Quran 18:61 — Al-Kahf, verse 61
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but when they reached the place where the two seas meet, they had forgotten all about their fish, which made its way into the sea and swam away.
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا
falammā balaghā majmaʿa baynihimā nasiyā ḥūtahumā fa-ittakhadha sabīlahu fī l-baḥri saraban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then, when they reached their meeting, they forgot their fish, and it took its way into the sea, burrowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- But when they reached the junction between the two [seas], they forgot all about their fish, and it took its way into the sea and disappeared from sight.
- Sahih International
- But when they reached the junction between them, they forgot their fish, and it took its course into the sea, slipping away.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | But when | — |
| 2 | بَلَغَاbalaghā | they reached | بلغ |
| 3 | مَجْمَعَmajmaʿa | the junction | جمع |
| 4 | بَيْنِهِمَاbaynihimā | between them | بين |
| 5 | نَسِيَاnasiyā | they forgot | نسي |
| 6 | حُوتَهُمَاḥūtahumā | their fish | حوت |
| 7 | فَٱتَّخَذَfa-ittakhadha | and it took | أخذ |
| 8 | سَبِيلَهُۥsabīlahu | its way | سبل |
| 9 | فِىfī | into | — |
| 10 | ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥri | the sea | بحر |
| 11 | سَرَبًۭاsaraban | slipping away | سرب |