Sura 18 Al-Kahf (The Cave), ayah 42
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وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَا أَنْفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّي أَحَدًا
Translation by words
- وَأُحِيطَ
- And were surrounded
- بِثَمَرِهِۦ
- his fruits,
- فَأَصْبَحَ
- so he began
- يُقَلِّبُ
- twisting
- كَفَّيْهِ
- his hands
- عَلَىٰ
- over
- مَآ
- what
- أَنفَقَ
- he (had) spent
- فِيهَا
- on it,
- وَهِىَ
- while it (had)
- خَاوِيَةٌ
- collapsed
- عَلَىٰ
- on
- عُرُوشِهَا
- its trellises,
- وَيَقُولُ
- and he said,
- يَٰلَيْتَنِى
- "Oh! I wish
- لَمْ
- I had not associated
- أُشْرِكْ
- I had not associated
- بِرَبِّىٓ
- with my Lord
- أَحَدًا
- anyone."
And his fruits were encompassed (by ruin), so he began to turn his hands about (in dismay) over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone."
18:42
Translation: Saheeh International