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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 41

سورة الكهف، الآية ٤١

18:41 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 298 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:41

أَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَآؤُهَا غَوْرًا فَلَن تَسْتَطِيعَ لَهُۥ طَلَبًا ۝٤١

Transliteration

aw yuṣ'biḥa māuhā ghawran falan tastaṭīʿa lahu ṭalaban

Translation

Or its water will become sunken [into the earth], so you would never be able to seek it."

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Verse 41 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:41), 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 41

Al-Mukhtasar

Or its water may sink so deep into the ground that you will never be able to reach it again in any way. Once the water sinks deep, the garden will not survive.

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Other translations of verse 41

Or its water may sink, so you will never be able to get it back.”

"Or the water thereof (of the gardens) becomes deep-sunken (underground) so that you will never be able to seek it."

Or some morning the water thereof will be lost in the earth so that thou canst not make search for it.

"Or the water of the garden will run off underground so that thou wilt never be able to find it."

Or its waters should sink down into the ground so that you are unable to find it.

Or that in the morning its water will be deep-sunken so that you will never be able to seek it out."

Verse 41 word by word

  1. أَوْ aw Or
  2. يُصْبِحَ yuṣ'biḥa will become ص ب ح
  3. مَآؤُهَا māuhā its water م و ه
  4. غَوْرًا ghawran sunken غ و ر
  5. فَلَن falan so never
  6. تَسْتَطِيعَ tastaṭīʿa you will be able ط و ع
  7. لَهُۥ lahu to find it
  8. طَلَبًا ṭalaban to find it ط ل ب

Verses related to verse 41

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Mulk 67:30

    قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَآؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَن يَأْتِيكُم بِمَآءٍ مَّعِينٍۭ

    Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"

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