Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:14

18:14

وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا۟ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَن نَّدْعُوَا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَـٰهًا ۖ لَّقَدْ قُلْنَآ إِذًا شَطَطًا

warabaṭnā ʿalā qulūbihim idh qāmū faqālū rabbunā rabbu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi lan nadʿuwā min dūnihi ilāhan laqad qul'nā idhan shaṭaṭan

And We bound [i.e., made firm] their hearts when they stood up and said, "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Never will we invoke besides Him any deity. We would have certainly spoken, then, an excessive transgression.

— Saheeh International

We gave strength to their hearts when they stood up and said, ‘Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and earth. We shall never call upon any god other than Him, for that would be an outrageous thing to do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We made their hearts firm and strong (with the light of Faith in Allâh and bestowed upon them patience to bear the separation of their kith and kin and dwellings) when they stood up and said: "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, never shall we call upon any ilâh (god) other than Him; if we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity in disbelief.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَرَبَطْنَاwarabaṭnāAnd We made firm
عَلَىٰʿalā[on]
قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
إِذْidhwhen
قَامُوا۟qāmūthey stood up
فَقَالُوا۟faqālūand said
رَبُّنَاrabbunāOur Lord
رَبُّrabbu(is) the Lord
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
لَنlanNever
نَّدْعُوَا۟nadʿuwāwe will invoke
مِنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
إِلَـٰهًۭاۖilāhanany god
لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
قُلْنَآqul'nāwe would have said
إِذًۭاidhanthen
شَطَطًاshaṭaṭanan enormity