Sura 18 Al-Kahf (The Cave), ayah 55
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وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا إِذْ جَاءَهُمُ الْهُدَىٰ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ الْأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ قُبُلًا
Translation by words
- وَمَا
- And nothing
- مَنَعَ
- prevents
- ٱلنَّاسَ
- men
- أَن
- that
- يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟
- they believe
- إِذْ
- when
- جَآءَهُمُ
- has come to them
- ٱلْهُدَىٰ
- the guidance
- وَيَسْتَغْفِرُوا۟
- and they ask forgiveness
- رَبَّهُمْ
- (of) their Lord,
- إِلَّآ
- except
- أَن
- that
- تَأْتِيَهُمْ
- comes to them
- سُنَّةُ
- (the) way
- ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
- (of) the former (people)
- أَوْ
- or
- يَأْتِيَهُمُ
- comes to them
- ٱلْعَذَابُ
- the punishment
- قُبُلًا
- before (them)?
And nothing has prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them and from asking forgiveness of their Lord except that there (must) befall them the (accustomed) precedent of the former peoples or that the punishment should come (directly) before them.
18:55
Translation: Saheeh International