Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:82

18:82

وَأَمَّا ٱلْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَـٰمَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُۥ كَنزٌ لَّهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَـٰلِحًا فَأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَن يَبْلُغَآ أَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنزَهُمَا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُۥ عَنْ أَمْرِى ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَأْوِيلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا

wa-ammā l-jidāru fakāna lighulāmayni yatīmayni fī l-madīnati wakāna taḥtahu kanzun lahumā wakāna abūhumā ṣāliḥan fa-arāda rabbuka an yablughā ashuddahumā wayastakhrijā kanzahumā raḥmatan min rabbika wamā faʿaltuhu ʿan amrī dhālika tawīlu mā lam tasṭiʿ ʿalayhi ṣabran

And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience."

— Saheeh International

The wall belonged to two young orphans in the town and there was buried treasure beneath it belonging to them. Their father had been a righteous man, so your Lord intended them to reach maturity and then dig up their treasure as a mercy from your Lord. I did not do [these things] of my own accord: these are the explanations for those things you could not bear with patience.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the town; and there was under it a treasure belonging to them; and their father was a righteous man, and your Lord intended that they should attain their age of full strength and take out their treasure as a mercy from your Lord. And I did them not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of those (things) over which you could not hold patience."

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

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Word by Word

وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as for
ٱلْجِدَارُl-jidāruthe wall
فَكَانَfakānait was
لِغُلَـٰمَيْنِlighulāmaynifor two orphan boys
يَتِيمَيْنِyatīmaynifor two orphan boys
فِىfīin
ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe town
وَكَانَwakānaand was
تَحْتَهُۥtaḥtahuunderneath it
كَنزٌۭkanzuna treasure
لَّهُمَاlahumāfor them
وَكَانَwakānaand was
أَبُوهُمَاabūhumātheir father
صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteous
فَأَرَادَfa-arādaSo intended
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
أَنanthat
يَبْلُغَآyablughāthey reach
أَشُدَّهُمَاashuddahumātheir maturity
وَيَسْتَخْرِجَاwayastakhrijāand bring forth
كَنزَهُمَاkanzahumātheir treasure
رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan(as) a mercy
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكَۚrabbikayour Lord
وَمَاwamāAnd not
فَعَلْتُهُۥfaʿaltuhuI did it
عَنْʿanon
أَمْرِىۚamrīmy (own) accord
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
تَأْوِيلُtawīlu(is the) interpretation
مَاmā(of) what
لَمْlamnot
تَسْطِعtasṭiʿyou were able
عَّلَيْهِʿalayhion it
صَبْرًۭاṣabran(to have) patience