سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 63
قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَآ إِلَى ٱلصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّى نَسِيتُ ٱلْحُوتَ وَمَآ أَنسَىٰنِيهُ إِلَّا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُۥ ۚ وَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا ﴿63﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He said: "Do you remember when we betook ourselves to the rock? I indeed forgot the fish; none but Shaitân (Satan) made me forget to remember it. It took its course into the sea in a strange (way)!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
أَرَءَيْتَ
ara-ayta
Did you see
إِذْ
idh
when
أَوَيْنَآ
awaynā
we retired
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلصَّخْرَةِ
l-ṣakhrati
the rock
فَإِنِّى
fa-innī
Then indeed, I
نَسِيتُ
nasītu
[I] forgot
ٱلْحُوتَ
l-ḥūta
the fish
وَمَآ
wamā
And not
أَنسَىٰنِيهُ
ansānīhu
made me forget it
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
أَنْ
an
that
أَذْكُرَهُۥ ۚ
adhkurahu
I mention it
وَٱتَّخَذَ
wa-ittakhadha
And it took
سَبِيلَهُۥ
sabīlahu
its way
فِى
fī
into
ٱلْبَحْرِ
l-baḥri
the sea
عَجَبًۭا
ʿajaban
amazingly
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.
63. 1. That is, the fish came to life and went into the sea, and Allah made a tunnel-like path for it in the sea. Hazrat Yushaʿ (Yusha) saw the fish going into the sea and the path being made, but he forgot to tell Hazrat Musa (Moses). After resting, they started their journey again, traveling that day and the following night. When the next day Hazrat Musa felt tired and hungry, he said to his young companion, "Bring the breakfast, let us eat." He replied, "The fish, at the place where we rested against the rock, came to life and went into the sea, and in a wondrous way it made its path, which I forgot to mention to you. Shaytan made me forget."
