. (Lâ ilâha ill-allâh none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh). (44)
And put forward to them the example of the life of this world, it is like the
water (rain) which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth
mingles with it, and becomes fresh and green. But (later) it becomes dry and
broken pieces, which the winds scatter. And Allâh is Able to do everything. (45)Wealth
and children are the adornment of the life of this world. But the good
righteous deeds, that last, are better with your Lord for rewards and better in
respect of hope. (46) And (remember) the Day We shall cause the mountains to
pass away (like clouds of dust), and you will see the earth as a levelled
plain, and we shall gather them all together so as to leave not one of them
behind. (47) And they will be set before your Lord in (lines as) rows, (and
Allâh will say): "Now indeed, you have come to Us as We created you the
first time. Nay, but you thought that We had appointed no meeting for you (with
Us)." (48) And the Book (one's Record) will be placed (in the right hand
for a believer in the Oneness of Allâh, and in the left hand for a disbeliever
in the Oneness of Allâh), and you will see the Mujrimûn (criminals,
polytheists, sinners), fearful of that which is (recorded) therein. They will
say: "Woe to us! What sort of Book is this that leaves neither a small
thing nor a big thing, but has recorded it with numbers!" And they will find
all that they did, placed before them, and your Lord treats no one with
injustice. (49) And (remember) when We said to the angels;"Prostrate
yourselves unto Adam." So they prostrated themselves except Iblîs (Satan).
He was one of the jinn; he disobeyed the Command of his Lord. Will you then
take him (Iblîs) and his offspring as protectors and helpers rather than Me
while they are enemies to you? What an evil is the exchange for the Zâlimûn
(polytheists, and wrong-doers). (50) I (Allâh) made them (Iblîs and his offspring)
not to witness (nor took their help in) the creation of the heavens and the
earth and not (even) their own creation, nor was I (Allâh) to take the
misleaders as helpers (51) And (remember) the Day He will say:"Call those
(so-called) partners of Mine whom you pretended." Then they will cry unto
them, but they will not answer them, and We shall put Maubiq (barrier) between
them. (52) And the Mujrimûn (criminals, polytheists, sinners), shall see the
Fire and apprehend that they have to fall therein. And they will find no way of
escape from there. (53)And indeed We have put forth every kind of
example in this Qur'ân, for mankind. But, man is ever more quarrelsome than
anything. (54) And nothing prevents men from believing, (now) when the guidance
(the Qur'ân) has come to them, and from asking Forgiveness of their Lord,
except that the ways of the ancients be repeated with them (i.e. their
destruction decreed by Allâh), or the torment be brought to them face to face?
(55) And We send not the Messengers except as givers of glad tidings and
warners. But those who disbelieve, dispute with false argument, in order to
refute the truth thereby. And they treat My Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses,
lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), and that with which they are warned, as
jest and mockery! (56) And who does more wrong than he who is reminded of the
Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of his
Lord, but turns away from them forgetting what (deeds) his hands have sent
forth. Truly, We have set veils over their hearts lest they should understand
this (the Qur'ân), and in their ears, deafness. And if you (O Muhammad SAW)
call them to guidance, even then they will never be guided. (57) And your Lord
is Most Forgiving, Owner of Mercy. Were He to call them to account for what
they have earned, then surely, He would have hastened their punishment. But
they have their appointed time, beyond which they will find no escape. (58) And
these towns (population, 'Ad, Thamûd) We destroyed them when they did wrong.
And We appointed a fixed time for their destruction. (59) And (remember) when
Mûsa (Moses) said to his boy-servant: "I will not give up (travelling)
until I reach the junction of the two seas or (until) I spend years and years
in travelling."[] (60) But when they reached the junction of the two seas,
they forgot their fish, and it took its way through the sea as in a tunnel (61)So
when they had passed further on (beyond that fixed place), Mûsa (Moses) said to
his boy-servant: "Bring us our morning meal; truly, we have suffered much
fatigue in this, our journey." (62) He said:"Do you remember when we
betook ourselves to the rock? I indeed forgot the fish, none but Shaitân
(Satan) made me forget to remember it. It took its course into the sea in a strange
(way)!" (63) [Mûsa (Moses)] said: "That is what we have been
seeking." So they went back retracing their footsteps (64) Then they found
one of Our slaves, on whom We had bestowed mercy from Us, and whom We had
taught knowledge from Us. (65) Mûsa (Moses) said to him (Khidr) "May I
follow you so that you teach me something of that knowledge (guidance and true
path) which you have been taught (by Allâh)?" (66) He (Khidr) said:
"Verily! You will not be able to have patience with me! (67) "And how
can you have patience about a thing which you know not?" (68) Mûsa (Moses)
said: "If Allâh wills, you will find me patient, and I will not disobey
you in aught." (69) He (Khidr) said: "Then, if you follow me, ask me
not about anything till I myself mention of it to you." (70) So they both
proceeded, till, when they embarked the ship, he (Khidr) scuttled it. Mûsa
(Moses) said: "Have you scuttled it in order to drown its people? Verily,
you have committed a thing "Imr" (a Munkar - evil, bad, dreadful
thing)." (71) He (Khidr) said: "Did I not tell you, that you would
not be able to have patience with me?" (72) [Mûsa (Moses)] said:
"Call me not to account for what I forgot[], and be not hard upon me for
my affair (with you)." (73) Then they both proceeded, till they met a boy,
he (Khidr) killed him. Mûsa (Moses) said: "Have you killed an innocent
person who had killed none? Verily, you have committed a thing "Nukr"
(a great Munkar - prohibited, evil, dreadful thing)!" (74)(Khidr) said:
"Did I not tell you that you can have no patience with me?" (75)
[Mûsa (Moses)] said: "If I ask you anything after this, keep me not in
your company, you have received an excuse from me." (76) Then they both
proceeded, till, when they came to the people of a town, they asked them for
food, but they refused to entertain them. Then they found therein a wall about
to collapse and he (Khidr) set it up straight. [Mûsa (Moses)] said: If you had
wished, surely, you could have taken wages for it!" (77) (Khidr) said:
"This is the parting between me and you, I will tell you the
interpretation of (those) things over which you were unable to hold patience (78)
"As for the ship, it belonged to Masâkîn (poor people) working in the sea.
