Quran 18:29 — Al-Kahf, verse 29
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Now the truth has come from your Lord: let those who wish to believe in it do so, and let those who wish to reject it do so.’ We have prepared a Fire for the wrongdoers that will envelop them from all sides. If they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like molten metal, scalding their faces. What a terrible drink! What a painful resting place!
وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِنْ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ ۚ إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا ۚ وَإِنْ يَسْتَغِيثُوا يُغَاثُوا بِمَاءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ يَشْوِي الْوُجُوهَ ۚ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُ وَسَاءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا
waquli l-ḥaqu min rabbikum faman shāa falyu'min waman shāa falyakfur innā aʿtadnā lilẓẓālimīna nāran aḥāṭa bihim surādiquhā wa-in yastaghīthū yughāthū bimāin kal-muh'li yashwī l-wujūha bi'sa l-sharābu wasāat mur'tafaqan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'The truth is from your Lord; so let whosoever will believe, and let whosoever will disbelieve.' Surely We have prepared for the evildoers a fire, whose pavilion encompasses them; if they call for succour, they will be succoured with water like molten copper, that shall scald their faces -- how evil a potion, and how evil a resting-place!
- Muhammad Asad
- And say: "The truth [has now come] from your Sustainer: let, then, him who wills, believe in it, and let him who wills, reject it." Verily, for all who sin against themselves [by rejecting Our truth] We have readied a fire whose billowing folds will encompass them from all sides; and if they beg for water, they will be given water [hot] like molten lead, which will scald their faces: how dreadful a drink, and how evil a place to rest!
- Sahih International
- And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقُلِwaquli | And say | قول |
| 2 | ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu | The truth | حقق |
| 3 | مِنmin | (is) from | — |
| 4 | رَّبِّكُمْ ۖrabbikum | your Lord | ربب |
| 5 | فَمَنfaman | so whoever | — |
| 6 | شَآءَshāa | wills | شيأ |
| 7 | فَلْيُؤْمِنfalyu'min | let him believe | أمن |
| 8 | وَمَنwaman | and whoever | — |
| 9 | شَآءَshāa | wills | شيأ |
| 10 | فَلْيَكْفُرْ ۚfalyakfur | let him disbelieve | كفر |
| 11 | إِنَّآinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 12 | أَعْتَدْنَاaʿtadnā | have prepared | عتد |
| 13 | لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīna | for the wrongdoers | ظلم |
| 14 | نَارًاnāran | a Fire | نور |
| 15 | أَحَاطَaḥāṭa | will surround | حوط |
| 16 | بِهِمْbihim | them | — |
| 17 | سُرَادِقُهَا ۚsurādiquhā | its walls | سردق |
| 18 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 19 | يَسْتَغِيثُوا۟yastaghīthū | they call for relief | غوث |
| 20 | يُغَاثُوا۟yughāthū | they will be relieved | غوث |
| 21 | بِمَآءٍۢbimāin | with water | موه |
| 22 | كَٱلْمُهْلِkal-muh'li | like molten brass | مهل |
| 23 | يَشْوِىyashwī | (which) scalds | شوي |
| 24 | ٱلْوُجُوهَ ۚl-wujūha | the faces | وجه |
| 25 | بِئْسَbi'sa | Wretched | بأس |
| 26 | ٱلشَّرَابُl-sharābu | (is) the drink | شرب |
| 27 | وَسَآءَتْwasāat | and evil | سوأ |
| 28 | مُرْتَفَقًاmur'tafaqan | (is) the resting place | ر ف ق |