Quran 18:104 — Al-Kahf, verse 104
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
whose efforts in this world are misguided, even when they think they are doing good work?
الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا
alladhīna ḍalla saʿyuhum fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wahum yaḥsabūna annahum yuḥ'sinūna ṣun'ʿan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those whose striving goes astray in the present life, while they think that they are working good deeds.
- Muhammad Asad
- "[It is] they whose labour has gone astray in [the pursuit of no more than] this world's life, and who none the less think that they are doing good works:
- Sahih International
- [They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those | — |
| 2 | ضَلَّḍalla | is lost | ضلل |
| 3 | سَعْيُهُمْsaʿyuhum | their effort | سعي |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | the life | حيي |
| 6 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 7 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 8 | يَحْسَبُونَyaḥsabūna | think | حسب |
| 9 | أَنَّهُمْannahum | that they | — |
| 10 | يُحْسِنُونَyuḥ'sinūna | (were) acquiring good | حسن |
| 11 | صُنْعًاṣun'ʿan | (in) work | صنع |