Quran 18:24 — Al-Kahf, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
without adding, ‘God willing,’ and, whenever you forget, remember your Lord and say, ‘May my Lord guide me closer to what is right.’
إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَىٰ أَنْ يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّي لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَـٰذَا رَشَدًا
illā an yashāa l-lahu wa-udh'kur rabbaka idhā nasīta waqul ʿasā an yahdiyani rabbī li-aqraba min hādhā rashadan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- but only, 'If God will'; and mention thy Lord, when thou forgettest, and say, 'It may be that my Lord will guide me unto something nearer to rectitude than this.')
- Muhammad Asad
- without (adding], "if God so wills." And if thou shouldst forget [thyself at the time, and become aware of it later], call thy Sustainer to mind and say: "I pray that my Sustainer guide me, even closer than this, to a consciousness of what is right!"
- Sahih International
- Except [when adding], "If Allāh wills." And remember your Lord when you forget [it] and say, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِلَّآillā | Except | — |
| 2 | أَنan | If | — |
| 3 | يَشَآءَyashāa | Allah wills | شيأ |
| 4 | ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahu | Allah wills | أله |
| 5 | وَٱذْكُرwa-udh'kur | And remember | ذكر |
| 6 | رَّبَّكَrabbaka | your Lord | ربب |
| 7 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 8 | نَسِيتَnasīta | you forget | نسي |
| 9 | وَقُلْwaqul | and say | قول |
| 10 | عَسَىٰٓʿasā | Perhaps | عسي |
| 11 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 12 | يَهْدِيَنِyahdiyani | will guide me | هدي |
| 13 | رَبِّىrabbī | my Lord | ربب |
| 14 | لِأَقْرَبَli-aqraba | to a nearer (way) | قرب |
| 15 | مِنْmin | than | — |
| 16 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 17 | رَشَدًۭاrashadan | right way | رشد |