Sura 18 Al-Kahf (The Cave), ayah 45
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وَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ مَثَلَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ الرِّيَاحُ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُقْتَدِرًا
Translation by words
- وَٱضْرِبْ
- And present
- لَهُم
- to them
- مَّثَلَ
- the example
- ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
- (of) the life
- ٱلدُّنْيَا
- (of) the world,
- كَمَآءٍ
- like water
- أَنزَلْنَٰهُ
- which We send down
- مِنَ
- from
- ٱلسَّمَآءِ
- the sky,
- فَٱخْتَلَطَ
- then mingles
- بِهِۦ
- with it
- نَبَاتُ
- (the) vegetation
- ٱلْأَرْضِ
- (of) the earth
- فَأَصْبَحَ
- then becomes
- هَشِيمًا
- dry stalks,
- تَذْرُوهُ
- it (is) scattered
- ٱلرِّيَٰحُ
- (by) the winds.
- وَكَانَ
- And Allah
- ٱللَّهُ
- And Allah
- عَلَىٰ
- over
- كُلِّ
- every
- شَىْءٍ
- thing
- مُّقْتَدِرًا
- (is) All Able.
And present to them the example of the life of this world, (its being) like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and (then) it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allah is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.
18:45
Translation: Saheeh International