Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:93

18:93

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمَا قَوْمًا لَّا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلًا

ḥattā idhā balagha bayna l-sadayni wajada min dūnihimā qawman lā yakādūna yafqahūna qawlan

Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech.

— Saheeh International

then, when he reached a place between two mountain barriers, he found beside them a people who could barely understand him.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Until, when he reached between two mountains, he found, before (near) them (those two mountains), a people who scarcely understood a word.

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

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Word by Word

حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
بَيْنَbaynabetween
ٱلسَّدَّيْنِl-sadaynithe two mountains
وَجَدَwajadahe found
مِنminbesides them
دُونِهِمَاdūnihimābesides them
قَوْمًۭاqawmana community
لَّاlānot
يَكَادُونَyakādūnawho would almost
يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūnaunderstand
قَوْلًۭاqawlan(his) speech