سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 37
قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلًا ﴿37﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
His companion said to him during the talk with him: "Do you disbelieve in Him Who created you out of dust (i.e. your father Adam), then out of Nutfah (mixed semen drops of male and female discharge), then fashioned you into a man?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
Said
لَهُۥ
lahu
to him
صَاحِبُهُۥ
ṣāḥibuhu
his companion
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while he
يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ
yuḥāwiruhu
was talking to him
أَكَفَرْتَ
akafarta
Do you disbelieve
بِٱلَّذِى
bi-alladhī
in One Who
خَلَقَكَ
khalaqaka
created you
مِن
min
from
تُرَابٍۢ
turābin
dust
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
مِن
min
from
نُّطْفَةٍۢ
nuṭ'fatin
a minute quantity of semen
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
سَوَّىٰكَ
sawwāka
fashioned you
رَجُلًۭا
rajulan
(into) a man
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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His companion said to him, while conversing with him: "Do you disbelieve in the One [37] who created you from dust, then from a drop of fluid, and then fashioned you into a complete man?"
[37] This polytheist wealthy man was not a denier of the existence of Allah, and he believed that whatever he had been given was due to Allah’s favor. However, he denied the Day of Judgment and accountability before Allah, which has been considered equivalent to denying Allah or disbelief, because denying reward and punishment in the Hereafter is, in fact, a denial of Allah’s attribute of justice. Furthermore, to think that my wealth, property, and grandeur are solely the result of my own ability, not anyone’s gift, and that no one can take it away from me, is also, in reality, a denial of many of Allah’s attributes. Such a person does not accept Allah as his Owner, Master, and Sovereign.
[37] This polytheist wealthy man was not a denier of the existence of Allah, and he believed that whatever he had been given was due to Allah’s favor. However, he denied the Day of Judgment and accountability before Allah, which has been considered equivalent to denying Allah or disbelief, because denying reward and punishment in the Hereafter is, in fact, a denial of Allah’s attribute of justice. Furthermore, to think that my wealth, property, and grandeur are solely the result of my own ability, not anyone’s gift, and that no one can take it away from me, is also, in reality, a denial of many of Allah’s attributes. Such a person does not accept Allah as his Owner, Master, and Sovereign.
