Quran 18:1 — Al-Kahf, verse 1
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Praise be to God, who sent down the Scripture to His servant and made it unerringly straight,
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ الْكِتَابَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ عِوَجًا ۜ
al-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī anzala ʿalā ʿabdihi l-kitāba walam yajʿal lahu ʿiwajā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Praise belongs to God who has sent down upon His servant the Book and has not assigned unto it any crookedness;
- Muhammad Asad
- ALL PRAISE is due to God, who has bestowed. this divine writ from on high upon His servant, and has not allowed any deviousness to obscure its meaning:
- Sahih International
- [All] praise is [due] to Allāh, who has sent down upon His Servant [Muḥammad (ﷺ)] the Book and has not made therein any deviance.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلْحَمْدُal-ḥamdu | All Praise | حمد |
| 2 | لِلَّهِlillahi | (is) for Allah | أله |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī | the One Who | — |
| 4 | أَنزَلَanzala | (has) revealed | نزل |
| 5 | عَلَىٰʿalā | to | — |
| 6 | عَبْدِهِʿabdihi | His slave | عبد |
| 7 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 8 | وَلَمْwalam | and not | — |
| 9 | يَجْعَلyajʿal | (has) made | جعل |
| 10 | لَّهُۥlahu | in it | — |
| 11 | عِوَجَاۜʿiwajā | any crookedness | عوج |