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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 16of 110

وَإِذِ ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَأْوُۥٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقًۭا﴿١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

[The youths said to one another], "And when you have withdrawn from them and that which they worship other than Allah, retreat to the cave. Your Lord will spread out for you of His mercy and will prepare for you from your affair facility."

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذِwa-idhiAnd when
ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْiʿ'tazaltumūhumyou withdraw from them
وَمَاwamāand what
يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūnathey worship
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
فَأْوُۥٓا۟fawūthen retreat
إِلَىilāto
ٱلْكَهْفِl-kahfithe cave
يَنشُرْyanshurWill spread
لَكُمْlakumfor you
رَبُّكُمrabbukumyour Lord
مِّنminof
رَّحْمَتِهِۦraḥmatihiHis Mercy
وَيُهَيِّئْwayuhayyiand will facilitate
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنْmin[from]
أَمْرِكُمamrikumyour affair
مِّرْفَقًۭاmir'faqan(in) ease

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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