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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 37of 110

قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍۢ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍۢ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلًۭا﴿٣٧

Translation (Sahih International)

His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaSaid
لَهُۥlahuto him
صَاحِبُهُۥṣāḥibuhuhis companion
وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓyuḥāwiruhuwas talking to him
أَكَفَرْتَakafartaDo you disbelieve
بِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhīin One Who
خَلَقَكَkhalaqakacreated you
مِنminfrom
تُرَابٍۢturābindust
ثُمَّthummathen
مِنminfrom
نُّطْفَةٍۢnuṭ'fatina minute quantity of semen
ثُمَّthummathen
سَوَّىٰكَsawwākafashioned you
رَجُلًۭاrajulan(into) a man

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Response of the Poor BelieverAllah tells us how the rich man's believing companion replied to him, warning and rebuking him for his disbelief in Allah and allowing himself to be deceived.أَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ(Do you disbelieve in Him Who created you out of dust...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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