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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 98

سورة الكهف، الآية ٩٨

18:98 Juz 16 Hizb 31 Page 304 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:98

قَالَ هَٰذَا رَحْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّى فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى جَعَلَهُۥ دَكَّآءَ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى حَقًّا ۝٩٨

Transliteration

qāla hādhā raḥmatun min rabbī fa-idhā jāa waʿdu rabbī jaʿalahu dakkāa wakāna waʿdu rabbī ḥaqqan

Translation

[Dhul-Qarnayn] said, "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord799 comes [i.e., approaches], He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true."

Notes

[799] i.e., the Hour of Resurrection.

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Verse 98 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:98), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 304 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 98

Al-Mukhtasar

Dhu’l-Qarnayn said: “This barrier is a mercy from my Lord. It will come between Gog and Magog and causing corruption on earth, and it will stop them from it. Then when the time which Allah has appointed for their release comes before the Final Hour, He will level it to the ground. And the promise of Allah to level it to the ground and to release Gog and Magog is established and will not be broken”.

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Other translations of verse 98

He said, “This is a mercy from my Lord. But when the promise of my Lord comes to pass49, He will raze it to the ground. The promise of my Lord is ever true.”

Notes

[49] Before the Day of Judgment.

(Dhul-Qarnain) said: "This is a mercy from my Lord, but when the Promise of my Lord comes, He shall level it down to the ground. And the Promise of my Lord is ever true."

He said: This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord cometh to pass, He will lay it low, for the promise of my Lord is true.

He said: "This is a mercy from my Lord: But when the promise of my Lord comes to pass, He will make it into dust; and the promise of my Lord is true."

He said: This is a mercy from my Lord, but when the promise of my Lord comes to pass He will make it level with the ground, and the promise of my Lord is ever true.

He said, "This is a mercy from my Lord. Then when the promise of my Lord comes, He will make it pounded (into dust); and the promise of my Lord has (always) been true."

Verse 98 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. هَٰذَا hādhā This
  3. رَحْمَةٌ raḥmatun (is) a mercy ر ح م
  4. مِّن min from
  5. رَّبِّى rabbī my Lord ر ب ب
  6. فَإِذَا fa-idhā But when
  7. جَآءَ jāa comes ج ي أ
  8. وَعْدُ waʿdu (the) Promise و ع د
  9. رَبِّى rabbī (of) my Lord ر ب ب
  10. جَعَلَهُۥ jaʿalahu He will make it ج ع ل
  11. دَكَّآءَ dakkāa level د ك ك
  12. وَكَانَ wakāna And is ك و ن
  13. وَعْدُ waʿdu (the) Promise و ع د
  14. رَبِّى rabbī (of) my Lord ر ب ب
  15. حَقًّا ḥaqqan true ح ق ق

Verses related to verse 98

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-A’raf 7:143

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِيقَٰتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِىٓ أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَن تَرَىٰنِى وَلَٰكِنِ ٱنظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُۥ فَسَوْفَ تَرَىٰنِى فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُۥ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُۥ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقًا فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You." [Allāh] said, "You will not see Me, but look at the mountain; if it should remain in place, then you will see Me." But when his Lord appeared to the mountain, He rendered it level, and Moses fell unconscious. And when he awoke, he said, "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first [among my people] of the believers."

  • Al-Waqi’ah 56:49–50

    قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ …

    Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, the former and later peoples …

  • Al-Kahf 18:47

    وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا

    And [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth exposed, and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.

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