Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:58

18:58

وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌ لَّن يَجِدُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوْئِلًا

warabbuka l-ghafūru dhū l-raḥmati law yuākhidhuhum bimā kasabū laʿajjala lahumu l-ʿadhāba bal lahum mawʿidun lan yajidū min dūnihi mawilan

And your Lord is the Forgiving, the possessor of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened for them the punishment. Rather, for them is an appointment from which they will never find an escape.

— Saheeh International

Your Lord is the Most Forgiving, and full of mercy: if He took them to task for the wrongs they have done, He would hasten their punishment on. They have an appointed time from which they will have no escape,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And your Lord is Most Forgiving, Owner of Mercy. Were He to call them to account for what they have earned, then surely, He would have hastened their punishment. But they have their appointed time, beyond which they will find no escape.

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

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وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord
ٱلْغَفُورُl-ghafūru(is) the Most Forgiving
ذُوdhūOwner
ٱلرَّحْمَةِۖl-raḥmati(of) the Mercy
لَوْlawIf
يُؤَاخِذُهُمyuākhidhuhumHe were to seize them
بِمَاbimāfor what
كَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey have earned
لَعَجَّلَlaʿajjalasurely, He (would) have hastened
لَهُمُlahumufor them
ٱلْعَذَابَۚl-ʿadhābathe punishment
بَلbalBut
لَّهُمlahumfor them
مَّوْعِدٌۭmawʿidun(is) an appointment
لَّنlannever
يَجِدُوا۟yajidūthey will find
مِنminother than it
دُونِهِۦdūnihiother than it
مَوْئِلًۭاmawilanan escape