Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:81

18:81

فَأَرَدْنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُ زَكَوٰةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا

fa-aradnā an yub'dilahumā rabbuhumā khayran min'hu zakatan wa-aqraba ruḥ'man

So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.

— Saheeh International

we wished that their Lord should give them another child- purer and more compassionate- in his place.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"So we intended that their Lord should change him for them for one better in righteousness and nearer to mercy.

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

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Word by Word

فَأَرَدْنَآfa-aradnāSo we intended
أَنanthat
يُبْدِلَهُمَاyub'dilahumāwould change for them
رَبُّهُمَاrabbuhumātheir Lord
خَيْرًۭاkhayrana better
مِّنْهُmin'huthan him
زَكَوٰةًۭzakatan(in) purity
وَأَقْرَبَwa-aqrabaand nearer
رُحْمًۭاruḥ'man(in) affection