Quran 18:82 — Al-Kahf, verse 82
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The wall belonged to two young orphans in the town and there was buried treasure beneath it belonging to them. Their father had been a righteous man, so your Lord intended them to reach maturity and then dig up their treasure as a mercy from your Lord. I did not do [these things] of my own accord: these are the explanations for those things you could not bear with patience.’
وَأَمَّا الْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَامَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ كَنْزٌ لَهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَالِحًا فَأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَنْ يَبْلُغَا أَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنْزَهُمَا رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَمْرِي ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَأْوِيلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِعْ عَلَيْهِ صَبْرًا
wa-ammā l-jidāru fakāna lighulāmayni yatīmayni fī l-madīnati wakāna taḥtahu kanzun lahumā wakāna abūhumā ṣāliḥan fa-arāda rabbuka an yablughā ashuddahumā wayastakhrijā kanzahumā raḥmatan min rabbika wamā faʿaltuhu ʿan amrī dhālika tawīlu mā lam tasṭiʿ ʿalayhi ṣabran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- As for the wall, it belonged to two orphan lads in the city, and under it was a treasure belonging to them. Their father was a righteous man; and thy Lord desired that they should come of age and then bring forth their treasure as a mercy from thy Lord. I did it not of my own bidding. This is the interpretation of that thou couldst not bear patiently.'
- Muhammad Asad
- "And as for that wall, it belonged to two orphan boys [living] in the town, and beneath it was [buried] a treasure belonging to them [by right]. Now their father had been a righteous man, and so thy Sustainer willed it that when they come of age they should bring forth their treasure by thy Sustainer's grace. "And I did not do (any of] this of my own accord: this is the real meaning of all [those events] that thou wert unable to bear with patience."
- Sahih International
- And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَمَّاwa-ammā | And as for | — |
| 2 | ٱلْجِدَارُl-jidāru | the wall | جدر |
| 3 | فَكَانَfakāna | it was | كون |
| 4 | لِغُلَـٰمَيْنِlighulāmayni | for two orphan boys | غلم |
| 5 | يَتِيمَيْنِyatīmayni | for two orphan boys | يتم |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnati | the town | مدن |
| 8 | وَكَانَwakāna | and was | كون |
| 9 | تَحْتَهُۥtaḥtahu | underneath it | تحت |
| 10 | كَنزٌۭkanzun | a treasure | كنز |
| 11 | لَّهُمَاlahumā | for them | — |
| 12 | وَكَانَwakāna | and was | كون |
| 13 | أَبُوهُمَاabūhumā | their father | أبو |
| 14 | صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥan | righteous | صلح |
| 15 | فَأَرَادَfa-arāda | So intended | رود |
| 16 | رَبُّكَrabbuka | your Lord | ربب |
| 17 | أَنan | that | — |
| 18 | يَبْلُغَآyablughā | they reach | بلغ |
| 19 | أَشُدَّهُمَاashuddahumā | their maturity | شدد |
| 20 | وَيَسْتَخْرِجَاwayastakhrijā | and bring forth | خرج |
| 21 | كَنزَهُمَاkanzahumā | their treasure | كنز |
| 22 | رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan | (as) a mercy | رحم |
| 23 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 24 | رَّبِّكَ ۚrabbika | your Lord | ربب |
| 25 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 26 | فَعَلْتُهُۥfaʿaltuhu | I did it | فعل |
| 27 | عَنْʿan | on | — |
| 28 | أَمْرِى ۚamrī | my (own) accord | أمر |
| 29 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 30 | تَأْوِيلُtawīlu | (is the) interpretation | أول |
| 31 | مَاmā | (of) what | — |
| 32 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 33 | تَسْطِعtasṭiʿ | you were able | طوع |
| 34 | عَّلَيْهِʿalayhi | on it | — |
| 35 | صَبْرًۭاṣabran | (to have) patience | صبر |