Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 104 (18:104)

ٱلْكَهْف

ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا

Quran 18:104 is ayah 104 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 304 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:104
ٱلَّذِينَضَلَّسَعْيُهُمْفِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاوَهُمْيَحْسَبُونَأَنَّهُمْيُحْسِنُونَصُنْعًا١٠٤
alladhīna ḍalla saʿyuhum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wahum yaḥsabūna annahum yuḥ'sinūna ṣun'ʿan

[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."(104)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose
  2. ضَلَّḍallais lost
  3. سَعْيُهُمْsaʿyuhumtheir effort
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
  6. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
  7. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  8. يَحْسَبُونَyaḥsabūnathink
  9. أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
  10. يُحْسِنُونَyuḥ'sinūna(were) acquiring good
  11. صُنْعًاṣun'ʿan(in) work

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