Quran 18:7 — Al-Kahf, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have adorned the earth with attractive things so that We may test people to find out which of them do best,
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا
innā jaʿalnā mā ʿalā l-arḍi zīnatan lahā linabluwahum ayyuhum aḥsanu ʿamalan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We have appointed all that is on the earth for an adornment for it, and that We may try which of them is fairest in works;
- Muhammad Asad
- Behold, We have willed that all beauty on earth be a means by which We put men to a test, [showing] which of them are best in conduct;
- Sahih International
- Indeed, We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it that We may test them [as to] which of them is best in deed.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 2 | جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā | We have made | جعل |
| 3 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 4 | عَلَىʿalā | (is) on | — |
| 5 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 6 | زِينَةًۭzīnatan | adornment | زين |
| 7 | لَّهَاlahā | for it | — |
| 8 | لِنَبْلُوَهُمْlinabluwahum | that We may test [them] | بلو |
| 9 | أَيُّهُمْayyuhum | which of them | — |
| 10 | أَحْسَنُaḥsanu | (is) best | حسن |
| 11 | عَمَلًۭاʿamalan | (in) deed | عمل |