Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 90 (18:90)

ٱلْكَهْف

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن …

Quran 18:90 is ayah 90 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 303 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:90
حَتَّىٰٓإِذَابَلَغَمَطْلِعَٱلشَّمْسِوَجَدَهَاتَطْلُعُعَلَىٰقَوْمٍلَّمْنَجْعَللَّهُممِّندُونِهَاسِتْرًا٩٠
ḥattā idhā balagha maṭliʿa l-shamsi wajadahā taṭluʿu ʿalā qawmin lam najʿal lahum min dūnihā sit'ran

Until, when he came to the rising of the sun [i.e., the east], he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.(90)

Word by word

  1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
  2. إِذَاidhāwhen
  3. بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
  4. مَطْلِعَmaṭliʿa(the) rising place
  5. ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi(of) the sun
  6. وَجَدَهَاwajadahāand he found it
  7. تَطْلُعُtaṭluʿurising
  8. عَلَىٰʿalāon
  9. قَوْمٍqawmina community
  10. لَّمْlamnot
  11. نَجْعَلnajʿalWe made
  12. لَّهُمlahumfor them
  13. مِّنminagainst it
  14. دُونِهَاdūnihāagainst it
  15. سِتْرًاsit'ranany shelter

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