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Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 48 (18:48)

ٱلْكَهْف

وَعُرِضُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ صَفًّا لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۭ ۚ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ …

Quran 18:48 is ayah 48 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 299 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:48
وَعُرِضُوا۟عَلَىٰرَبِّكَصَفًّالَّقَدْجِئْتُمُونَاكَمَاخَلَقْنَٰكُمْأَوَّلَمَرَّةٍۭ ۚبَلْزَعَمْتُمْأَلَّننَّجْعَلَلَكُممَّوْعِدًا٤٨
waʿuriḍū ʿalā rabbika ṣaffan laqad ji'tumūnā kamā khalaqnākum awwala marratin bal zaʿamtum allan najʿala lakum mawʿidan

And they will be presented before your Lord in rows, [and He will say], "You have certainly come to Us just as We created you the first time. But you claimed that We would never make for you an appointment."(48)

Word by word

  1. وَعُرِضُوا۟waʿuriḍūAnd they will be presented
  2. عَلَىٰʿalābefore
  3. رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
  4. صَفًّاṣaffan(in) rows
  5. لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
  6. جِئْتُمُونَاji'tumūnāyou have come to Us
  7. كَمَاkamāas
  8. خَلَقْنَٰكُمْkhalaqnākumWe created you
  9. أَوَّلَawwalathe first
  10. مَرَّةٍۭ ۚmarratintime
  11. بَلْbalNay
  12. زَعَمْتُمْzaʿamtumyou claimed
  13. أَلَّنallanthat not
  14. نَّجْعَلَnajʿalaWe made
  15. لَكُمlakumfor you
  16. مَّوْعِدًاmawʿidanan appointment

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