Quran 18:40 — Al-Kahf, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
my Lord may well give me something better than your garden, and send thunderbolts on your garden from the sky, so that it becomes a heap of barren dust;
فَعَسَىٰ رَبِّي أَنْ يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْرًا مِنْ جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَانًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيدًا زَلَقًا
faʿasā rabbī an yu'tiyani khayran min jannatika wayur'sila ʿalayhā ḥus'bānan mina l-samāi fatuṣ'biḥa ṣaʿīdan zalaqan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- yet it may be that my Lord will give me better than thy garden, and loose on it a thunderbolt out of heaven, so that in the morning it will be a slope of dust,
- Muhammad Asad
- yet it may well be that my Sustainer will give me something better than thy garden -just as He may let loose a calamity out of heaven upon this [thy garden], so that it becomes a heap of barren dust
- Sahih International
- It may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a [disastrous] penalty from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَعَسَىٰfaʿasā | It may be | عسي |
| 2 | رَبِّىٓrabbī | that my Lord | ربب |
| 3 | أَنan | that my Lord | — |
| 4 | يُؤْتِيَنِyu'tiyani | will give me | أتي |
| 5 | خَيْرًۭاkhayran | better | خير |
| 6 | مِّنmin | than | — |
| 7 | جَنَّتِكَjannatika | your garden | جنن |
| 8 | وَيُرْسِلَwayur'sila | and will send | رسل |
| 9 | عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā | upon it | — |
| 10 | حُسْبَانًۭاḥus'bānan | a calamity | حسب |
| 11 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 12 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 13 | فَتُصْبِحَfatuṣ'biḥa | then it will become | صبح |
| 14 | صَعِيدًۭاṣaʿīdan | ground | صعد |
| 15 | زَلَقًاzalaqan | slippery | زلق |