سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 40
فَعَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْرًا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَانًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيدًا زَلَقًا ﴿40﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"It may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and will send on it Husbân (torment, bolt) from the sky, then it will be a barren slippery earth.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَعَسَىٰ
faʿasā
It may be
رَبِّىٓ
rabbī
that my Lord
أَن
an
that my Lord
يُؤْتِيَنِ
yu'tiyani
will give me
خَيْرًۭا
khayran
better
مِّن
min
than
جَنَّتِكَ
jannatika
your garden
وَيُرْسِلَ
wayur'sila
and will send
عَلَيْهَا
ʿalayhā
upon it
حُسْبَانًۭا
ḥus'bānan
a calamity
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
فَتُصْبِحَ
fatuṣ'biḥa
then it will become
صَعِيدًۭا
ṣaʿīdan
ground
زَلَقًا
zalaqan
slippery
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 41,40){’’ صَعِيْدًا ‘‘} a plain, {’’ زَلَقًا ‘‘} in which the foot slips. That believer said to his arrogant companion that if you see me as less than yourself in wealth and children, then this is not something everlasting; it is quite possible that my Lord may give me better than your garden in this world or in the Hereafter, and may send a punishment from the sky upon your garden, making its land a barren plain where the foot slips, or its spring from which its river flows may sink deep, and you would not be able to obtain it in any way. See the last verse of Surah Al-Mulk.
