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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 13of 110

نَّحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَٰهُمْ هُدًۭى﴿١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

It is We who relate to you, [O Muhammad], their story in truth. Indeed, they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.

Word-by-word meaning

نَّحْنُnaḥnuWe
نَقُصُّnaquṣṣunarrate
عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
نَبَأَهُمnaba-ahumtheir story
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqiin truth
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they (were)
فِتْيَةٌfit'yatunyouths
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūwho believed
بِرَبِّهِمْbirabbihimin their Lord
وَزِدْنَـٰهُمْwazid'nāhumand We increased them
هُدًۭىhudan(in) guidance

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Their Belief in Allah and their Retreat from their PeopleFrom here Allah begins to explain the story in detail. He states that they were boys or young men, and that they were more accepting of the truth and more guided than the elders who had become stubbornly set in their ways and clung to the religion of falsehood. For the same reason, most of those who responded to Allah and His Messenger were young people.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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