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Quran 18:17Al-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

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Word-by-word analysis of Al-Kahf verse 17
#WordMeaningRoot
1۞ وَتَرَىwatarāAnd you (might) have seenرأي
2ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sunشمس
3إِذَاidhāwhen
4طَلَعَتṭalaʿatit roseطلع
5تَّزَٰوَرُtazāwaruinclining awayزور
6عَنʿanfrom
7كَهْفِهِمْkahfihimtheir caveكهف
8ذَاتَdhātato
9ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe rightيمن
10وَإِذَاwa-idhāand when
11غَرَبَتgharabatit setغرب
12تَّقْرِضُهُمْtaqriḍuhumpassing away from themقرض
13ذَاتَdhātato
14ٱلشِّمَالِl-shimālithe leftشمل
15وَهُمْwahumwhile they
16فِى(lay) in
17فَجْوَةٍۢfajwatinthe open spaceفجو
18مِّنْهُ ۚmin'huthereof
19ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
20مِنْmin(was) from
21ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Signsأيي
22ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allahأله
23مَنmanWhoever
24يَهْدِyahdiAllah guidesهدي
25ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah guidesأله
26فَهُوَfahuwaand he
27ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖl-muh'tadi(is) the guided oneهدي
28وَمَنwamanand whoever
29يُضْلِلْyuḍ'lilHe lets go astrayضلل
30فَلَنfalanthen never
31تَجِدَtajidayou will findوجد
32لَهُۥlahufor him
33وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyana protectorولي
34مُّرْشِدًۭاmur'shidana guideرشد