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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 2of 110

قَيِّمًۭا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًۭا شَدِيدًۭا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًۭا﴿٢

Translation (Sahih International)

[He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward

Word-by-word meaning

قَيِّمًۭاqayyimanStraight
لِّيُنذِرَliyundhirato warn
بَأْسًۭاbasan(of) a punishment
شَدِيدًۭاshadīdansevere
مِّنminfrom
لَّدُنْهُladun'hunear Him
وَيُبَشِّرَwayubashiraand give glad tidings
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(to) the believers
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deeds
أَنَّannathat
لَهُمْlahumfor them
أَجْرًاajran(is) a good reward
حَسَنًۭاḥasanan(is) a good reward

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahWhat has been mentioned about the Virtues of this Surah and the first and last ten AyatImam Ahmad recorded that Al-Bara' said: "A man recited Al-Kahf and there was an animal in the house which began acting in a nervous manner. He looked, and saw a fog or cloud overhead.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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