Quran 18:10 — Al-Kahf, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When the young men sought refuge in the cave and said, ‘Our Lord, grant us Your mercy, and find us a good way out of our ordeal,’
إِذْ أَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا
idh awā l-fit'yatu ilā l-kahfi faqālū rabbanā ātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wahayyi lanā min amrinā rashadan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When the youths took refuge in the Cave saying, 'Our lord, give us mercy from Thee, and furnish us with rectitude in our affair.'
- Muhammad Asad
- When those youths took refuge in the cave, they prayed: "O our Sustainer! Bestow on us grace from Thyself, and endow us, whatever our [outward] condition, with consciousness of what is right!"
- Sahih International
- [Mention] when the youths retreated to the cave and said, "Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | أَوَىawā | retreated | أوي |
| 3 | ٱلْفِتْيَةُl-fit'yatu | the youths | فتي |
| 4 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 5 | ٱلْكَهْفِl-kahfi | the cave | كهف |
| 6 | فَقَالُوا۟faqālū | and they said | قول |
| 7 | رَبَّنَآrabbanā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 8 | ءَاتِنَاātinā | Grant us | أتي |
| 9 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 10 | لَّدُنكَladunka | Yourself | لدن |
| 11 | رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan | Mercy | رحم |
| 12 | وَهَيِّئْwahayyi | and facilitate | هيأ |
| 13 | لَنَاlanā | for us | — |
| 14 | مِنْmin | [from] | — |
| 15 | أَمْرِنَاamrinā | our affair | أمر |
| 16 | رَشَدًۭاrashadan | (in the) right way | رشد |