Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 93 (18:93)

ٱلْكَهْف

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمَا قَوْمًا لَّا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ …

Quran 18:93 is ayah 93 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 303 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:93
حَتَّىٰٓإِذَابَلَغَبَيْنَٱلسَّدَّيْنِوَجَدَمِندُونِهِمَاقَوْمًالَّايَكَادُونَيَفْقَهُونَقَوْلًا٩٣
ḥattā idhā balagha bayna l-sadayni wajada min dūnihimā qawman lā yakādūna yafqahūna qawlan

Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech.(93)

Word by word

  1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
  2. إِذَاidhāwhen
  3. بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
  4. بَيْنَbaynabetween
  5. ٱلسَّدَّيْنِl-sadaynithe two mountains
  6. وَجَدَwajadahe found
  7. مِنminbesides them
  8. دُونِهِمَاdūnihimābesides them
  9. قَوْمًاqawmana community
  10. لَّاlānot
  11. يَكَادُونَyakādūnawho would almost
  12. يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnaunderstand
  13. قَوْلًاqawlan(his) speech

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