Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 54 (18:54)

ٱلْكَهْف

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَكْثَرَ …

Quran 18:54 is ayah 54 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 300 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:54
وَلَقَدْصَرَّفْنَافِىهَٰذَاٱلْقُرْءَانِلِلنَّاسِمِنكُلِّمَثَلٍ ۚوَكَانَٱلْإِنسَٰنُأَكْثَرَشَىْءٍجَدَلًا٥٤
walaqad ṣarrafnā fī hādhā l-qur'āni lilnnāsi min kulli mathalin wakāna l-insānu akthara shayin jadalan

And We have certainly diversified in this Qur’ān for the people from every [kind of] example; but man has ever been, most of anything, [prone to] dispute.(54)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  2. صَرَّفْنَاṣarrafnāWe have explained
  3. فِىfīin
  4. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  5. ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'ānithe Quran
  6. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
  7. مِنminof
  8. كُلِّkullievery
  9. مَثَلٍ ۚmathalinexample
  10. وَكَانَwakānaBut is
  11. ٱلْإِنسَٰنُl-insānuthe man
  12. أَكْثَرَakthara(in) most
  13. شَىْءٍshayinthings
  14. جَدَلًاjadalanquarrelsome

Tafsir (commentary) of 18:54

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Examples put forth in the Qur'an

Allah says, `In this Qur'an, We have explained to mankind and given clear details of matters so that they will not stray from the truth or be misled from the path of guidance. Despite this explanation, man is very quarrelsome and opposes truth with falsehood,' except for those whom Allah guides to the path of salvation. Imam Ahmad recorded that `Ali bin Abi Talib said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to visit him and Fatimah, the daughter of Allah's Messenger ﷺ at night, and said,

«أَلَا تُصَلِّيَانِ؟»

(Are you not going to pray) I said, "O Messenger of Allah, our souls are in the Hand of Allah. If He wills to wake us, He will wake us." When I said that, he went away without returning. Then I heard him as he was walking away, slapping his thigh and saying,

وَكَانَ الإِنْسَـنُ أَكْثَرَ شَىءٍ جَدَلاً

(But, man is ever more quarrelsome than anything.)" It was also recorded in the Two Sahihs.

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