Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 21

Meaning of Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 21

Wakathalika aAAtharnaAAalayhim liyaAAlamoo anna waAAda Allahi haqqunwaanna asaAAata la rayba feeha ithyatanazaAAoona baynahum amrahum faqaloo ibnooAAalayhim bunyanan rabbuhum aAAlamu bihim qala allatheenaghalaboo AAala amrihim lanattakhithanna AAalayhimmasjida

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1. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd similarly
2. أَعْثَرْنَاaʿtharnāWe made known
3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimabout them
4. لِيَعْلَمُوٓا۟liyaʿlamūthat they might know
5. أَنَّannathat
6. وَعْدَwaʿda(the) Promise
7. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
8. حَقٌّۭḥaqqun(is) true
9. وَأَنَّwa-annaand that
10. ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿata(about) the Hour
11. لَاlā(there is) no
12. رَيْبَraybadoubt
13. فِيهَآfīhāin it
14. إِذْidhWhen
15. يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَyatanāzaʿūnathey disputed
16. بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumamong themselves
17. أَمْرَهُمْ ۖamrahumabout their affair
18. فَقَالُوا۟faqālūand they said
19. ٱبْنُوا۟ib'nūConstruct
20. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover them
21. بُنْيَـٰنًۭا ۖbun'yānana structure
22. رَّبُّهُمْrabbuhumTheir Lord
23. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
24. بِهِمْ ۚbihimabout them
25. قَالَqālaSaid
26. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
27. غَلَبُوا۟ghalabūprevailed
28. عَلَىٰٓʿalāin
29. أَمْرِهِمْamrihimtheir matter
30. لَنَتَّخِذَنَّlanattakhidhannaSurely we will take
31. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimover them
32. مَّسْجِدًۭاmasjidana place of worship