Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:36

18:36

وَمَآ أَظُنُّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةً وَلَئِن رُّدِدتُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى لَأَجِدَنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا مُنقَلَبًا

wamā aẓunnu l-sāʿata qāimatan wala-in rudidttu ilā rabbī la-ajidanna khayran min'hā munqalaban

And I do not think the Hour will occur. And even if I should be brought back to my Lord, I will surely find better than this as a return."

— Saheeh International

or that the Last Hour will ever come- even if I were to be taken back to my Lord, I would certainly find something even better there.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And I think not the Hour will ever come, and if indeed I am brought back to my Lord, (on the Day of Resurrection), I surely shall find better than this when I return to Him."

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

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Word by Word

وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَظُنُّaẓunnuI think
ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿatathe Hour
قَآئِمَةًۭqāimatanwill occur
وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
رُّدِدتُّrudidttuI am brought back
إِلَىٰilāto
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
لَأَجِدَنَّla-ajidannaI will surely find
خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
مِّنْهَاmin'hāthan this
مُنقَلَبًۭاmunqalaban(as) a return