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Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 18

سورة المدثر، الآية ١٨

74:18 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 576 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 74:18

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ ۝١٨

Transliteration

innahu fakkara waqaddara

Translation

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.¹⁷⁹²

Notes

[1792] About what he would say concerning the Qur’ān and how he might discredit the Prophet (ﷺ).

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Verse 18 of Surah Al-Muddaththir (74:18), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 576 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 18

Al-Mukhtasar

This disbeliever whom I bestowed with those favours thought about what he should say in order to refute the Qur’ān, and planned this within himself.

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Other translations of verse 18

For he reflected and plotted [against the Qur’an]⁶.

Notes

[6] In order to discredit it.

Verily, he thought and plotted.

For lo! he did consider; then he planned -

For he thought and he plotted;-

Surely he reflected and guessed,

Surely he did think and he determined!

Verse 18 word by word

إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed, he
فَكَّرَ fakkara thought ف ك ر
وَقَدَّرَ waqaddara and plotted ق د ر

Verses related to verse 18

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

Al-Isra 17:48
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا۟ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا

Look how they strike for you comparisons; but they have strayed, so they cannot [find] a way.

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