Quran 18:93 — Al-Kahf, verse 93
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
then, when he reached a place between two mountain barriers, he found beside them a people who could barely understand him.
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ السَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمَا قَوْمًا لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلًا
ḥattā idhā balagha bayna l-sadayni wajada min dūnihimā qawman lā yakādūna yafqahūna qawlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- until, when he reached between the two barriers, he found this side of them a people scarcely able to understand speech.
- Muhammad Asad
- [And he marched on] till, when he reached [a place] between the two mountain-barriers, he found beneath them a people who could scarcely understand a word [of his language].
- Sahih International
- Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | Until | — |
| 2 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 3 | بَلَغَbalagha | he reached | بلغ |
| 4 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 5 | ٱلسَّدَّيْنِl-sadayni | the two mountains | سدد |
| 6 | وَجَدَwajada | he found | وجد |
| 7 | مِنmin | besides them | — |
| 8 | دُونِهِمَاdūnihimā | besides them | دون |
| 9 | قَوْمًۭاqawman | a community | قوم |
| 10 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 11 | يَكَادُونَyakādūna | who would almost | كود |
| 12 | يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūna | understand | فقه |
| 13 | قَوْلًۭاqawlan | (his) speech | قول |