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Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 34 (18:34)

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وَكَانَ لَهُۥ ثَمَرٌ فَقَالَ لِصَٰحِبِهِۦ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَنَا۠ أَكْثَرُ مِنكَ مَالًا وَأَعَزُّ …

Quran 18:34 is ayah 34 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 297 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:34
وَكَانَلَهُۥثَمَرٌفَقَالَلِصَٰحِبِهِۦوَهُوَيُحَاوِرُهُۥٓأَنَا۠أَكْثَرُمِنكَمَالًاوَأَعَزُّنَفَرًا٣٤
wakāna lahu thamarun faqāla liṣāḥibihi wahuwa yuḥāwiruhu anā aktharu minka mālan wa-aʿazzu nafaran

And he had fruit, so he said to his companion while he was conversing with him, "I am greater than you in wealth and mightier in [numbers of] men."(34)

Word by word

  1. وَكَانَwakānaAnd was
  2. لَهُۥlahufor him
  3. ثَمَرٌthamarunfruit
  4. فَقَالَfaqālaso he said
  5. لِصَٰحِبِهِۦliṣāḥibihito his companion
  6. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
  7. يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓyuḥāwiruhu(was) talking with him
  8. أَنَا۠anāI am
  9. أَكْثَرُaktharugreater
  10. مِنكَminkathan you
  11. مَالًاmālan(in) wealth
  12. وَأَعَزُّwa-aʿazzuand stronger
  13. نَفَرًاnafaran(in) men

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