سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ

Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 90

The Cave · Meccan · Juz 16 · Page 303

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرًا ﴿90﴾
Until, when he came to the rising place of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We (Allâh) had provided no shelter against the sun.
حَتَّىٰٓ ḥattā Until
إِذَا idhā when
بَلَغَ balagha he reached
مَطْلِعَ maṭliʿa (the) rising place
ٱلشَّمْسِ l-shamsi (of) the sun
وَجَدَهَا wajadahā and he found it
تَطْلُعُ taṭluʿu rising
عَلَىٰ ʿalā on
قَوْمٍۢ qawmin a community
لَّمْ lam not
نَجْعَل najʿal We made
لَّهُم lahum for them
مِّن min against it
دُونِهَا dūnihā against it
سِتْرًۭا sit'ran any shelter

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.

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