Quran 18:9 — Al-Kahf, verse 9
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], do you find the Companions in the Cave and al-Raqim so wondrous, among all Our other signs?
أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْكَهْفِ وَالرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا مِنْ آيَاتِنَا عَجَبًا
am ḥasib'ta anna aṣḥāba l-kahfi wal-raqīmi kānū min āyātinā ʿajaban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or dost thou think the Men of the Cave and Er-Rakeem were among Our signs a wonder?
- Muhammad Asad
- [AND SINCE the life of this world is but a test, dost thou [really] think that [the parable of] the Men of the Cave and of [their devotion to] the scriptures could be deemed more wondrous than any [other] of Our messages?
- Sahih International
- Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | حَسِبْتَḥasib'ta | have you thought | حسب |
| 3 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 4 | أَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba | (the) companions | صحب |
| 5 | ٱلْكَهْفِl-kahfi | (of) the cave | كهف |
| 6 | وَٱلرَّقِيمِwal-raqīmi | and the inscription | رقم |
| 7 | كَانُوا۟kānū | were | كون |
| 8 | مِنْmin | among | — |
| 9 | ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātinā | Our Signs | أيي |
| 10 | عَجَبًاʿajaban | a wonder | عجب |