Quran 18:17 — Al-Kahf, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You could have seen the [light of the] sun as it rose, moving away to the right of their cave, and when it set, moving away to the left of them, while they lay in the wide space inside the cave. (This is one of God’s signs: those people God guides are rightly guided, but you will find no protector to lead to the right path those He leaves to stray.)
وَتَرَى الشَّمْسَ إِذَا طَلَعَتْ تَزَاوَرُ عَنْ كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمِينِ وَإِذَا غَرَبَتْ تَقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ فِي فَجْوَةٍ مِنْهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ ۗ مَنْ يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِيًّا مُرْشِدًا
watarā l-shamsa idhā ṭalaʿat tazāwaru ʿan kahfihim dhāta l-yamīni wa-idhā gharabat taqriḍuhum dhāta l-shimāli wahum fī fajwatin min'hu dhālika min āyāti l-lahi man yahdi l-lahu fahuwa l-muh'tadi waman yuḍ'lil falan tajida lahu waliyyan mur'shidan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And thou mightest have seen the sun, when it rose, inclining from their Cave towards the right, and, when it set, passing them by on the left, while they were in a broad fissure of the Cave. That was one of God's signs; whomsoever God guides, he is rightly guided, and whomsoever He leads astray, thou wilt not find for him a protector to direct.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [for many a year] thou might have seen the sun, on its rising, incline away from their cave on the right, and, on its setting, turn aside from them on the left, while they lived on in that spacious chamber, [bearing witness to] this of God's messages: He whom God guides, he alone has found the right way; whereas for him whom He lets go astray thou canst never find any protector who would point out the right way.
- Sahih International
- And [had you been present], you would see the sun when it rose, inclining away from their cave on the right, and when it set, passing away from them on the left, while they were [lying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allāh. He whom Allāh guides is the [rightly] guided, but he whom He sends astray - never will you find for him a protecting guide.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَتَرَىwatarā | And you (might) have seen | رأي |
| 2 | ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsa | the sun | شمس |
| 3 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 4 | طَلَعَتṭalaʿat | it rose | طلع |
| 5 | تَّزَٰوَرُtazāwaru | inclining away | زور |
| 6 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 7 | كَهْفِهِمْkahfihim | their cave | كهف |
| 8 | ذَاتَdhāta | to | — |
| 9 | ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīni | the right | يمن |
| 10 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | and when | — |
| 11 | غَرَبَتgharabat | it set | غرب |
| 12 | تَّقْرِضُهُمْtaqriḍuhum | passing away from them | قرض |
| 13 | ذَاتَdhāta | to | — |
| 14 | ٱلشِّمَالِl-shimāli | the left | شمل |
| 15 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 16 | فِىfī | (lay) in | — |
| 17 | فَجْوَةٍۢfajwatin | the open space | فجو |
| 18 | مِّنْهُ ۚmin'hu | thereof | — |
| 19 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 20 | مِنْmin | (was) from | — |
| 21 | ءَايَـٰتِāyāti | (the) Signs | أيي |
| 22 | ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 23 | مَنman | Whoever | — |
| 24 | يَهْدِyahdi | Allah guides | هدي |
| 25 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah guides | أله |
| 26 | فَهُوَfahuwa | and he | — |
| 27 | ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖl-muh'tadi | (is) the guided one | هدي |
| 28 | وَمَنwaman | and whoever | — |
| 29 | يُضْلِلْyuḍ'lil | He lets go astray | ضلل |
| 30 | فَلَنfalan | then never | — |
| 31 | تَجِدَtajida | you will find | وجد |
| 32 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 33 | وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyan | a protector | ولي |
| 34 | مُّرْشِدًۭاmur'shidan | a guide | رشد |