Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:29

18:29

وَقُلِ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ ۚ إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا ۚ وَإِن يَسْتَغِيثُوا۟ يُغَاثُوا۟ بِمَآءٍ كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَشْوِى ٱلْوُجُوهَ ۚ بِئْسَ ٱلشَّرَابُ وَسَآءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا

waquli l-ḥaqu min rabbikum faman shāa falyu'min waman shāa falyakfur innā aʿtadnā lilẓẓālimīna nāran aḥāṭa bihim surādiquhā wa-in yastaghīthū yughāthū bimāin kal-muh'li yashwī l-wujūha bi'sa l-sharābu wasāat mur'tafaqan

And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place.

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘Now the truth has come from your Lord: let those who wish to believe in it do so, and let those who wish to reject it do so.’ We have prepared a Fire for the wrongdoers that will envelop them from all sides. If they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like molten metal, scalding their faces. What a terrible drink! What a painful resting place!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And say: "The truth is from your Lord." Then whosoever wills, let him believe; and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve. Verily, We have prepared for the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers.), a Fire whose walls will be surrounding them (disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh). And if they ask for help (relief, water), they will be granted water like boiling oil, that will scald their faces. Terrible is the drink, and an evil Murtafaq (dwelling, resting place.)!

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

Juz 15Page 297meccan

Word by Word

وَقُلِwaquliAnd say
ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquThe truth
مِنmin(is) from
رَّبِّكُمْۖrabbikumyour Lord
فَمَنfamanso whoever
شَآءَshāawills
فَلْيُؤْمِنfalyu'minlet him believe
وَمَنwamanand whoever
شَآءَshāawills
فَلْيَكْفُرْۚfalyakfurlet him disbelieve
إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
أَعْتَدْنَاaʿtadnāhave prepared
لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnafor the wrongdoers
نَارًاnārana Fire
أَحَاطَaḥāṭawill surround
بِهِمْbihimthem
سُرَادِقُهَاۚsurādiquhāits walls
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
يَسْتَغِيثُوا۟yastaghīthūthey call for relief
يُغَاثُوا۟yughāthūthey will be relieved
بِمَآءٍۢbimāinwith water
كَٱلْمُهْلِkal-muh'lilike molten brass
يَشْوِىyashwī(which) scalds
ٱلْوُجُوهَۚl-wujūhathe faces
بِئْسَbi'saWretched
ٱلشَّرَابُl-sharābu(is) the drink
وَسَآءَتْwasāatand evil
مُرْتَفَقًاmur'tafaqan(is) the resting place