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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 26

سورة الكهف، الآية ٢٦

18:26 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 296 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:26

قُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُوا۟ لَهُۥ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَبْصِرْ بِهِۦ وَأَسْمِعْ مَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا يُشْرِكُ فِى حُكْمِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا ۝٢٦

Transliteration

quli l-lahu aʿlamu bimā labithū lahu ghaybu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi abṣir bihi wa-asmiʿ mā lahum min dūnihi min waliyyin walā yush'riku fī ḥuk'mihi aḥadan

Translation

Say, "Allāh is most knowing of how long they remained. He has [knowledge of] the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. How Seeing is He and how Hearing! They have not besides Him any protector, and He shares not His legislation with anyone."

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Verse 26 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:26), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 296 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Say - O Messenger: Allah knows best about how long they remained in the cave and He has told us about the period they remained there. No statement can be considered after Allah’s, may He be glorified. To Him alone, may He be glorified, belongs everything hidden in the heavens and on earth. He created and knows all of it. How well He sees! May He be glorified! He sees everything. How well He hears! He hears everything. They have no one to take charge of their matter besides Him. He does not share His rule with anyone. He alone passes judgement.

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Other translations of verse 26

Say, “Allah knows best how long they remained. To Him belongs [the knowledge of] the unseen of the heavens and earth. How well He sees and how well He hears18! They have no protector besides Him, and He shares His command with none.”

Notes

[18] i.e., Nothing can escape Allah’s Sight and Hearing.

Say: "Allâh knows best how long they stayed. With Him is (the knowledge of) the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. How clearly He sees, and hears (everything)! They have no Walî (Helper, Disposer of affairs, Protector) other than Him, and He makes none to share in His Decision and His Rule."

Say: Allah is Best Aware how long they tarried. His is the Invisible of the heavens and the earth. How clear of sight is He and keen of hearing! They have no protecting friend beside Him, and He maketh none to share in His government.

Say: "Allah knows best how long they stayed: with Him is (the knowledge of) the secrets of the heavens and the earth: how clearly He sees, how finely He hears (everything)! They have no protector other than Him; nor does He share His Command with any person whatsoever.

Say: Allah knows best how long they remained; to Him are (known) the unseen things of the heavens and the earth; how clear His sight and how clear His hearing! There is none to be a guardian for them besides Him, and He does not make any one His associate in His Judgment.

Say, " Allah knows best how long they lingered. To Him (belongs) the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. How well He beholds, and how well He hears!" In no way do they have any patron apart from Him, and He does not associate in His judgment anyone.

Verse 26 word by word

  1. قُلِ quli Say ق و ل
  2. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  3. أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu knows best ع ل م
  4. بِمَا bimā about what (period)
  5. لَبِثُوا۟ labithū they remained ل ب ث
  6. لَهُۥ lahu For Him
  7. غَيْبُ ghaybu (is the) unseen غ ي ب
  8. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ l-samāwāti (of) the heavens س م و
  9. وَٱلْأَرْضِ wal-arḍi and the earth أ ر ض
  10. أَبْصِرْ abṣir How clearly He sees ب ص ر
  11. بِهِۦ bihi [of it]
  12. وَأَسْمِعْ wa-asmiʿ And how clearly He hears س م ع
  13. مَا mā Not
  14. لَهُم lahum for them
  15. مِّن min besides Him
  16. دُونِهِۦ dūnihi besides Him د و ن
  17. مِن min any
  18. وَلِىٍّ waliyyin protector و ل ي
  19. وَلَا walā and not
  20. يُشْرِكُ yush'riku He shares ش ر ك
  21. فِى fī [in]
  22. حُكْمِهِۦٓ ḥuk'mihi His Commands ح ك م
  23. أَحَدًا aḥadan (with) anyone أ ح د

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    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا شَفِيعٍ أَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ

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  • Ar-Ra’d 13:11

    لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَٰتٌ مِّنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ يَحْفَظُونَهُۥ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا۟ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوٓءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَالٍ

    For him [i.e., each one] are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allāh intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.

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