Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:16

18:16

وَإِذِ ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَأْوُۥٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقًا

wa-idhi iʿ'tazaltumūhum wamā yaʿbudūna illā l-laha fawū ilā l-kahfi yanshur lakum rabbukum min raḥmatihi wayuhayyi lakum min amrikum mir'faqan

[The youths said to one another], "And when you have withdrawn from them and that which they worship other than Allāh, retreat to the cave. Your Lord will spread out for you of His mercy and will prepare for you from your affair facility."

— Saheeh International

Now that you have left such people, and what they worshipped instead of God, take refuge in the cave. God will shower His mercy on you and make you an easy way out of your ordeal.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(The young men said to one another): "And when you withdraw from them, and that which they worship, except Allâh, then seek refuge in the Cave; your Lord will open a way for you from His Mercy and will make easy for you your affair (i.e. will give you what you will need of provision, dwelling)."

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

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Word by Word

وَإِذِwa-idhiAnd when
ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْiʿ'tazaltumūhumyou withdraw from them
وَمَاwamāand what
يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūnathey worship
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
فَأْوُۥٓا۟fawūthen retreat
إِلَىilāto
ٱلْكَهْفِl-kahfithe cave
يَنشُرْyanshurWill spread
لَكُمْlakumfor you
رَبُّكُمrabbukumyour Lord
مِّنminof
رَّحْمَتِهِۦraḥmatihiHis Mercy
وَيُهَيِّئْwayuhayyiand will facilitate
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنْmin[from]
أَمْرِكُمamrikumyour affair
مِّرْفَقًۭاmir'faqan(in) ease