Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave) in English

1. قال هذا رحمة من ربي فإذا جاء وعد ربي جعله دكاء وكان وعد ربي حقا

   98

   He said, ‘This is a mercy from my Lord. But when the promise of my Lord is fulfilled, He will level it; and my Lord’s promise is true.’

   qāla hādhā raḥmatun min rabbī fa-ʾidhā jāʾa waʿdu rabbī jaʿalahū dakkāʾa wa-kāna waʿdu rabbī ḥaqqan

2. وتركنا بعضهم يومئذ يموج في بعض ونفخ في الصور فجمعناهم جمعا

   99

   That day We shall let them surge over one another, the Trumpet will be blown, and We shall gather them all,

   wa-taraknā baʿḍahum yawmaʾidhin yamūju fī baʿḍin wa-nufikha fī ṣ-ṣūri fa-jamaʿnāhum jamʿan

3. وعرضنا جهنم يومئذ للكافرين عرضا

   100

   and on that day We shall bring hell into view visibly for the faithless.

   wa-ʿaraḍnā jahannama yawmaʾidhin li-l-kāfirīna ʿarḍan-i

4. الذين كانت أعينهم في غطاء عن ذكري وكانوا لا يستطيعون سمعا

   101

   —Those whose eyes were blind to My remembrance and who could not hear.

   alladhīna kānat ʾaʿyunuhum fī ghiṭāʾin ʿan dhikrī wa-kānū lā yastaṭīʿūna samʿan

5. أفحسب الذين كفروا أن يتخذوا عبادي من دوني أولياء إنا أعتدنا جهنم للكافرين نزلا

   102

   Do the faithless suppose that they have taken My servants for guardians in My stead? Indeed, We have prepared hell for the hospitality of the faithless.

   ʾa-fa-ḥasiba lladhīna kafarū ʾan yattakhidhū ʿibādī min dūnī ʾawliyāʾa ʾinnā ʾaʿtadnā jahannama li-l-kāfirīna nuzulan

6. قل هل ننبئكم بالأخسرين أعمالا

   103

   Say, ‘Shall we inform you who are the biggest losers in their works?

   qul hal nunabbiʾukum bi-l-ʾakhsarīna ʾaʿmālan-i

7. الذين ضل سعيهم في الحياة الدنيا وهم يحسبون أنهم يحسنون صنعا

   104

   Those whose efforts are misguided in the life of the world, while they suppose they are doing good.’

   alladhīna ḍalla saʿyuhum fī l-ḥayāti d-dunyā wa-hum yaḥsabūna ʾannahum yuḥsinūna ṣunʿan

8. أولئك الذين كفروا بآيات ربهم ولقائه فحبطت أعمالهم فلا نقيم لهم يوم القيامة وزنا

   105

   They are the ones who deny the signs of their Lord and encounter with Him. So their works have failed. On the Day of Resurrection We will not give them any weight.

   ʾulāʾika lladhīna kafarū bi-ʾāyāti rabbihim wa-liqāʾihī fa-ḥabiṭat ʾaʿmāluhum fa-lā nuqīmu lahum yawma l-qiyāmati waznan

9. ذلك جزاؤهم جهنم بما كفروا واتخذوا آياتي ورسلي هزوا

   106

   That is their requital—hell—because of their unfaith and for deriding My signs and apostles.

   dhālika jazāʾuhum jahannamu bi-mā kafarū wa-ttakhadhū ʾāyātī wa-rusulī huzuwan

10. إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات كانت لهم جنات الفردوس نزلا

    107

    As for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, they shall have the gardens of Firdaws for abode,

    ʾinna lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti kānat lahum jannātu l-firdawsi nuzulan

11. خالدين فيها لا يبغون عنها حولا

    108

    to remain in them [forever]; they will not seek to leave it for another place.

    khālidīna fīhā lā yabghūna ʿanhā ḥiwalan

12. قل لو كان البحر مدادا لكلمات ربي لنفد البحر قبل أن تنفد كلمات ربي ولو جئنا بمثله مددا

    109

    Say, ‘If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would be spent before the words of my Lord are finished, though We replenish it with another like it.’

    qul law kāna l-baḥru midādan li-kalimāti rabbī la-nafida l-baḥru qabla ʾan tanfada kalimātu rabbī wa-law jiʾnā bi-mithlihī madadan

13. قل إنما أنا بشر مثلكم يوحى إلي أنما إلهكم إله واحد فمن كان يرجو لقاء ربه فليعمل عملا صالحا ولا يشرك بعبادة ربه أحدا

    110

    Say, ‘I am just a human being like you. It has been revealed to me that your God is the One God. So whoever expects to encounter his Lord—let him act righteously, and not associate anyone with the worship of his Lord.’

    qul ʾinnamā ʾana basharun mithlukum yūḥā ʾilayya ʾannamā ʾilāhukum ʾilāhun wāḥidun fa-man kāna yarjū liqāʾa rabbihī fa-l-yaʿmal ʿamalan ṣāliḥan wa-lā yushrik bi-ʿibādati rabbihī ʾaḥadan