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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 29of 110

وَقُلِ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ ۚ إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا ۚ وَإِن يَسْتَغِيثُوا۟ يُغَاثُوا۟ بِمَآءٍۢ كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَشْوِى ٱلْوُجُوهَ ۚ بِئْسَ ٱلشَّرَابُ وَسَآءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا﴿٢٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقُلِwaquliAnd say
ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaquThe truth
مِنmin(is) from
رَّبِّكُمْ ۖrabbikumyour Lord
فَمَنfamanso whoever
شَآءَshāawills
فَلْيُؤْمِنfalyu'minlet him believe
وَمَنwamanand whoever
شَآءَshāawills
فَلْيَكْفُرْ ۚfalyakfurlet him disbelieve
إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
أَعْتَدْنَاaʿtadnāhave prepared
لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnafor the wrongdoers
نَارًاnārana Fire
أَحَاطَaḥāṭawill surround
بِهِمْbihimthem
سُرَادِقُهَا ۚsurādiquhāits walls
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
يَسْتَغِيثُوا۟yastaghīthūthey call for relief
يُغَاثُوا۟yughāthūthey will be relieved
بِمَآءٍۢbimāinwith water
كَٱلْمُهْلِkal-muh'lilike molten brass
يَشْوِىyashwī(which) scalds
ٱلْوُجُوهَ ۚl-wujūhathe faces
بِئْسَbi'saWretched
ٱلشَّرَابُl-sharābu(is) the drink
وَسَآءَتْwasāatand evil
مُرْتَفَقًاmur'tafaqan(is) the resting place

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Truth is from Allah, and the Punishment of Those Who do not believe in itAllah says to His Messenger Muhammad ﷺ: "Say to the people, `What I have brought to you from your Lord is the truth, in which there is no confusion or doubt."'فَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ(Then whosoever wills, let him believe; and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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