Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 18

Meaning of Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 18

Watahsabuhum ayqathanwahum ruqoodun wanuqallibuhum thata alyameeni wathataashshimali wakalbuhum basitun thiraAAayhibilwaseedi lawi ittalaAAta AAalayhimlawallayta minhum firaran walamuli/ta minhum ruAAba

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1. وَتَحْسَبُهُمْwataḥsabuhumAnd you (would) think them
2. أَيْقَاظًۭاayqāẓanawake
3. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
4. رُقُودٌۭ ۚruqūdun(were) asleep
5. وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْwanuqallibuhumAnd We turned them
6. ذَاتَdhātato
7. ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe right
8. وَذَاتَwadhātaand to
9. ٱلشِّمَالِ ۖl-shimālithe left
10. وَكَلْبُهُمwakalbuhumwhile their dog
11. بَـٰسِطٌۭbāsiṭunstretched
12. ذِرَاعَيْهِdhirāʿayhihis two forelegs
13. بِٱلْوَصِيدِ ۚbil-waṣīdiat the entrance
14. لَوِlawiIf
15. ٱطَّلَعْتَiṭṭalaʿtayou had looked
16. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimat them
17. لَوَلَّيْتَlawallaytayou (would) have surely turned back
18. مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
19. فِرَارًۭاfirāran(in) flight
20. وَلَمُلِئْتَwalamuli'taand surely you would have been filled
21. مِنْهُمْmin'humby them
22. رُعْبًۭاruʿ'ban(with) terror