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Al-Kahf 14

Ayah 14 of 110 · Meccan

وَرَبَطۡنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ إِذۡ قَامُواْ فَقَالُواْ رَبُّنَا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ لَن نَّدۡعُوَاْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَٰهٗاۖ لَّقَدۡ قُلۡنَآ إِذٗا شَطَطًا ١٤

And We bound [i.e., made firm] their hearts when they stood up and said, "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Never will we invoke besides Him any deity. We would have certainly spoken, then, an excessive transgression.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَرَبَطۡنَاAnd We made firmwarabaṭnā
  2. عَلَىٰ[on]ʿalā
  3. قُلُوبِهِمۡtheir heartsqulūbihim
  4. إِذۡwhenidh
  5. قَامُواْthey stood upqāmū
  6. فَقَالُواْand saidfaqālū
  7. رَبُّنَاOur Lordrabbunā
  8. رَبُّ(is) the Lordrabbu
  9. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ(of) the heavensl-samāwāti
  10. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِand the earthwal-arḍi
  11. لَنNeverlan
  12. نَّدۡعُوَاْwe will invokenadʿuwā
  13. مِنbesides Himmin
  14. دُونِهِۦٓbesides Himdūnihi
  15. إِلَٰهٗاۖany godilāhan
  16. لَّقَدۡCertainlylaqad
  17. قُلۡنَآwe would have saidqul'nā
  18. إِذٗاthenidhan
  19. شَطَطًاan enormityshaṭaṭan

Tafsir

And I strengthened their hearts with faith and firmness on it, and to be patient in leaving one’s homeland for its sake, when they stood to proclaim their faith in Allah alone in front of the disbelieving king, and they said: The Lord I believe in and worship is the Lord of the heavens and earth. I will never worship the gods you have falsely claimed besides Him. I will have said an unjust and far-off statement if I worship others besides Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran