Ruku 252, Juz 15 (ٱلْرُكوع 252, جزء 15)

١٨ - ٱلْكَهْف

18 - Al-Kahf

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلہِ الَّذِيْۗ اَنْزَلَ عَلٰي عَبْدِہِ الْكِتٰبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَّہٗ عِوَجًا۝۱ۭ۫
Alhamdu lillahi allathee anzala AAala AAabdihi alkitaba walam yajAAal lahu AAiwajan

English

Ahmed Ali

ALL PRAISE BE to God who has revealed to His votary the Book which is free of all obliquity,

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قَيِّـمًا لِّيُنْذِرَ بَاْسًا شَدِيْدًا مِّنْ لَّدُنْہُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ الَّذِيْنَ يَعْمَلُوْنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ اَنَّ لَہُمْ اَجْرًا حَسَـنًا۝۲ۙ
Qayyiman liyunthira basan shadeedan min ladunhu wayubashshira almumineena allatheena yaAAmaloona alssalihati anna lahum ajran hasanan

English

Ahmed Ali

Immutable, so that it may warn of a severe punishment from Him; and give happy tidings to those who believe and do the right that there is a better reward (of Paradise) for them,

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مَّاكِثِيْنَ فِيْہِ اَبَدًا۝۳ۙ
Makitheena feehi abadan

English

Ahmed Ali

Where they will abide for ever;

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وَّيُنْذِرَ الَّذِيْنَ قَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللہُ وَلَدًا۝۴ۤ
Wayunthira allatheena qaloo ittakhatha Allahu waladan

English

Ahmed Ali

And that it may warn those who say: "God has begotten a son."

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مَا لَہُمْ بِہٖ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَّلَا لِاٰبَاۗىِٕہِمْ۝۰ۭ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَۃً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ اَفْوَاہِہِمْ۝۰ۭ اِنْ يَّقُوْلُوْنَ اِلَّا كَذِبًا۝۵
Ma lahum bihi min AAilmin wala liabaihim kaburat kalimatan takhruju min afwahihim in yaqooloona illa kathiban

English

Ahmed Ali

They have no knowledge of this, as their fathers did not have. How terrible are the words they utter! They speak nothing but lies.

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فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلٰۗي اٰثَارِہِمْ اِنْ لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوْا بِہٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِ اَسَفًا۝۶
FalaAAallaka bakhiAAun nafsaka AAala atharihim in lam yuminoo bihatha alhadeethi asafan

English

Ahmed Ali

Will you kill yourself for grief of them if they do not believe in this presentation?

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اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَي الْاَرْضِ زِيْنَۃً لَّہَا لِنَبْلُوَہُمْ اَيُّہُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا۝۷
Inna jaAAalna ma AAala alardi zeenatan laha linabluwahum ayyuhum ahsanu AAamalan

English

Ahmed Ali

We have made whatever exists on the earth its adornment to test and try them (and) know who acts better;

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وَاِنَّا لَجٰعِلُوْنَ مَا عَلَيْہَا صَعِيْدًا جُرُزًا۝۸ۭ
Wainna lajaAAiloona ma AAalayha saAAeedan juruzan

English

Ahmed Ali

For We shall certainly turn it to barren dust.

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اَمْ حَسِبْتَ اَنَّ اَصْحٰبَ الْكَہْفِ وَالرَّقِيْمِ۝۰ۙ كَانُوْا مِنْ اٰيٰتِنَا عَجَــبًا۝۹
Am hasibta anna ashaba alkahfi waalrraqeemi kanoo min ayatina AAajaban

English

Ahmed Ali

Do you think the men of the cave and Ar-Raqim were so strange among Our signs?

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اِذْ اَوَى الْفِتْيَۃُ اِلَى الْكَہْفِ فَقَالُوْا رَبَّنَاۗ اٰتِنَا مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ رَحْمَۃً وَّہَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ اَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا۝۱۰
Ith awa alfityatu ila alkahfi faqaloo rabbana atina min ladunka rahmatan wahayyi lana min amrina rashadan

English

Ahmed Ali

When those young men took shelter in the cave, and prayed: "O Lord, grant us Your favour and dispose our affair aright,"

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