Quran 18:90 — Al-Kahf, verse 90
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
then, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no shelter from it.
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ لَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُمْ مِنْ دُونِهَا سِتْرًا
ḥattā idhā balagha maṭliʿa l-shamsi wajadahā taṭluʿu ʿalā qawmin lam najʿal lahum min dūnihā sit'ran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- until, when he reached the rising of the sun, he found it rising upon a people for whom We had not appointed any veil to shade them from it.
- Muhammad Asad
- [And then he marched eastwards] till, when he came to the rising of the sun he found that it was rising on a people for whom We had provided no coverings against it:
- Sahih International
- Until, when he came to the rising of the sun [i.e., the east], he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | Until | — |
| 2 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 3 | بَلَغَbalagha | he reached | بلغ |
| 4 | مَطْلِعَmaṭliʿa | (the) rising place | طلع |
| 5 | ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi | (of) the sun | شمس |
| 6 | وَجَدَهَاwajadahā | and he found it | وجد |
| 7 | تَطْلُعُtaṭluʿu | rising | طلع |
| 8 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 9 | قَوْمٍۢqawmin | a community | قوم |
| 10 | لَّمْlam | not | — |
| 11 | نَجْعَلnajʿal | We made | جعل |
| 12 | لَّهُمlahum | for them | — |
| 13 | مِّنmin | against it | — |
| 14 | دُونِهَاdūnihā | against it | دون |
| 15 | سِتْرًۭاsit'ran | any shelter | ستر |