١٨ - ٱلْكَهْف

18 - Al-Kahf

مَاۗ اَشْہَدْتُّہُمْ خَلْقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ اَنْفُسِہِمْ۝۰۠ وَمَا كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذَ الْمُضِلِّيْنَ عَضُدًا۝۵۱
Ma ashhadtuhum khalqa alssamawati waalardi wala khalqa anfusihim wama kuntu muttakhitha almudilleena AAadudan

English

Ahmed Ali

I did not call them to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth, nor their own creation. I would not take as helpers those who lead (men) astray.

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وَيَوْمَ يَقُوْلُ نَادُوْا شُرَكَاۗءِيَ الَّذِيْنَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْہُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيْبُوْا لَہُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَہُمْ مَّوْبِقًا۝۵۲
Wayawma yaqoolu nadoo shurakaiya allatheena zaAAamtum fadaAAawhum falam yastajeeboo lahum wajaAAalna baynahum mawbiqan

English

Ahmed Ali

The day He will say: "Call those you had called My compeers," they will call them, but will get no response, and We shall place a gulf between them.

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وَرَاَ الْمُجْرِمُوْنَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوْۗا اَنَّہُمْ مُّوَاقِعُوْہَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوْا عَنْہَا مَصْرِفًا۝۵۳ۧ
Waraa almujrimoona alnnara fathannoo annahum muwaqiAAooha walam yajidoo AAanha masrifan

English

Ahmed Ali

The sinners will see the Fire and know that they will be thrown into it and will not find a way of escape from it.

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وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْــنَا فِيْ ہٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنِ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍ۝۰ۭ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ اَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلًا۝۵۴
Walaqad sarrafna fee hatha alqurani lilnnasi min kulli mathalin wakana alinsanu akthara shayin jadalan

English

Ahmed Ali

We have explained in various ways all things to men in this Qur'an; but of all things man is most contentious.

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وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ اَنْ يُّؤْمِنُوْۗا اِذْ جَاۗءَہُمُ الْہُدٰى وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوْا رَبَّہُمْ اِلَّاۗ اَنْ تَاْتِيَہُمْ سُنَّۃُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ اَوْ يَاْتِيَہُمُ الْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا۝۵۵
Wama manaAAa alnnasa an yuminoo ith jaahumu alhuda wayastaghfiroo rabbahum illa an tatiyahum sunnatu alawwaleena aw yatiyahumu alAAathabu qubulan

English

Ahmed Ali

There is nothing to prevent men from believing when the guidance has come to them, and asking for their Lord's forgiveness, unless they want the example of earlier people visited upon them, or the punishment to appear right before their eyes.

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وَمَا نُرْسِلُ الْمُرْسَلِيْنَ اِلَّا مُبَشِّرِيْنَ وَمُنْذِرِيْنَ۝۰ۚ وَيُجَادِلُ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوْا بِہِ الْحَقَّ وَاتَّخَذُوْۗا اٰيٰتِيْ وَمَاۗ اُنْذِرُوْا ہُزُوًا۝۵۶
Wama nursilu almursaleena illa mubashshireena wamunthireena wayujadilu allatheena kafaroo bialbatili liyudhidoo bihi alhaqqa waittakhathoo ayatee wama onthiroo huzuwan

English

Ahmed Ali

We never send apostles but to convey happy tidings, and to warn. But those who disbelieve contend with false arguments to nullify the truth. They make a mockery of My revelations and of what they had been warned.

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وَمَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذُكِّرَ بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّہٖ فَاَعْرَضَ عَنْہَا وَنَسِيَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدٰہُ۝۰ۭ اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلٰي قُلُوْبِہِمْ اَكِنَّۃً اَنْ يَّفْقَہُوْہُ وَفِيْۗ اٰذَانِہِمْ وَقْرًا۝۰ۭ وَاِنْ تَدْعُہُمْ اِلَى الْہُدٰى فَلَنْ يَّہْتَدُوْۗا اِذًا اَبَدًا۝۵۷
Waman athlamu mimman thukkira biayati rabbihi faaAArada AAanha wanasiya ma qaddamat yadahu inna jaAAalna AAala quloobihim akinnatan an yafqahoohu wafee athanihim waqran wain tadAAuhum ila alhuda falan yahtadoo ithan abadan

English

Ahmed Ali

Who is more unjust than he who, on being reminded of his Lord's revelations, turns away from them, and forgets the evil deeds he had committed in the past. Verily We have placed a covering on their hearts so that they do not understand, and a deafness in their ears so that however you may call them to guidance they will never be guided aright.

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وَرَبُّكَ الْغَفُوْرُ ذُو الرَّحْمَۃِ۝۰ۭ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُہُمْ بِمَا كَسَبُوْا لَعَجَّلَ لَہُمُ الْعَذَابَ۝۰ۭ بَلْ لَّہُمْ مَّوْعِدٌ لَّنْ يَّجِدُوْا مِنْ دُوْنِہٖ مَوْىِٕلًا۝۵۸
Warabbuka alghafooru thoo alrrahmati law yuakhithuhum bima kasaboo laAAajjala lahumu alAAathaba bal lahum mawAAidun lan yajidoo min doonihi mawilan

English

Ahmed Ali

But your Lord is forgiving, full of benevolence. If He had pleased to punish them for their doings He would have punished them immediately. But a term is fixed for them from which they will find no escape.

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وَتِلْكَ الْقُرٰۗى اَہْلَكْنٰہُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوْا وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَہْلِكِہِمْ مَّوْعِدًا۝۵۹ۧ
Watilka alqura ahlaknahum lamma thalamoo wajaAAalna limahlikihim mawAAidan

English

Ahmed Ali

As for these habitations, We destroyed them only when they transgressed; even so We had fixed a time for their annihilation.

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وَاِذْ قَالَ مُوْسٰي لِفَتٰىہُ لَاۗ اَبْرَحُ حَتّٰۗي اَبْلُغَ مَجْـمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ اَوْ اَمْضِيَ حُقُبًا۝۶۰
Waith qala moosa lifatahu la abrahu hatta ablugha majmaAAa albahrayni aw amdiya huquban

English

Ahmed Ali

When Moses said to his servant (Joshua): "I will not give up till I reach the confluence of two oceans, or I will journey on and on."

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