Quran 18:54 — Al-Kahf, verse 54
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
In this Quran We have presented every kind of description for people but man is more contentious than any other creature.
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِي هَـٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ لِلنَّاسِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍ ۚ وَكَانَ الْإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلًا
walaqad ṣarrafnā fī hādhā l-qur'āni lilnnāsi min kulli mathalin wakāna l-insānu akthara shayin jadalan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We have indeed turned about for men in this Koran every manner of similitude; man is the most disputatious of things.
- Muhammad Asad
- THUS, INDEED, have We given in this Qur'an many facets to every kind of lesson [designed] for [the benefit of] mankind. However, man is, above all else, always given to contention:
- Sahih International
- And We have certainly diversified in this Qur’ān for the people from every [kind of] example; but man has ever been, most of anything, [prone to] dispute.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | صَرَّفْنَاṣarrafnā | We have explained | صرف |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 5 | ٱلْقُرْءَانِl-qur'āni | the Quran | قرأ |
| 6 | لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | for mankind | نوس |
| 7 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 8 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 9 | مَثَلٍۢ ۚmathalin | example | مثل |
| 10 | وَكَانَwakāna | But is | كون |
| 11 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānu | the man | أنس |
| 12 | أَكْثَرَakthara | (in) most | كثر |
| 13 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | things | شيأ |
| 14 | جَدَلًۭاjadalan | quarrelsome | جدل |