Quran 18:41 — Al-Kahf, verse 41
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
or its water may sink so deep into the ground that you will never be able to reach it again.’
أَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَاؤُهَا غَوْرًا فَلَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ لَهُ طَلَبًا
aw yuṣ'biḥa māuhā ghawran falan tastaṭīʿa lahu ṭalaban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- or in the morning the water of it will be sunk into the earth, so that thou wilt not be able to seek it out.'
- Muhammad Asad
- or its water sinks deep into the ground, so that thou wilt never be able to find it again!"
- Sahih International
- Or its water will become sunken [into the earth], so you would never be able to seek it."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوْaw | Or | — |
| 2 | يُصْبِحَyuṣ'biḥa | will become | صبح |
| 3 | مَآؤُهَاmāuhā | its water | موه |
| 4 | غَوْرًۭاghawran | sunken | غور |
| 5 | فَلَنfalan | so never | — |
| 6 | تَسْتَطِيعَtastaṭīʿa | you will be able | طوع |
| 7 | لَهُۥlahu | to find it | — |
| 8 | طَلَبًۭاṭalaban | to find it | طلب |