سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ

Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 41

The Cave · Meccan · Juz 15 · Page 298

أَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَآؤُهَا غَوْرًا فَلَن تَسْتَطِيعَ لَهُۥ طَلَبًا ﴿41﴾
"Or the water thereof (of the gardens) becomes deep-sunken (underground) so that you will never be able to seek it."
أَوْ aw Or
يُصْبِحَ yuṣ'biḥa will become
مَآؤُهَا māuhā its water
غَوْرًۭا ghawran sunken
فَلَن falan so never
تَسْتَطِيعَ tastaṭīʿa you will be able
لَهُۥ lahu to find it
طَلَبًۭا ṭalaban to find it

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The tafsir of this verse may be read with the following verses.

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41. 1. Or the canal in the middle, which is the cause of the garden's freshness and fertility, make its water so deep that obtaining water from it becomes impossible, and where the water goes too deep, then even large horsepower motors and machines fail to draw the water up.

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The tafsir of this ayah is included with the following verse(s).