Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:96

18:96

ءَاتُونِى زُبَرَ ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارًا قَالَ ءَاتُونِىٓ أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا

ātūnī zubara l-ḥadīdi ḥattā idhā sāwā bayna l-ṣadafayni qāla unfukhū ḥattā idhā jaʿalahu nāran qāla ātūnī uf'righ ʿalayhi qiṭ'ran

Bring me bars of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."

— Saheeh International

bring me lumps of iron!’ and then, when he had filled the gap between the two mountainsides [he said], ‘Work your bellows!’ and then, when he had made it glow like fire, he said, ‘Bring me molten metal to pour over it!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Give me pieces (blocks) of iron;" then, when he had filled up the gap between the two mountain-cliffs, he said: "Blow;" then when he had made them (red as) fire, he said: "Bring me molten copper to pour over them."

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

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Word by Word

ءَاتُونِىātūnīBring me
زُبَرَzubarasheets
ٱلْحَدِيدِۖl-ḥadīdi(of) iron
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
سَاوَىٰsāwāhe (had) leveled
بَيْنَbaynabetween
ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِl-ṣadafaynithe two cliffs
قَالَqālahe said
ٱنفُخُوا۟ۖunfukhūBlow
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
جَعَلَهُۥjaʿalahuhe made it
نَارًۭاnāranfire
قَالَqālahe said
ءَاتُونِىٓātūnīBring me
أُفْرِغْuf'righI pour
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiover it
قِطْرًۭاqiṭ'ranmolten copper