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Surah Al-Kahf Verse 55

Quran 18:55 · The Cave · Meccan · Juz 15

18:55

Arabic

وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ اَنْ يُّؤْمِنُوْٓا اِذْ جَاۤءَهُمُ الْهُدٰى وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوْا رَبَّهُمْ اِلَّآ اَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ اَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا ۝٥٥

Transliteration

Wa mā mana‘an-nāsa ay yu'minū iż jā-ahumul-hudā wa yastaghfirū robbahum illā an ta'tiyahum sunnatul-awwalīna au ya'tiyahumul-‘ażābu qubulā

Meaning

What prevented people from accepting faith, when guidance has come to them, and from seeking their Lord’s forgiveness? Unless they are waiting for the precedent of the ancients to befall them, or to have the punishment come upon them face to face.

Surah Al-Kahf verse 55 (Quran 18:55) is verse 55 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).