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Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 58 (18:58)

ٱلْكَهْف

وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ …

Quran 18:58 is ayah 58 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 300 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:58
وَرَبُّكَٱلْغَفُورُذُوٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖلَوْيُؤَاخِذُهُمبِمَاكَسَبُوا۟لَعَجَّلَلَهُمُٱلْعَذَابَ ۚبَللَّهُممَّوْعِدٌلَّنيَجِدُوا۟مِندُونِهِۦمَوْئِلًا٥٨
warabbuka l-ghafūru dhū l-raḥmati law yuākhidhuhum bimā kasabū laʿajjala lahumu l-ʿadhāba bal lahum mawʿidun lan yajidū min dūnihi mawilan

And your Lord is the Forgiving, the possessor of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.(58)

Word by word

  1. وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord
  2. ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūru(is) the Most Forgiving
  3. ذُوdhūOwner
  4. ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖl-raḥmati(of) the Mercy
  5. لَوْlawIf
  6. يُؤَاخِذُهُمyuākhidhuhumHe were to seize them
  7. بِمَاbimāfor what
  8. كَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey have earned
  9. لَعَجَّلَlaʿajjalasurely, He (would) have hastened
  10. لَهُمُlahumufor them
  11. ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚl-ʿadhābathe punishment
  12. بَلbalBut
  13. لَّهُمlahumfor them
  14. مَّوْعِدٌmawʿidun(is) an appointment
  15. لَّنlannever
  16. يَجِدُوا۟yajidūthey will find
  17. مِنminother than it
  18. دُونِهِۦdūnihiother than it
  19. مَوْئِلًاmawilanan escape

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