Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:24

18:24

إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّى لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَـٰذَا رَشَدًا

illā an yashāa l-lahu wa-udh'kur rabbaka idhā nasīta waqul ʿasā an yahdiyani rabbī li-aqraba min hādhā rashadan

Except [when adding], "If Allāh wills." And remember your Lord when you forget [it] and say, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct."

— Saheeh International

without adding, ‘God willing,’ and, whenever you forget, remember your Lord and say, ‘May my Lord guide me closer to what is right.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Except (with the saying), "If Allâh will!" And remember your Lord when you forget and say: "It may be that my Lord guides me unto a nearer way of truth than this."

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

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إِلَّآillāExcept
أَنanIf
يَشَآءَyashāaAllah wills
ٱللَّهُۚl-lahuAllah wills
وَٱذْكُرwa-udh'kurAnd remember
رَّبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
إِذَاidhāwhen
نَسِيتَnasītayou forget
وَقُلْwaquland say
عَسَىٰٓʿasāPerhaps
أَنan[that]
يَهْدِيَنِyahdiyaniwill guide me
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
لِأَقْرَبَli-aqrabato a nearer (way)
مِنْminthan
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
رَشَدًۭاrashadanright way