Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:63

18:63

قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَآ إِلَى ٱلصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّى نَسِيتُ ٱلْحُوتَ وَمَآ أَنسَىٰنِيهُ إِلَّا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُۥ ۚ وَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا

qāla ara-ayta idh awaynā ilā l-ṣakhrati fa-innī nasītu l-ḥūta wamā ansānīhu illā l-shayṭānu an adhkurahu wa-ittakhadha sabīlahu fī l-baḥri ʿajaban

He said, "Did you see when we retired to the rock? Indeed, I forgot [there] the fish. And none made me forget it except Satan - that I should mention it. And it took its course into the sea amazingly."

— Saheeh International

and [the servant] said, ‘Remember when we were resting by the rock? I forgot the fish- Satan made me forget to pay attention to it- and it [must have] made its way into the sea.’ ‘How strange!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "Do you remember when we betook ourselves to the rock? I indeed forgot the fish; none but Shaitân (Satan) made me forget to remember it. It took its course into the sea in a strange (way)!"

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

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قَالَqālaHe said
أَرَءَيْتَara-aytaDid you see
إِذْidhwhen
أَوَيْنَآawaynāwe retired
إِلَىilāto
ٱلصَّخْرَةِl-ṣakhratithe rock
فَإِنِّىfa-innīThen indeed, I
نَسِيتُnasītu[I] forgot
ٱلْحُوتَl-ḥūtathe fish
وَمَآwamāAnd not
أَنسَىٰنِيهُansānīhumade me forget it
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
أَنْanthat
أَذْكُرَهُۥۚadhkurahuI mention it
وَٱتَّخَذَwa-ittakhadhaAnd it took
سَبِيلَهُۥsabīlahuits way
فِىfīinto
ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe sea
عَجَبًۭاʿajabanamazingly