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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 97

سورة الكهف، الآية ٩٧

18:97 Juz 16 Hizb 31 Page 303 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:97

فَمَا ٱسْطَٰعُوٓا۟ أَن يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ لَهُۥ نَقْبًا ۝٩٧

Transliteration

famā is'ṭāʿū an yaẓharūhu wamā is'taṭāʿū lahu naqban

Translation

So they [i.e., Gog and Magog] were unable to pass over it, nor were they able [to effect] in it any penetration.

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Verse 97 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:97), 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 97

Al-Mukhtasar

So Gog and Magog were unable to climb over it due to its height nor were they able to make a hole in it from beneath due to its hardness.

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Other translations of verse 97

Thus they could not climb over it nor could they pierce it⁴⁸.

Notes

[48] They could not climb the dam for its smooth surface as well as it was as high as the mountains, and could not pierce it for its fortitude.

So they [Ya’jûj and Ma’jûj (Gog and Magog)] could not scale it or dig through it.

And (Gog and Magog) were not able to surmount, nor could they pierce (it).

Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.

So they were not able to scale it nor could they make a hole in it.

So, in no way were they able to surmount it, and in no way were they able to bore it.

Verse 97 word by word

فَمَا famā So not
ٱسْطَٰعُوٓا۟ is'ṭāʿū they were able ط و ع
أَن an to
يَظْهَرُوهُ yaẓharūhu scale it ظ ه ر
وَمَا wamā and not
ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ is'taṭāʿū they were able ط و ع
لَهُۥ lahu in it
نَقْبًا naqban (to do) any penetration ن ق ب

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