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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 8

سورة الكهف، الآية ٨

18:8 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 294 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:8

وَإِنَّا لَجَٰعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيدًا جُرُزًا ۝٨

Transliteration

wa-innā lajāʿilūna mā ʿalayhā ṣaʿīdan juruzan

Translation

And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.

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Verse 8 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:8), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 294 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 8

Al-Mukhtasar

And I am going to turn the creation on the face of this earth into dust free from vegetation, and this will be after the lifespan of the creation on earth expires, so let them take heed from this.

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Other translations of verse 8

And We will surely turn all that is on it into a barren land7.

Notes

[7] It shows the transient nature of life in this world, so one should invest in it for what comes after death.

And verily We shall make all that is on it (the earth) a bare dry soil (without any vegetation or trees.).

And lo! We shall make all that is thereon a barren mound.

Verily what is on earth we shall make but as dust and dry soil (without growth or herbage).

And most surely We will make what is on it bare ground without herbage.

And We will indeed make whatever is on it arid dry soil.

Verse 8 word by word

  1. وَإِنَّا wa-innā And indeed, We
  2. لَجَٰعِلُونَ lajāʿilūna (will) surely make ج ع ل
  3. مَا mā what
  4. عَلَيْهَا ʿalayhā (is) on it
  5. صَعِيدًا ṣaʿīdan soil ص ع د
  6. جُرُزًا juruzan barren ج ر ز

Verses related to verse 8

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • As-Sajdah 32:27

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا نَسُوقُ ٱلْمَآءَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْجُرُزِ فَنُخْرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرْعًا تَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ أَنْعَٰمُهُمْ وَأَنفُسُهُمْ أَفَلَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    Have they not seen that We drive water [in clouds] to barren land and bring forth thereby crops from which their livestock eat and [they] themselves? Then do they not see?

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