Quran 18:45 — Al-Kahf, verse 45
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Tell them, too, what the life of this world is like: We send water down from the skies and the earth’s vegetation absorbs it, but soon the plants turn to dry stubble scattered about by the wind: God has power over everything.
وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ الرِّيَاحُ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُقْتَدِرًا
wa-iḍ'rib lahum mathala l-ḥayati l-dun'yā kamāin anzalnāhu mina l-samāi fa-ikh'talaṭa bihi nabātu l-arḍi fa-aṣbaḥa hashīman tadhrūhu l-riyāḥu wakāna l-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin muq'tadiran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And strike for them the similitude of the present life: it is as water that We send down out of heaven, and the plants of the earth mingle with it; and in the morning it is straw the winds scatter; and God is omnipotent over everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND PROPOUND unto them the parable of the life of this world: [it is] like the water which We send down from the skies, and which is absorbed by the plants of the earth: but [in time] they turn into dry. stubble which the winds blow freely about. And it is God [alone] who determines all things.
- Sahih International
- And present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allāh is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱضْرِبْwa-iḍ'rib | And present | ضرب |
| 2 | لَهُمlahum | to them | — |
| 3 | مَّثَلَmathala | the example | مثل |
| 4 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | (of) the life | حيي |
| 5 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 6 | كَمَآءٍkamāin | like water | موه |
| 7 | أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhu | which We send down | نزل |
| 8 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 9 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 10 | فَٱخْتَلَطَfa-ikh'talaṭa | then mingles | خلط |
| 11 | بِهِۦbihi | with it | — |
| 12 | نَبَاتُnabātu | (the) vegetation | نبت |
| 13 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | (of) the earth | أرض |
| 14 | فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥa | then becomes | صبح |
| 15 | هَشِيمًۭاhashīman | dry stalks | هشم |
| 16 | تَذْرُوهُtadhrūhu | it (is) scattered | ذرو |
| 17 | ٱلرِّيَـٰحُ ۗl-riyāḥu | (by) the winds | روح |
| 18 | وَكَانَwakāna | And Allah | كون |
| 19 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 20 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 21 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 22 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 23 | مُّقْتَدِرًاmuq'tadiran | (is) All Able | قدر |