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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 14of 110

وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا۟ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَن نَّدْعُوَا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَٰهًۭا ۖ لَّقَدْ قُلْنَآ إِذًۭا شَطَطًا﴿١٤

Translation (Sahih International)

And We made firm their hearts when they stood up and said, "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Never will we invoke besides Him any deity. We would have certainly spoken, then, an excessive transgression.

Word-by-word meaning

وَرَبَطْنَاwarabaṭnāAnd We made firm
عَلَىٰʿalā[on]
قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
إِذْidhwhen
قَامُوا۟qāmūthey stood up
فَقَالُوا۟faqālūand said
رَبُّنَاrabbunāOur Lord
رَبُّrabbu(is) the Lord
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
لَنlanNever
نَّدْعُوَا۟nadʿuwāwe will invoke
مِنminbesides Him
دُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Him
إِلَـٰهًۭا ۖilāhanany god
لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
قُلْنَآqul'nāwe would have said
إِذًۭاidhanthen
شَطَطًاshaṭaṭanan enormity

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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