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Surah Al-Kahf Verse 18

Quran 18:18 · The Cave · Meccan · Juz 15

18:18

Arabic

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ اَيْقَاظًا وَّهُمْ رُقُوْدٌ ۖوَّنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمِيْنِ وَذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ ۖوَكَلْبُهُمْ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِالْوَصِيْدِۗ لَوِ اطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارًا وَّلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا ۝١٨

Transliteration

Wa taḥsabuhum aiqōẓow wa hum ruqūd, wa nuqollibuhum żātal-yamīni wa żātasy-syimāl, wa kalbuhum bāsiṭun żirō‘aihi bil-waṣīd, lawiṭ-ṭola‘ta ‘alaihim lawallaita minhum firōrow wa lamuli'ta minhum ru‘bā

Meaning

You would think them awake, although they were asleep. And We turned them over to the right, and to the left, with their dog stretching its paws across the threshold. Had you looked at them, you would have turned away from them in flight, and been filled with fear of them.

Surah Al-Kahf verse 18 (Quran 18:18) is verse 18 of the 110 verses of Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave), a Meccan surah that is number 18 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 15.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).