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Al-Kahf 16

Ayah 16 of 110 · Meccan

وَإِذِ ٱعۡتَزَلۡتُمُوهُمۡ وَمَا يَعۡبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَأۡوُۥٓاْ إِلَى ٱلۡكَهۡفِ يَنشُرۡ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحۡمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئۡ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَمۡرِكُم مِّرۡفَقٗا ١٦

[The youths said to one another], "And when you have withdrawn from them and that which they worship other than Allāh, retreat to the cave. Your Lord will spread out for you of His mercy and will prepare for you from your affair facility."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذِAnd whenwa-idhi
  2. ٱعۡتَزَلۡتُمُوهُمۡyou withdraw from themiʿ'tazaltumūhum
  3. وَمَاand whatwamā
  4. يَعۡبُدُونَthey worshipyaʿbudūna
  5. إِلَّاexceptillā
  6. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  7. فَأۡوُۥٓاْthen retreatfawū
  8. إِلَىtoilā
  9. ٱلۡكَهۡفِthe cavel-kahfi
  10. يَنشُرۡWill spreadyanshur
  11. لَكُمۡfor youlakum
  12. رَبُّكُمyour Lordrabbukum
  13. مِّنofmin
  14. رَّحۡمَتِهِۦHis Mercyraḥmatihi
  15. وَيُهَيِّئۡand will facilitatewayuhayyi
  16. لَكُمfor youlakum
  17. مِّنۡ[from]min
  18. أَمۡرِكُمyour affairamrikum
  19. مِّرۡفَقٗا(in) easemir'faqan

Tafsir

Now that you have moved away from your people, and have left what they worship instead of Allah, and you have worshipped Allah alone, then take refuge in the cave fleeing to protect your religion. Allah, may He be glorified, will shower His mercy on you to protect you from your enemies, and will make for you an easy means of livelihood that you could benefit from in place of the life that you had when living amongst your people.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran