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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 85

سورة الكهف، الآية ٨٥

18:85 Juz 16 Hizb 31 Page 303 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:85

فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا ۝٨٥

Transliteration

fa-atbaʿa sababan

Translation

So he followed a way

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Verse 85 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:85), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 303 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 85

Al-Mukhtasar

So he took the means and paths leading to his objective that I had granted him, and then headed West.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Al-Kahf

Other translations of verse 85

He pursued a course42,

Notes

[42] Utilizing these means.

So he followed a way.

And he followed a road

One (such) way he followed,

So he followed a course.

So he followed up (another) means.

Verse 85 word by word

  1. فَأَتْبَعَ fa-atbaʿa So he followed ت ب ع
  2. سَبَبًا sababan a course س ب ب

Verses related to verse 85

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Hijr 15:28

    وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن صَلْصَٰلٍ مِّنْ حَمَإٍ مَّسْنُونٍ

    And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

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