Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:17

18:17

۞ وَتَرَى ٱلشَّمْسَ إِذَا طَلَعَت تَّزَٰوَرُ عَن كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَإِذَا غَرَبَت تَّقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ فِى فَجْوَةٍ مِّنْهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ مَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُۥ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا

watarā l-shamsa idhā ṭalaʿat tazāwaru ʿan kahfihim dhāta l-yamīni wa-idhā gharabat taqriḍuhum dhāta l-shimāli wahum fī fajwatin min'hu dhālika min āyāti l-lahi man yahdi l-lahu fahuwa l-muh'tadi waman yuḍ'lil falan tajida lahu waliyyan mur'shidan

And [had you been present], you would see the sun when it rose, inclining away from their cave on the right, and when it set, passing away from them on the left, while they were [lying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allāh. He whom Allāh guides is the [rightly] guided, but he whom He sends astray - never will you find for him a protecting guide.

— Saheeh International

You could have seen the [light of the] sun as it rose, moving away to the right of their cave, and when it set, moving away to the left of them, while they lay in the wide space inside the cave. (This is one of God’s signs: those people God guides are rightly guided, but you will find no protector to lead to the right path those He leaves to stray.)

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And you might have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the right from their Cave, and when it set, turning away from them to the left, while they lay in the midst of the Cave. That is (one) of the Ayât (proofs, evidence, signs) of Allâh. He whom Allâh guides, he is the rightly guided; but he whom He sends astray, for him you will find no Walî (guiding friend) to lead him (to the right Path).

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

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Word by Word

۞ وَتَرَىwatarāAnd you (might) have seen
ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
إِذَاidhāwhen
طَلَعَتṭalaʿatit rose
تَّزَٰوَرُtazāwaruinclining away
عَنʿanfrom
كَهْفِهِمْkahfihimtheir cave
ذَاتَdhātato
ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe right
وَإِذَاwa-idhāand when
غَرَبَتgharabatit set
تَّقْرِضُهُمْtaqriḍuhumpassing away from them
ذَاتَdhātato
ٱلشِّمَالِl-shimālithe left
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
فِىfī(lay) in
فَجْوَةٍۢfajwatinthe open space
مِّنْهُۚmin'huthereof
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
مِنْmin(was) from
ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Signs
ٱللَّهِۗl-lahi(of) Allah
مَنmanWhoever
يَهْدِyahdiAllah guides
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah guides
فَهُوَfahuwaand he
ٱلْمُهْتَدِۖl-muh'tadi(is) the guided one
وَمَنwamanand whoever
يُضْلِلْyuḍ'lilHe lets go astray
فَلَنfalanthen never
تَجِدَtajidayou will find
لَهُۥlahufor him
وَلِيًّۭاwaliyyana protector
مُّرْشِدًۭاmur'shidana guide