Quran 18:58 — Al-Kahf, verse 58
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Your Lord is the Most Forgiving, and full of mercy: if He took them to task for the wrongs they have done, He would hasten their punishment on. They have an appointed time from which they will have no escape,
وَرَبُّكَ الْغَفُورُ ذُو الرَّحْمَةِ ۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُمْ بِمَا كَسَبُوا لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ الْعَذَابَ ۚ بَلْ لَهُمْ مَوْعِدٌ لَنْ يَجِدُوا مِنْ دُونِهِ مَوْئِلًا
warabbuka l-ghafūru dhū l-raḥmati law yuākhidhuhum bimā kasabū laʿajjala lahumu l-ʿadhāba bal lahum mawʿidun lan yajidū min dūnihi mawilan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But thy Lord is the All-forgiving, full of mercy. If He should take them to task for that they have earned, He would hasten for them the chastisement; but they have a tryst, from which they will find no escape.
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet, [withal,] thy Sustainer is the Truly-Forgiving One, limitless in His grace. Were He to take them [at once] to task for whatever [wrong] they commit, He would indeed bring about their speedy punishment [then and there]: but nay, they have a time-limit beyond which they shall find no redemption
- Sahih International
- And your Lord is the Forgiving, the possessor of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَرَبُّكَwarabbuka | And your Lord | ربب |
| 2 | ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūru | (is) the Most Forgiving | غفر |
| 3 | ذُوdhū | Owner | — |
| 4 | ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖl-raḥmati | (of) the Mercy | رحم |
| 5 | لَوْlaw | If | — |
| 6 | يُؤَاخِذُهُمyuākhidhuhum | He were to seize them | أخذ |
| 7 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 8 | كَسَبُوا۟kasabū | they have earned | كسب |
| 9 | لَعَجَّلَlaʿajjala | surely, He (would) have hastened | عجل |
| 10 | لَهُمُlahumu | for them | — |
| 11 | ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚl-ʿadhāba | the punishment | عذب |
| 12 | بَلbal | But | — |
| 13 | لَّهُمlahum | for them | — |
| 14 | مَّوْعِدٌۭmawʿidun | (is) an appointment | وعد |
| 15 | لَّنlan | never | — |
| 16 | يَجِدُوا۟yajidū | they will find | وجد |
| 17 | مِنmin | other than it | — |
| 18 | دُونِهِۦdūnihi | other than it | دون |
| 19 | مَوْئِلًۭاmawilan | an escape | وأل |