Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:56

18:56

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ ۚ وَيُجَـٰدِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ ۖ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِى وَمَآ أُنذِرُوا۟ هُزُوًا

wamā nur'silu l-mur'salīna illā mubashirīna wamundhirīna wayujādilu alladhīna kafarū bil-bāṭili liyud'ḥiḍū bihi l-ḥaqa wa-ittakhadhū āyātī wamā undhirū huzuwan

And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. And those who disbelieve dispute by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth and have taken My verses, and that of which they are warned, in ridicule.

— Saheeh International

We only send messengers to bring good news and to deliver warning, yet the disbelievers seek to refute the truth with false arguments and make fun of My messages and warnings.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We send not the Messengers except as givers of glad tidings and warners. But those who disbelieve, dispute with false argument, in order to refute the truth thereby. And they treat My Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), and that with which they are warned, as a jest and mockery!

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

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
نُرْسِلُnur'siluWe send
ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers
إِلَّاillāexcept
مُبَشِّرِينَmubashirīna(as) bearers of glad tidings
وَمُنذِرِينَۚwamundhirīnaand (as) warners
وَيُجَـٰدِلُwayujādiluAnd dispute
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliwith falsehood
لِيُدْحِضُوا۟liyud'ḥiḍūto refute
بِهِbihithereby
ٱلْحَقَّۖl-ḥaqathe truth
وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟wa-ittakhadhūAnd they take
ءَايَـٰتِىāyātīMy Verses
وَمَآwamāand what
أُنذِرُوا۟undhirūthey are warned
هُزُوًۭاhuzuwan(in) ridicule