Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:87

18:87

قَالَ أَمَّا مَن ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُۥ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥ عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا

qāla ammā man ẓalama fasawfa nuʿadhibuhu thumma yuraddu ilā rabbihi fayuʿadhibuhu ʿadhāban nuk'ran

He said, "As for one who wrongs, we will punish him. Then he will be returned to his Lord, and He will punish him with a terrible punishment [i.e., Hellfire].

— Saheeh International

He answered, ‘We shall punish those who have done evil, and when they are returned to their Lord He will punish them [even more] severely,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He said: "As for him (a disbeliever in the Oneness of Allâh) who does wrong, we shall punish him, and then he will be brought back unto his Lord, Who will punish him with a terrible torment (Hell).

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
أَمَّاammāAs for
مَنman(one) who
ظَلَمَẓalamawrongs
فَسَوْفَfasawfathen soon
نُعَذِّبُهُۥnuʿadhibuhuwe will punish him
ثُمَّthummaThen
يُرَدُّyuradduhe will be returned
إِلَىٰilāto
رَبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lord
فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥfayuʿadhibuhuand He will punish him
عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban(with) a punishment
نُّكْرًۭاnuk'ranterrible