Text of verse 18:38
لَّٰكِنَّا۠ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا ٣٨
Transliteration
lākinnā huwa l-lahu rabbī walā ush'riku birabbī aḥadan
Translation
But as for me, He is Allāh, my Lord, and I do not associate with my Lord anyone.
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Salomo Keyzer
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Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani
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Rowwad Tercüme Merkezi Şaban Piriş Ali Özek ve arkadaşları Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır
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Mahmud Muhammad Abduh
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Sherif Ahmeti
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馬堅
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Verse 38 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:38), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 298 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
Tafsir of verse 38
Al-Mukhtasar
But I do not profess this statement of yours. I simply say: He, Allah, may He be glorified, is my Lord, who has showered us with His blessings, and I do not associate anyone with Him in worship.
Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Kahf
Other translations of verse 38
As for me: He is Allah, my Lord, and I do not associate anyone with my Lord.
"But as for my part, (I believe) that He is Allâh, my Lord, and none shall I associate as partner with my Lord.
But He is Allah, my Lord, and I ascribe unto my Lord no partner.
"But (I think) for my part that He is Allah, My Lord, and none shall I associate with my Lord.
But as for me, He, Allah, is my Lord, and I do not associate anyone with my Lord.
But He is Allah, my Lord, and I do not associate with my Lord any one.
Verse 38 word by word
لَّٰكِنَّا۠
lākinnā But as for me
هُوَ
huwa He
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu (is) Allah
رَبِّى
rabbī my Lord ر ب ب
وَلَآ
walā and not
أُشْرِكُ
ush'riku I associate ش ر ك
بِرَبِّىٓ
birabbī with my Lord ر ب ب
أَحَدًا
aḥadan anyone أ ح د
Hadiths that cite this verse
Authentic
Sahih al-Bukhari 4724
طَرَقَهُ وَفَاطِمَةَ قَالَ " أَلاَ تُصَلِّيَانِ ". {رَجْمًا بِالْغَيْبِ} لَمْ يَسْتَبِنْ. {فُرُطًا} نَدَمًا {سُرَادِقُهَا} مِثْلُ السُّرَادِقِ، وَالْحُجْرَةِ الَّتِي تُطِيفُ بِالْفَسَاطِيطِ…
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