Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:42

18:42

وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا

wa-uḥīṭa bithamarihi fa-aṣbaḥa yuqallibu kaffayhi ʿalā mā anfaqa fīhā wahiya khāwiyatun ʿalā ʿurūshihā wayaqūlu yālaytanī lam ush'rik birabbī aḥadan

And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone."

— Saheeh International

And so it was: his fruit was completely destroyed, and there he was, wringing his hands over what he had invested in it, as it drooped on its trellises, and saying, ‘I wish I had not set up any partner to my Lord.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So his fruits were encircled (with ruin). And he remained clapping his hands (with sorrow) over what he had spent upon it, while it was all destroyed on its trellises, and he could only say: "Would that I had ascribed no partners to my Lord!" [Tafsir Ibn Kathîr]

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

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Word by Word

وَأُحِيطَwa-uḥīṭaAnd were surrounded
بِثَمَرِهِۦbithamarihihis fruits
فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥaso he began
يُقَلِّبُyuqallibutwisting
كَفَّيْهِkaffayhihis hands
عَلَىٰʿalāover
مَآmāwhat
أَنفَقَanfaqahe (had) spent
فِيهَاfīhāon it
وَهِىَwahiyawhile it (had)
خَاوِيَةٌkhāwiyatuncollapsed
عَلَىٰʿalāon
عُرُوشِهَاʿurūshihāits trellises
وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand he said
يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīOh! I wish
لَمْlamI had not associated
أُشْرِكْush'rikI had not associated
بِرَبِّىٓbirabbīwith my Lord
أَحَدًۭاaḥadananyone