Quran 18:2 — Al-Kahf, verse 2
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
warning of severe punishment from Him, and [giving] glad news to the believers who do good deeds––an excellent reward
قَيِّمًا لِيُنْذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِنْ لَدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا
qayyiman liyundhira basan shadīdan min ladun'hu wayubashira l-mu'minīna alladhīna yaʿmalūna l-ṣāliḥāti anna lahum ajran ḥasanan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- right, to warn of great violence from Him, and to give good tidings unto the believers, who do righteous deeds, that theirs shall be a goodly wage
- Muhammad Asad
- [a divine writ] unerringly straight, meant to warn [the godless] of a severe punishment from Him, and to give unto the believers who do good works the glad tiding that theirs shall be a goodly reward-
- Sahih International
- [He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward [i.e., Paradise]
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَيِّمًۭاqayyiman | Straight | قوم |
| 2 | لِّيُنذِرَliyundhira | to warn | نذر |
| 3 | بَأْسًۭاbasan | (of) a punishment | بأس |
| 4 | شَدِيدًۭاshadīdan | severe | شدد |
| 5 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 6 | لَّدُنْهُladun'hu | near Him | لدن |
| 7 | وَيُبَشِّرَwayubashira | and give glad tidings | بشر |
| 8 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | (to) the believers | أمن |
| 9 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 10 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | do | عمل |
| 11 | ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥāti | righteous deeds | صلح |
| 12 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 13 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 14 | أَجْرًاajran | (is) a good reward | أجر |
| 15 | حَسَنًۭاḥasanan | (is) a good reward | حسن |