سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 39
وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ ۚ إِن تَرَنِ أَنَا۠ أَقَلَّ مِنكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا ﴿39﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"It was better for you to say, when you entered your garden: ‘That which Allâh wills (will come to pass)! There is no power but with Allâh!’ If you see me less than you in wealth, and children,
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلَوْلَآ
walawlā
And why (did you) not
إِذْ
idh
when
دَخَلْتَ
dakhalta
you entered
جَنَّتَكَ
jannataka
your garden
قُلْتَ
qul'ta
say
مَا
mā
What
شَآءَ
shāa
wills
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
لَا
lā
(there is) no
قُوَّةَ
quwwata
power
إِلَّا
illā
except
بِٱللَّهِ ۚ
bil-lahi
with Allah
إِن
in
If
تَرَنِ
tarani
you see me
أَنَا۠
anā
(me)
أَقَلَّ
aqalla
lesser
مِنكَ
minka
than you
مَالًۭا
mālan
(in) wealth
وَوَلَدًۭا
wawaladan
and children
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And when you entered your garden, why did you not say: 'Whatever Allah wills [39]—there is no power except with Allah'? Even if you see me less than you in wealth and children,
[39]
Saying “Masha Allah” as Gratitude Upon Receiving a Blessing:
The monotheist companion began to explain to his polytheist companion that what you should have done, when you were entering your garden, was to thank Allah and say that all this is Allah’s gift, instead of boasting and trying to prove yourself superior to me. But you started to assert your superiority over me. Is it not possible that, if according to you I am lesser than you in wealth and children, Allah may grant me a garden better than yours? And it is also quite possible that, as a punishment for your arrogance, Allah may send a heavenly calamity upon your garden and turn it to ashes, or dry up the water of this canal, so that your lush garden withers and becomes desolate in a short time.
[39]
Saying “Masha Allah” as Gratitude Upon Receiving a Blessing:
The monotheist companion began to explain to his polytheist companion that what you should have done, when you were entering your garden, was to thank Allah and say that all this is Allah’s gift, instead of boasting and trying to prove yourself superior to me. But you started to assert your superiority over me. Is it not possible that, if according to you I am lesser than you in wealth and children, Allah may grant me a garden better than yours? And it is also quite possible that, as a punishment for your arrogance, Allah may send a heavenly calamity upon your garden and turn it to ashes, or dry up the water of this canal, so that your lush garden withers and becomes desolate in a short time.
