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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 9

سورة الكهف، الآية ٩

18:9 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 294 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:9

أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْكَهْفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا۟ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِنَا عَجَبًا ۝٩

Transliteration

am ḥasib'ta anna aṣḥāba l-kahfi wal-raqīmi kānū min āyātinā ʿajaban

Translation

Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?781

Notes

[781] Rather, it is only one of the many wonders of Allāh.

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Verse 9 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:9), 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 9

Al-Mukhtasar

Do not think, O Messenger, that the story of the people of the cave and the tablet on which their names were written are from our amazing signs. In fact, other signs such as creating the heavens and earth are more amazing.

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Other translations of verse 9

Do you think that the people of the Cave and the Inscription were of Our only wondrous signs8?

Notes

[8] Rather, there are many other wonders of Allah such as the creation of heavens and earth.

Do you think that the people of the Cave and the Inscription (the news or the names of the people of the Cave) were a wonder among Our Signs?

Or deemest thou that the People of the Cave and the Inscription are a wonder among Our portents?

Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the Inscription were wonders among Our Sign?

Or, do you think that the Fellows of the Cave and the Inscription were of Our wonderful signs?

Or even do you reckon that the Companions of the Cave and ÉAr-Raqîm (It is the name of a leaden plate, on which were written the names of the seven sleepers) were among Our signs a wonder?

Verse 9 word by word

  1. أَمْ am Or
  2. حَسِبْتَ ḥasib'ta have you thought ح س ب
  3. أَنَّ anna that
  4. أَصْحَٰبَ aṣḥāba (the) companions ص ح ب
  5. ٱلْكَهْفِ l-kahfi (of) the cave ك ه ف
  6. وَٱلرَّقِيمِ wal-raqīmi and the inscription ر ق م
  7. كَانُوا۟ kānū were ك و ن
  8. مِنْ min among
  9. ءَايَٰتِنَا āyātinā Our Signs أ ي ي
  10. عَجَبًا ʿajaban a wonder ع ج ب

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