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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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