Quran 18:20 — Al-Kahf, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
if they found you out, they would stone you or force you to return to their religion, where you would never come to any good.’
إِنَّهُمْ إِنْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوكُمْ أَوْ يُعِيدُوكُمْ فِي مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَنْ تُفْلِحُوا إِذًا أَبَدًا
innahum in yaẓharū ʿalaykum yarjumūkum aw yuʿīdūkum fī millatihim walan tuf'liḥū idhan abadan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If they should get knowledge of you they will stone you, or restore you to their creed, then you will not prosper ever.
- Muhammad Asad
- for, behold, if they should come to know of you, they might stone you to death or force you back to their faith-in which case you would never attain to any good!"
- Sahih International
- Indeed, if they come to know of you, they will stone you or return you to their religion. And never would you succeed, then - ever."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | Indeed, [they] | — |
| 2 | إِنin | if | — |
| 3 | يَظْهَرُوا۟yaẓharū | they come to know | ظهر |
| 4 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | about you | — |
| 5 | يَرْجُمُوكُمْyarjumūkum | they will stone you | رجم |
| 6 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 7 | يُعِيدُوكُمْyuʿīdūkum | return you | عود |
| 8 | فِىfī | to | — |
| 9 | مِلَّتِهِمْmillatihim | their religion | ملل |
| 10 | وَلَنwalan | And never | — |
| 11 | تُفْلِحُوٓا۟tuf'liḥū | will you succeed | فلح |
| 12 | إِذًاidhan | then | — |
| 13 | أَبَدًۭاabadan | ever | أبد |