Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:34

18:34

وَكَانَ لَهُۥ ثَمَرٌ فَقَالَ لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَنَا۠ أَكْثَرُ مِنكَ مَالًا وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرًا

wakāna lahu thamarun faqāla liṣāḥibihi wahuwa yuḥāwiruhu anā aktharu minka mālan wa-aʿazzu nafaran

And he had fruit, so he said to his companion while he was conversing with him, "I am greater than you in wealth and mightier in [numbers of] men."

— Saheeh International

and so he had abundant fruit. One day, while talking to his friend, he said, ‘I have more wealth and a larger following than you.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And he had property (or fruit) and he said to his companion, in the course of mutual talk: "I am more than you in wealth and stronger in respect of men." (Tafsir Al-Qurtubî).

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

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Word by Word

وَكَانَwakānaAnd was
لَهُۥlahufor him
ثَمَرٌۭthamarunfruit
فَقَالَfaqālaso he said
لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦliṣāḥibihito his companion
وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓyuḥāwiruhu(was) talking with him
أَنَا۠anāI am
أَكْثَرُaktharugreater
مِنكَminkathan you
مَالًۭاmālan(in) wealth
وَأَعَزُّwa-aʿazzuand stronger
نَفَرًۭاnafaran(in) men