Quran 18:16 — Al-Kahf, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Now that you have left such people, and what they worshipped instead of God, take refuge in the cave. God will shower His mercy on you and make you an easy way out of your ordeal.’
وَإِذِ اعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ فَأْوُوا إِلَى الْكَهْفِ يَنْشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ مِنْ رَحْمَتِهِ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَمْرِكُمْ مِرْفَقًا
wa-idhi iʿ'tazaltumūhum wamā yaʿbudūna illā l-laha fawū ilā l-kahfi yanshur lakum rabbukum min raḥmatihi wayuhayyi lakum min amrikum mir'faqan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So, when you have gone apart from them and that they serve, excepting God, take refuge in the Cave, and your Lord will unfold to you of His mercy, and will furnish -- you with a gentle issue of your affair.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, now that you have withdrawn from them and from all that they worship instead of God, take refuge in that cave: God will spread His grace over you, and will endow you - whatever your [outward] condition - with all that your souls may need!
- Sahih International
- [The youths said to one another], "And when you have withdrawn from them and that which they worship other than Allāh, retreat to the cave. Your Lord will spread out for you of His mercy and will prepare for you from your affair facility."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذِwa-idhi | And when | — |
| 2 | ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْiʿ'tazaltumūhum | you withdraw from them | عزل |
| 3 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 4 | يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūna | they worship | عبد |
| 5 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 6 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 7 | فَأْوُۥٓا۟fawū | then retreat | أوي |
| 8 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 9 | ٱلْكَهْفِl-kahfi | the cave | كهف |
| 10 | يَنشُرْyanshur | Will spread | نشر |
| 11 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 12 | رَبُّكُمrabbukum | your Lord | ربب |
| 13 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 14 | رَّحْمَتِهِۦraḥmatihi | His Mercy | رحم |
| 15 | وَيُهَيِّئْwayuhayyi | and will facilitate | هيأ |
| 16 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 17 | مِّنْmin | [from] | — |
| 18 | أَمْرِكُمamrikum | your affair | أمر |
| 19 | مِّرْفَقًۭاmir'faqan | (in) ease | ر ف ق |