Quran 18:81 — Al-Kahf, verse 81
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
we wished that their Lord should give them another child- purer and more compassionate- in his place.
فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِنْهُ زَكَاةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا
fa-aradnā an yub'dilahumā rabbuhumā khayran min'hu zakatan wa-aqraba ruḥ'man
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- so we desired that their Lord should give to them in exchange one better than he in purity, and nearer in tenderness.
- Muhammad Asad
- and so we desired that their Sustainer grant them in his stead [a child] of greater purity than him, and closer [to them] in loving tenderness.
- Sahih International
- So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَرَدْنَآfa-aradnā | So we intended | رود |
| 2 | أَنan | that | — |
| 3 | يُبْدِلَهُمَاyub'dilahumā | would change for them | بدل |
| 4 | رَبُّهُمَاrabbuhumā | their Lord | ربب |
| 5 | خَيْرًۭاkhayran | a better | خير |
| 6 | مِّنْهُmin'hu | than him | — |
| 7 | زَكَوٰةًۭzakatan | (in) purity | زكو |
| 8 | وَأَقْرَبَwa-aqraba | and nearer | قرب |
| 9 | رُحْمًۭاruḥ'man | (in) affection | رحم |