Quran 18:28 — Al-Kahf, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Content yourself with those who pray to their Lord morning and evening, seeking His approval, and do not let your eyes turn away from them out of desire for the attractions of this worldly life: do not yield to those whose hearts We have made heedless of Our Quran, those who follow their own low desires, those whose ways are unbridled.
وَاصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ ۖ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُ فُرُطًا
wa-iṣ'bir nafsaka maʿa alladhīna yadʿūna rabbahum bil-ghadati wal-ʿashiyi yurīdūna wajhahu walā taʿdu ʿaynāka ʿanhum turīdu zīnata l-ḥayati l-dun'yā walā tuṭiʿ man aghfalnā qalbahu ʿan dhik'rinā wa-ittabaʿa hawāhu wakāna amruhu furuṭan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And restrain thyself with those who call upon their Lord at morning and evening, desiring His countenance, and let not thine eyes turn away from them, desiring the adornment of the present life; and obey not him whose heart We have made neglectful of Our remembrance so that he follows his own lust, and his affair has become all excess.
- Muhammad Asad
- And contain thyself in patience by the side of all who at morn and at evening invoke their Sustainer, seeking His countenance, and let not thine eyes pass beyond them in quest of the beauties of this world's life; and pay no heed to any whose heart We have rendered heedless of all remembrance of Us because he had always followed [only] his own desires, abandoning all that is good and true.
- Sahih International
- And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His face [i.e., acceptance]. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱصْبِرْwa-iṣ'bir | And be patient | صبر |
| 2 | نَفْسَكَnafsaka | yourself | نفس |
| 3 | مَعَmaʿa | with | — |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 5 | يَدْعُونَyadʿūna | call | دعو |
| 6 | رَبَّهُمrabbahum | their Lord | ربب |
| 7 | بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِbil-ghadati | in the morning | غدو |
| 8 | وَٱلْعَشِىِّwal-ʿashiyi | and the evening | عشو |
| 9 | يُرِيدُونَyurīdūna | desiring | رود |
| 10 | وَجْهَهُۥ ۖwajhahu | His Face | وجه |
| 11 | وَلَاwalā | And (let) not | — |
| 12 | تَعْدُtaʿdu | pass beyond | عدو |
| 13 | عَيْنَاكَʿaynāka | your eyes | عين |
| 14 | عَنْهُمْʿanhum | over them | — |
| 15 | تُرِيدُturīdu | desiring | رود |
| 16 | زِينَةَzīnata | adornment | زين |
| 17 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | (of) the life | حيي |
| 18 | ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 19 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 20 | تُطِعْtuṭiʿ | obey | طوع |
| 21 | مَنْman | whom | — |
| 22 | أَغْفَلْنَاaghfalnā | We have made heedless | غفل |
| 23 | قَلْبَهُۥqalbahu | his heart | قلب |
| 24 | عَنʿan | of | — |
| 25 | ذِكْرِنَاdhik'rinā | Our remembrance | ذكر |
| 26 | وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿa | and follows | تبع |
| 27 | هَوَىٰهُhawāhu | his desires | هوي |
| 28 | وَكَانَwakāna | and is | كون |
| 29 | أَمْرُهُۥamruhu | his affair | أمر |
| 30 | فُرُطًۭاfuruṭan | (in) excess | فرط |