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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 87

سورة الكهف، الآية ٨٧

18:87 Juz 16 Hizb 31 Page 303 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:87

قَالَ أَمَّا مَن ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُۥ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِۦ فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥ عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا ۝٨٧

Transliteration

qāla ammā man ẓalama fasawfa nuʿadhibuhu thumma yuraddu ilā rabbihi fayuʿadhibuhu ʿadhāban nuk'ran

Translation

He said, "As for one who wrongs,796 we will punish him. Then he will be returned to his Lord, and He will punish him with a terrible punishment [i.e., Hellfire].

Notes

[796] Persists in disbelief and rebellion.

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Verse 87 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:87), 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 87

Al-Mukhtasar

Dhu’l-Qarnayn said: “As for the one who associates partners with Allah and persists in this, I shall punish him by killing him in this life, then he will return to his Lord on the Day of Judgment and He shall then punish him with a terrible punishment.

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Other translations of verse 87

He said, “As for one who does wrong43, we will punish him, then he will be brought back to his Lord, and He will punish him grievously.

Notes

[43] By persisting in disbelief and associating partners with Allah.

He said: "As for him (a disbeliever in the Oneness of Allâh) who does wrong, we shall punish him, and then he will be brought back unto his Lord, Who will punish him with a terrible torment (Hell).

He said: As for him who doeth wrong, we shall punish him, and then he will be brought back unto his Lord, Who will punish him with awful punishment!

He said: "Whoever doth wrong, him shall we punish; then shall he be sent back to his Lord; and He will punish him with a punishment unheard-of (before).

He said: As to him who is injust, we will chastise him, then shall he be returned to his Lord, and He will chastise him with an exemplary chastisement:

He said, "As for him who did injustice, we will eventually torment him; thereafter he will be turned back to his Lord; then He will torment him with a highly maleficent torment.

Verse 87 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. أَمَّا ammā As for
  3. مَن man (one) who
  4. ظَلَمَ ẓalama wrongs ظ ل م
  5. فَسَوْفَ fasawfa then soon
  6. نُعَذِّبُهُۥ nuʿadhibuhu we will punish him ع ذ ب
  7. ثُمَّ thumma Then
  8. يُرَدُّ yuraddu he will be returned ر د د
  9. إِلَىٰ ilā to
  10. رَبِّهِۦ rabbihi his Lord ر ب ب
  11. فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥ fayuʿadhibuhu and He will punish him ع ذ ب
  12. عَذَابًا ʿadhāban (with) a punishment ع ذ ب
  13. نُّكْرًا nuk'ran terrible ن ك ر

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