Quran 18:63 — Al-Kahf, verse 63
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and [the servant] said, ‘Remember when we were resting by the rock? I forgot the fish- Satan made me forget to pay attention to it- and it [must have] made its way into the sea.’ ‘How strange!’
قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّي نَسِيتُ الْحُوتَ وَمَا أَنْسَانِيهُ إِلَّا الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُ ۚ وَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا
qāla ara-ayta idh awaynā ilā l-ṣakhrati fa-innī nasītu l-ḥūta wamā ansānīhu illā l-shayṭānu an adhkurahu wa-ittakhadha sabīlahu fī l-baḥri ʿajaban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'What thinkest thou? When we took refuge in the rock, then I forgot the fish-and it was Satan himself that made me forget it so that I should not remember it -- and so it took its way into the sea in a manner marvellous.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said [the servant]: "Wouldst thou believe it? When we betook ourselves to that rock for a rest, behold, I forgot about the fish-and none but Satan made me thus forget it - and it took its way into the sea! How strange!"
- Sahih International
- He said, "Did you see when we retired to the rock? Indeed, I forgot [there] the fish. And none made me forget it except Satan - that I should mention it. And it took its course into the sea amazingly."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | أَرَءَيْتَara-ayta | Did you see | رأي |
| 3 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 4 | أَوَيْنَآawaynā | we retired | أوي |
| 5 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 6 | ٱلصَّخْرَةِl-ṣakhrati | the rock | صخر |
| 7 | فَإِنِّىfa-innī | Then indeed, I | — |
| 8 | نَسِيتُnasītu | [I] forgot | نسي |
| 9 | ٱلْحُوتَl-ḥūta | the fish | حوت |
| 10 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 11 | أَنسَىٰنِيهُansānīhu | made me forget it | نسي |
| 12 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 13 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānu | the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 14 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 15 | أَذْكُرَهُۥ ۚadhkurahu | I mention it | ذكر |
| 16 | وَٱتَّخَذَwa-ittakhadha | And it took | أخذ |
| 17 | سَبِيلَهُۥsabīlahu | its way | سبل |
| 18 | فِىfī | into | — |
| 19 | ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥri | the sea | بحر |
| 20 | عَجَبًۭاʿajaban | amazingly | عجب |