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Al-Kahf 9

Ayah 9 of 110 · Meccan

أَمۡ حَسِبۡتَ أَنَّ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡكَهۡفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُواْ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا عَجَبًا ٩

Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Rather, it is only one of the many wonders of Allāh.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمۡOram
  2. حَسِبۡتَhave you thoughtḥasib'ta
  3. أَنَّthatanna
  4. أَصۡحَٰبَ(the) companionsaṣḥāba
  5. ٱلۡكَهۡفِ(of) the cavel-kahfi
  6. وَٱلرَّقِيمِand the inscriptionwal-raqīmi
  7. كَانُواْwerekānū
  8. مِنۡamongmin
  9. ءَايَٰتِنَاOur Signsāyātinā
  10. عَجَبًاa wonderʿajaban

Tafsir

Do not think, O Messenger, that the story of the people of the cave and the tablet on which their names were written are from our amazing signs. In fact, other signs such as creating the heavens and earth are more amazing.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran