Quran 18:96 — Al-Kahf, verse 96
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
bring me lumps of iron!’ and then, when he had filled the gap between the two mountainsides [he said], ‘Work your bellows!’ and then, when he had made it glow like fire, he said, ‘Bring me molten metal to pour over it!’
آتُونِي زُبَرَ الْحَدِيدِ ۖ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ انْفُخُوا ۖ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَارًا قَالَ آتُونِي أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا
ātūnī zubara l-ḥadīdi ḥattā idhā sāwā bayna l-ṣadafayni qāla unfukhū ḥattā idhā jaʿalahu nāran qāla ātūnī uf'righ ʿalayhi qiṭ'ran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Bring me ingots of iron!' Until, when he had made all level between the two cliffs, he said, 'Blow!' Until, when he had made it a fire, he said, 'Bring me, that I may pour molten brass on it.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Bring me ingots of iron!" Then, after he had [piled up the iron and] filled the gap between the two mountain-sides, he said: "[Light a fire and] ply your bellows!" At length, when he had made it [glow like] fire, he commanded: "Bring me molten copper which I may pour upon it."
- Sahih International
- Bring me bars of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ءَاتُونِىātūnī | Bring me | أتي |
| 2 | زُبَرَzubara | sheets | زبر |
| 3 | ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖl-ḥadīdi | (of) iron | حدد |
| 4 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 5 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 6 | سَاوَىٰsāwā | he (had) leveled | سوي |
| 7 | بَيْنَbayna | between | بين |
| 8 | ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِl-ṣadafayni | the two cliffs | صدف |
| 9 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 10 | ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖunfukhū | Blow | نفخ |
| 11 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 12 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 13 | جَعَلَهُۥjaʿalahu | he made it | جعل |
| 14 | نَارًۭاnāran | fire | نور |
| 15 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 16 | ءَاتُونِىٓātūnī | Bring me | أتي |
| 17 | أُفْرِغْuf'righ | I pour | فرغ |
| 18 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | over it | — |
| 19 | قِطْرًۭاqiṭ'ran | molten copper | قطر |