Quran 18:44 — Al-Kahf, verse 44
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
In that situation, the only protection is that of God, the True God: He gives the best rewards and the best outcome.
هُنَالِكَ الْوَلَايَةُ لِلَّهِ الْحَقِّ ۚ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ عُقْبًا
hunālika l-walāyatu lillahi l-ḥaqi huwa khayrun thawāban wakhayrun ʿuq'ban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Thereover protection belongs only to God the True; He is best rewarding, best in the issue.
- Muhammad Asad
- For thus it is: all protective power belongs to God alone, the True One. He is the best to grant recompense, and the best to determine what is to be.
- Sahih International
- There the authority is [completely] for Allāh, the Truth. He is best in reward and best in outcome.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هُنَالِكَhunālika | There | — |
| 2 | ٱلْوَلَـٰيَةُl-walāyatu | the protection | ولي |
| 3 | لِلَّهِlillahi | (is) from Allah | أله |
| 4 | ٱلْحَقِّ ۚl-ḥaqi | the True | حقق |
| 5 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 6 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (is the) best | خير |
| 7 | ثَوَابًۭاthawāban | (to) reward | ثوب |
| 8 | وَخَيْرٌwakhayrun | and (the) best | خير |
| 9 | عُقْبًۭاʿuq'ban | (for) the final end | عقب |