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Al-Kahf 96

Ayah 96 of 110 · Meccan

ءَاتُونِي زُبَرَ ٱلۡحَدِيدِۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيۡنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيