Quran 18:34 — Al-Kahf, verse 34
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and so he had abundant fruit. One day, while talking to his friend, he said, ‘I have more wealth and a larger following than you.’
وَكَانَ لَهُ ثَمَرٌ فَقَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُ أَنَا أَكْثَرُ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرًا
wakāna lahu thamarun faqāla liṣāḥibihi wahuwa yuḥāwiruhu anā aktharu minka mālan wa-aʿazzu nafaran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So he had fruit; and he said to his fellow, as he was conversing with him, 'I have more abundance of wealth than thou and am mightier in respect of men.
- Muhammad Asad
- And so [the man] had fruit in abundance. And [one day] he said to his friend, bandying words with him, "More wealth have I than thou, and mightier am I as regards [the number and power of my] followers!"
- Sahih International
- And he had fruit, so he said to his companion while he was conversing with him, "I am greater than you in wealth and mightier in [numbers of] men."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَانَwakāna | And was | كون |
| 2 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 3 | ثَمَرٌۭthamarun | fruit | ثمر |
| 4 | فَقَالَfaqāla | so he said | قول |
| 5 | لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦliṣāḥibihi | to his companion | صحب |
| 6 | وَهُوَwahuwa | while he | — |
| 7 | يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓyuḥāwiruhu | (was) talking with him | حور |
| 8 | أَنَا۠anā | I am | — |
| 9 | أَكْثَرُaktharu | greater | كثر |
| 10 | مِنكَminka | than you | — |
| 11 | مَالًۭاmālan | (in) wealth | مول |
| 12 | وَأَعَزُّwa-aʿazzu | and stronger | عزز |
| 13 | نَفَرًۭاnafaran | (in) men | نفر |