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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 42of 110

وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًۭا﴿٤٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And his fruits were encompassed [by ruin], so he began to turn his hands about [in dismay] over what he had spent on it, while it had collapsed upon its trellises, and said, "Oh, I wish I had not associated with my Lord anyone."

Word-by-word meaning

وَأُحِيطَwa-uḥīṭaAnd were surrounded
بِثَمَرِهِۦbithamarihihis fruits
فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥaso he began
يُقَلِّبُyuqallibutwisting
كَفَّيْهِkaffayhihis hands
عَلَىٰʿalāover
مَآwhat
أَنفَقَanfaqahe (had) spent
فِيهَاfīhāon it
وَهِىَwahiyawhile it (had)
خَاوِيَةٌkhāwiyatuncollapsed
عَلَىٰʿalāon
عُرُوشِهَاʿurūshihāits trellises
وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand he said
يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīOh! I wish
لَمْlamI had not associated
أُشْرِكْush'rikI had not associated
بِرَبِّىٓbirabbīwith my Lord
أَحَدًۭاaḥadananyone

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Evil Results of KufrAllah says:وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ(So his fruits were encircled), meaning his wealth, or according to the other opinion, his crops. What is meant is that what this disbeliever was afraid of and what the believer had terrified him actually had happened. A storm struck his garden, a garden which he had erroneously thought would last forever, distracting him from thoughts of Allah, may He be glorified.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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