Quran 18:98 — Al-Kahf, verse 98
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and he said, ‘This is a mercy from my Lord. But when my Lord’s promise is fulfilled, He will raze this barrier to the ground: my Lord’s promise always comes true.’
قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّي ۖ فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّي جَعَلَهُ دَكَّاءَ ۖ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّي حَقًّا
qāla hādhā raḥmatun min rabbī fa-idhā jāa waʿdu rabbī jaʿalahu dakkāa wakāna waʿdu rabbī ḥaqqan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'This is a mercy from my Lord. But when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will make it into powder; and my Lord's promise is ever true.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said [the King]: "This is a mercy from my Sustainer! Yet when the time appointed by my Sustainer shall come, He will make this [rampart] level with the ground: and my Sustainer's promise always comes true!"
- Sahih International
- [Dhul-Qarnayn] said, "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord comes [i.e., approaches], He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | This | — |
| 3 | رَحْمَةٌۭraḥmatun | (is) a mercy | رحم |
| 4 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 5 | رَّبِّى ۖrabbī | my Lord | ربب |
| 6 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | But when | — |
| 7 | جَآءَjāa | comes | جيأ |
| 8 | وَعْدُwaʿdu | (the) Promise | وعد |
| 9 | رَبِّىrabbī | (of) my Lord | ربب |
| 10 | جَعَلَهُۥjaʿalahu | He will make it | جعل |
| 11 | دَكَّآءَ ۖdakkāa | level | دكك |
| 12 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 13 | وَعْدُwaʿdu | (the) Promise | وعد |
| 14 | رَبِّىrabbī | (of) my Lord | ربب |
| 15 | حَقًّۭاḥaqqan | true | حقق |