Quran 18:70 — Al-Kahf, verse 70
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The man said, ‘If you follow me then, do not query anything I do before I mention it to you myself.’
قَالَ فَإِنِ اتَّبَعْتَنِي فَلَا تَسْأَلْنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ حَتَّىٰ أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا
qāla fa-ini ittabaʿtanī falā tasalnī ʿan shayin ḥattā uḥ'ditha laka min'hu dhik'ran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said he, 'Then if thou followest me, question me not on anything until I myself introduce the mention of it to thee.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said [the sage]: "Well, then, if thou art to follow me, do not question me about aught [that I may do] until I myself give thee an account thereof."
- Sahih International
- He said, "Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention [i.e., explanation]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | فَإِنِfa-ini | Then if | — |
| 3 | ٱتَّبَعْتَنِىittabaʿtanī | you follow me | تبع |
| 4 | فَلَاfalā | (do) not | — |
| 5 | تَسْـَٔلْنِىtasalnī | ask me | سأل |
| 6 | عَنʿan | about | — |
| 7 | شَىْءٍshayin | anything | شيأ |
| 8 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 9 | أُحْدِثَuḥ'ditha | I present | حدث |
| 10 | لَكَlaka | to you | — |
| 11 | مِنْهُmin'hu | of it | — |
| 12 | ذِكْرًۭاdhik'ran | a mention | ذكر |