Quran 18:13 — Al-Kahf, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], We shall tell you their story as it really was. They were young men who believed in their Lord, and We gave them more and more guidance.
نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ آمَنُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَاهُمْ هُدًى
naḥnu naquṣṣu ʿalayka naba-ahum bil-ḥaqi innahum fit'yatun āmanū birabbihim wazid'nāhum hudan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We will relate to thee their tidings truly. They were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.
- Muhammad Asad
- [And now] We shall truly relate to thee their story: Behold, they were young men who had attained to faith in their Sustainer: and [so] We deepened their consciousness of the right way
- Sahih International
- It is We who relate to you, [O Muḥammad], their story in truth. Indeed, they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | نَّحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 2 | نَقُصُّnaquṣṣu | narrate | قصص |
| 3 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | to you | — |
| 4 | نَبَأَهُمnaba-ahum | their story | نبأ |
| 5 | بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqi | in truth | حقق |
| 6 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | Indeed, they (were) | — |
| 7 | فِتْيَةٌfit'yatun | youths | فتي |
| 8 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | who believed | أمن |
| 9 | بِرَبِّهِمْbirabbihim | in their Lord | ربب |
| 10 | وَزِدْنَـٰهُمْwazid'nāhum | and We increased them | زيد |
| 11 | هُدًۭىhudan | (in) guidance | هدي |