Quran 18:39 — Al-Kahf, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If only, when you entered your garden, you had said, “This is God’s will. There is no power not [given] by God.” Although you see I have less wealth and offspring than you,
وَلَوْلَا إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ ۚ إِنْ تَرَنِ أَنَا أَقَلَّ مِنْكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا
walawlā idh dakhalta jannataka qul'ta mā shāa l-lahu lā quwwata illā bil-lahi in tarani anā aqalla minka mālan wawaladan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Why, when thou wentest into thy garden, didst thou not say, "As God will; there is no power except in God"? If thou seest me, that I am less than thou in wealth and children,
- Muhammad Asad
- And [he continued:] "Alas, if thou hadst but said, on entering thy garden, `Whatever God wills [shall come to pass, for] there is no power save with God!' Although, as thou seest, I have less wealth and offspring than thou,
- Sahih International
- And why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, 'What Allāh willed [has occurred]; there is no power except in Allāh'? Although you see me less than you in wealth and children,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْلَآwalawlā | And why (did you) not | — |
| 2 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 3 | دَخَلْتَdakhalta | you entered | دخل |
| 4 | جَنَّتَكَjannataka | your garden | جنن |
| 5 | قُلْتَqul'ta | say | قول |
| 6 | مَاmā | What | — |
| 7 | شَآءَshāa | wills | شيأ |
| 8 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 9 | لَاlā | (there is) no | — |
| 10 | قُوَّةَquwwata | power | قوي |
| 11 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 12 | بِٱللَّهِ ۚbil-lahi | with Allah | أله |
| 13 | إِنin | If | — |
| 14 | تَرَنِtarani | you see me | رأي |
| 15 | أَنَا۠anā | (me) | — |
| 16 | أَقَلَّaqalla | lesser | قلل |
| 17 | مِنكَminka | than you | — |
| 18 | مَالًۭاmālan | (in) wealth | مول |
| 19 | وَوَلَدًۭاwawaladan | and children | ولد |