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Al-Kahf 40

Ayah 40 of 110 · Meccan

فَعَسَىٰ رَبِّيٓ أَن يُؤۡتِيَنِ خَيۡرٗا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهَا حُسۡبَانٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتُصۡبِحَ صَعِيدٗا زَلَقًا ٤٠

It may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a [disastrous] penalty from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground,

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَعَسَىٰIt may befaʿasā
  2. رَبِّيٓthat my Lordrabbī
  3. أَنthat my Lordan
  4. يُؤۡتِيَنِwill give meyu'tiyani
  5. خَيۡرٗاbetterkhayran
  6. مِّنthanmin
  7. جَنَّتِكَyour gardenjannatika
  8. وَيُرۡسِلَand will sendwayur'sila
  9. عَلَيۡهَاupon itʿalayhā
  10. حُسۡبَانٗاa calamityḥus'bānan
  11. مِّنَfrommina
  12. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāi
  13. فَتُصۡبِحَthen it will becomefatuṣ'biḥa
  14. صَعِيدٗاgroundṣaʿīdan
  15. زَلَقًاslipperyzalaqan

Tafsir

I anticipate that Allah will give me something better than your garden and that He will send on your garden a punishment from the sky, making it a barren piece of land on which feet will slip due to its being so smooth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran