Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:40

18:40

فَعَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْرًا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَانًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيدًا زَلَقًا

faʿasā rabbī an yu'tiyani khayran min jannatika wayur'sila ʿalayhā ḥus'bānan mina l-samāi fatuṣ'biḥa ṣaʿīdan zalaqan

It may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a [disastrous] penalty from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground,

— Saheeh International

my Lord may well give me something better than your garden, and send thunderbolts on your garden from the sky, so that it becomes a heap of barren dust;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"It may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and will send on it Husbân (torment, bolt) from the sky, then it will be a barren slippery earth.

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

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فَعَسَىٰfaʿasāIt may be
رَبِّىٓrabbīthat my Lord
أَنanthat my Lord
يُؤْتِيَنِyu'tiyaniwill give me
خَيْرًۭاkhayranbetter
مِّنminthan
جَنَّتِكَjannatikayour garden
وَيُرْسِلَwayur'silaand will send
عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon it
حُسْبَانًۭاḥus'bānana calamity
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
فَتُصْبِحَfatuṣ'biḥathen it will become
صَعِيدًۭاṣaʿīdanground
زَلَقًاzalaqanslippery