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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 38

سورة الكهف، الآية ٣٨

18:38 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 298 of the mushaf Meccan surah

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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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.

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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.

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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

  1. لَّٰكِنَّا۠ lākinnā But as for me
  2. هُوَ huwa He
  3. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu (is) Allah
  4. رَبِّى rabbī my Lord ر ب ب
  5. وَلَآ walā and not
  6. أُشْرِكُ ush'riku I associate ش ر ك
  7. بِرَبِّىٓ birabbī with my Lord ر ب ب
  8. أَحَدًا aḥadan anyone أ ح د

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4724

That one night Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to him and Fatima and said, "Don't you (both offer the (Tahajjud) prayer?" `Ali said, 'When Allah wishes us to get up, we get up." The Prophet (ﷺ) then recited: 'But man is more quarrelsome than anything.' (18.54) (See Hadith No. 227,Vol. 2)

طَرَقَهُ وَفَاطِمَةَ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَلاَ تُصَلِّيَانِ ‏"‏‏.‏ ‏‏{‏رَجْمًا بِالْغَيْبِ‏}‏ لَمْ يَسْتَبِنْ‏.‏ ‏{‏فُرُطًا‏}‏ نَدَمًا ‏{‏سُرَادِقُهَا‏}‏ مِثْلُ السُّرَادِقِ، وَالْحُجْرَةِ الَّتِي تُطِيفُ بِالْفَسَاطِيطِ…

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