سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 58
وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌ لَّن يَجِدُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوْئِلًا ﴿58﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And your Lord is Most Forgiving, Owner of Mercy. Were He to call them to account for what they have earned, then surely, He would have hastened their punishment. But they have their appointed time, beyond which they will find no escape.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَرَبُّكَ
warabbuka
And your Lord
ٱلْغَفُورُ
l-ghafūru
(is) the Most Forgiving
ذُو
dhū
Owner
ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖ
l-raḥmati
(of) the Mercy
لَوْ
law
If
يُؤَاخِذُهُم
yuākhidhuhum
He were to seize them
بِمَا
bimā
for what
كَسَبُوا۟
kasabū
they have earned
لَعَجَّلَ
laʿajjala
surely, He (would) have hastened
لَهُمُ
lahumu
for them
ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ
l-ʿadhāba
the punishment
بَل
bal
But
لَّهُم
lahum
for them
مَّوْعِدٌۭ
mawʿidun
(is) an appointment
لَّن
lan
never
يَجِدُوا۟
yajidū
they will find
مِن
min
other than it
دُونِهِۦ
dūnihi
other than it
مَوْئِلًۭا
mawilan
an escape
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
58. 1. That is, this is the mercy of the Forgiving Lord that He does not seize immediately upon sin, rather He grants respite. If it were not so, then as a consequence of their deeds, every person would be caught in the grip of divine punishment. However, it is certain that when the period of respite ends and the time of destruction arrives, which Allah Almighty has appointed, then there remains no way of escape or any means of salvation for them. "موئل" means a place of refuge, a way of escape.
