Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:5

18:5

مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ ۚ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ ۚ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبًا

mā lahum bihi min ʿil'min walā liābāihim kaburat kalimatan takhruju min afwāhihim in yaqūlūna illā kadhiban

They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.

— Saheeh International

They have no knowledge about this, nor did their forefathers––it is a monstrous assertion that comes out of their mouths: what they say is nothing but lies.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

No knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had their fathers. Mighty is the word that comes out of their mouths [i.e. He begot sons and daughters]. They utter nothing but a lie.

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

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Word by Word

مَّاmāNot
لَهُمlahumthey have
بِهِۦbihiabout it
مِنْminany
عِلْمٍۢʿil'minknowledge
وَلَاwalāand not
لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْۚliābāihimtheir forefathers
كَبُرَتْkaburatGrave (is)
كَلِمَةًۭkalimatanthe word
تَخْرُجُtakhruju(that) comes out
مِنْminof
أَفْوَٰهِهِمْۚafwāhihimtheir mouths
إِنinNot
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
إِلَّاillāexcept
كَذِبًۭاkadhibana lie