Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 28 (18:28)

ٱلْكَهْف

وَٱصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥ ۖ …

Quran 18:28 is ayah 28 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 297 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:28
وَٱصْبِرْنَفْسَكَمَعَٱلَّذِينَيَدْعُونَرَبَّهُمبِٱلْغَدَوٰةِوَٱلْعَشِىِّيُرِيدُونَوَجْهَهُۥ ۖوَلَاتَعْدُعَيْنَاكَعَنْهُمْتُرِيدُزِينَةَٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَا ۖوَلَاتُطِعْمَنْأَغْفَلْنَاقَلْبَهُۥعَنذِكْرِنَاوَٱتَّبَعَهَوَىٰهُوَكَانَأَمْرُهُۥفُرُطًا٢٨
wa-iṣ'bir nafsaka maʿa alladhīna yadʿūna rabbahum bil-ghadati wal-ʿashiyi yurīdūna wajhahu walā taʿdu ʿaynāka ʿanhum turīdu zīnata l-ḥayati l-dun'yā walā tuṭiʿ man aghfalnā qalbahu ʿan dhik'rinā wa-ittabaʿa hawāhu wakāna amruhu furuṭan

And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His face [i.e., acceptance]. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.(28)

Word by word

  1. وَٱصْبِرْwa-iṣ'birAnd be patient
  2. نَفْسَكَnafsakayourself
  3. مَعَmaʿawith
  4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  5. يَدْعُونَyadʿūnacall
  6. رَبَّهُمrabbahumtheir Lord
  7. بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِbil-ghadatiin the morning
  8. وَٱلْعَشِىِّwal-ʿashiyiand the evening
  9. يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnadesiring
  10. وَجْهَهُۥ ۖwajhahuHis Face
  11. وَلَاwalāAnd (let) not
  12. تَعْدُtaʿdupass beyond
  13. عَيْنَاكَʿaynākayour eyes
  14. عَنْهُمْʿanhumover them
  15. تُرِيدُturīdudesiring
  16. زِينَةَzīnataadornment
  17. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
  18. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
  19. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
  20. تُطِعْtuṭiʿobey
  21. مَنْmanwhom
  22. أَغْفَلْنَاaghfalnāWe have made heedless
  23. قَلْبَهُۥqalbahuhis heart
  24. عَنʿanof
  25. ذِكْرِنَاdhik'rināOur remembrance
  26. وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaand follows
  27. هَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis desires
  28. وَكَانَwakānaand is
  29. أَمْرُهُۥamruhuhis affair
  30. فُرُطًاfuruṭan(in) excess

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