Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:28

18:28

وَٱصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥ ۖ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُۥ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَىٰهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُۥ فُرُطًا

wa-iṣ'bir nafsaka maʿa alladhīna yadʿūna rabbahum bil-ghadati wal-ʿashiyi yurīdūna wajhahu walā taʿdu ʿaynāka ʿanhum turīdu zīnata l-ḥayati l-dun'yā walā tuṭiʿ man aghfalnā qalbahu ʿan dhik'rinā wa-ittabaʿa hawāhu wakāna amruhu furuṭan

And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His face [i.e., acceptance]. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.

— Saheeh International

Content yourself with those who pray to their Lord morning and evening, seeking His approval, and do not let your eyes turn away from them out of desire for the attractions of this worldly life: do not yield to those whose hearts We have made heedless of Our Quran, those who follow their own low desires, those whose ways are unbridled.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And keep yourself (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) patiently with those who call on their Lord (i.e. your companions who remember their Lord with glorification, praising in prayers, and other righteous deeds) morning and afternoon, seeking His Face; and let not your eyes overlook them, desiring the pomp and glitter of the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our Remembrance, and who follows his own lusts, and whose affair (deeds) has been lost.

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

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Word by Word

وَٱصْبِرْwa-iṣ'birAnd be patient
نَفْسَكَnafsakayourself
مَعَmaʿawith
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَدْعُونَyadʿūnacall
رَبَّهُمrabbahumtheir Lord
بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِbil-ghadatiin the morning
وَٱلْعَشِىِّwal-ʿashiyiand the evening
يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnadesiring
وَجْهَهُۥۖwajhahuHis Face
وَلَاwalāAnd (let) not
تَعْدُtaʿdupass beyond
عَيْنَاكَʿaynākayour eyes
عَنْهُمْʿanhumover them
تُرِيدُturīdudesiring
زِينَةَzīnataadornment
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَاۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تُطِعْtuṭiʿobey
مَنْmanwhom
أَغْفَلْنَاaghfalnāWe have made heedless
قَلْبَهُۥqalbahuhis heart
عَنʿanof
ذِكْرِنَاdhik'rināOur remembrance
وَٱتَّبَعَwa-ittabaʿaand follows
هَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis desires
وَكَانَwakānaand is
أَمْرُهُۥamruhuhis affair
فُرُطًۭاfuruṭan(in) excess