So I wished to make a defective damage in it, as there was a king behind them
who seized every ship by force. (79) "And as for the boy, his parents were
believers, and we feared lest he should oppress them by rebellion and disbelief.
(80) "So we intended that their Lord should change him for them for one
better in righteousness and nearer to mercy. (81) "And as for the wall, it
belonged to two orphan boys in the town; and there was under it a treasure
belonging to them; and their father was a righteous man, and your Lord intended
that they should attain their age of full strength and take out their treasure
as a mercy from your Lord. And I did them not of my own accord. That is the
interpretation of those (things) over which you could not hold patience."
(82) And they ask you about Dhul-Qarnain. Say: "I shall recite to you
something of his story." (83)Verily, We established him in the
earth, and We gave him the means of everything. (84) So he followed a way. (85)
Until, when he reached the setting place of the sun, he found it setting in a
spring of black muddy (or hot) water. And he found near it a people. We (Allâh)
said (by inspiration): "O Dhul-Qarnain! Either you punish them, or treat
them with kindness." (86) He said: "As for him (a disbeliever in the
Oneness of Allâh) who does wrong, we shall punish him; and then he will be
brought back unto his Lord; Who will punish him with a terrible torment (Hell).
(87) "But as for him who believes (in Allâh's Oneness) and works righteousness,
he shall have the best reward, (Paradise), and we (Dhul-Qarnain) shall speak
unto him mild words (as instructions)." (88) Then he followed another way,
(89) Until, when he came to the rising place of the sun, he found it rising on
a people for whom We (Allâh) had provided no shelter against the sun. (90) So
(it was)! And We knew all about him (Dhul-Qarnain). (91) Then he followed
(another) way, (92) Until, when he reached between two mountains, he found,
before (near) them (those two mountains), a people who scarcely understood a
word. (93) They said: "O Dhul-Qarnain! Verily! Ya'jûj and Ma'jûj (Gog and
Magog)[] are doing great mischief in the land. Shall we then pay you a tribute
in order that you might erect a barrier between us and them?" (94) He said:
"That (wealth, authority and power) in which my Lord had established me is
better (than your tribute). So help me with strength (of men), I will erect
between you and them a barrier. (95) "Give me pieces (blocks) of
iron," then, when he had filled up the gap between the two
mountain-cliffs, he said: "Blow," then when he had made them (red as)
fire, he said: "Bring me molten copper to pour over them." (96) So
they [Ya'jûj and Ma'jûj (Gog and Magog)] could not to scale it or dig through
it. (97)(Dhul-Qarnain) said: "This is a mercy from my Lord, but when the
Promise of my Lord comes, He shall level it down to the ground. And the Promise
of my Lord is ever true." (98) And on that Day [i.e. the Day Ya'jûj and
Ma'jûj (Gog and Magog) will come out], We shall leave them to surge like waves
on one another, and the Trumpet will be blown, and We shall collect them (the
creatures) all together. (99) And on that Day We shall present Hell to the
disbelievers, plain to view,— (100) (To) those whose eyes had been under a
covering from My Reminder (this Qur'ân), and who could not bear to hear (it). (101)
Do then those who disbelieved think that they can take My slaves [i.e., the
angels, Allâh's Messengers, 'Īsā (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)] as Auliyâ'
(lords, gods, protectors) besides Me? Verily, We have prepared Hell as an
entertainment for the disbelievers (in the Oneness of Allâh Islâmic
Monotheism)[]. (102) Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Shall We tell you the greatest
losers in respect of (their) deeds? (103) "Those whose efforts have been
wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their
deeds![] (104) "They are those who deny the Ayât (proofs, evidences,
verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of their Lord and the Meeting with
Him (in the Hereafter). So their works are in vain, and on the Day of
Resurrection, We shall assign not weight for them. (105) "That shall be
their recompense, Hell; because they disbelieved and took My Ayât (proofs,
evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and My Messengers by way
of jest and mockery. (106) "Verily! those who believe (in the Oneness of
Allâh - Islâmic Monotheism) and do righteous deeds, shall have the Gardens of
Al-Firdaus (the Paradise) for their entertainment. (107) "Wherein
they shall dwell (forever). No desire will they have for removal
therefrom." (108) Say (O Muhammad SAW to mankind). "If the sea were
ink for (writing) the Words of my Lord, surely, the sea would be exhausted
before the Words of my Lord would be finished, even if we brought (another sea)
like it for its aid." (109) Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I am only a man
like you. It has been revealed to me that your Ilâh (God) is One Ilâh (God —
i.e. Allâh). So whoever hopes for the Meeting[] with his Lord, let him work
righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord."
(110)