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18. Surah Al-Kahf

The Cave

Read and listen to the full Surah Al-Kahf (Chapter 18), consisting of 110 verses. Revealed in Mecca (Juz 15), it includes complete Arabic text with diacritics, translations, tafsirs, word-by-word meaning, and audio by Maher Al-Muaiqly, Abdul Basit and other reciters.

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In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
18:98
قال هاذا رحمة من ربي فاذا جاء وعد ربي جعله دكاء وكان وعد ربي حقا ٩٨
قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَحْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى جَعَلَهُۥ دَكَّآءَ ۖ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّى حَقًّۭا ٩٨
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[Dhul-Qarnayn] said, "This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my Lord1 comes [i.e., approaches], He will make it level, and ever is the promise of my Lord true."
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18:99
۞ وتركنا بعضهم يوميذ يموج في بعض ونفخ في الصور فجمعناهم جمعا ٩٩
۞ وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَمُوجُ فِى بَعْضٍۢ ۖ وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَـٰهُمْ جَمْعًۭا ٩٩
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And We will leave them that day1 surging over each other, and [then] the Horn will be blown, and We will assemble them in [one] assembly.
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18:100
وعرضنا جهنم يوميذ للكافرين عرضا ١٠٠
وَعَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَرْضًا ١٠٠
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And We will present Hell that Day to the disbelievers, on display -
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18:101
الذين كانت اعينهم في غطاء عن ذكري وكانوا لا يستطيعون سمعا ١٠١
ٱلَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِى غِطَآءٍ عَن ذِكْرِى وَكَانُوا۟ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا ١٠١
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Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance,1 and they were not able to hear.2
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18:102
افحسب الذين كفروا ان يتخذوا عبادي من دوني اولياء انا اعتدنا جهنم للكافرين نزلا ١٠٢
أَفَحَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَن يَتَّخِذُوا۟ عِبَادِى مِن دُونِىٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ ۚ إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ نُزُلًۭا ١٠٢
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Then do those who disbelieve think that they can take My servants instead of Me as allies? Indeed, We have prepared Hell for the disbelievers as a lodging.
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18:103
قل هل ننبيكم بالاخسرين اعمالا ١٠٣
قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ أَعْمَـٰلًا ١٠٣
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Say, [O Muḥammad], "Shall we [believers] inform you of the greatest losers as to [their] deeds?
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18:104
الذين ضل سعيهم في الحياة الدنيا وهم يحسبون انهم يحسنون صنعا ١٠٤
ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا ١٠٤
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[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."
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18:105
اولايك الذين كفروا بايات ربهم ولقايه فحبطت اعمالهم فلا نقيم لهم يوم القيامة وزنا ١٠٥
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَلِقَآئِهِۦ فَحَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ فَلَا نُقِيمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ وَزْنًۭا ١٠٥
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Those are the ones who disbelieve in the verses of their Lord and in [their] meeting Him, so their deeds have become worthless; and We will not assign to them on the Day of Resurrection any weight [i.e., importance].
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18:106
ذالك جزاوهم جهنم بما كفروا واتخذوا اياتي ورسلي هزوا ١٠٦
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَـٰتِى وَرُسُلِى هُزُوًا ١٠٦
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That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.
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18:107
ان الذين امنوا وعملوا الصالحات كانت لهم جنات الفردوس نزلا ١٠٧
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتُ ٱلْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلًا ١٠٧
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Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - they will have the Gardens of Paradise1 as a lodging,
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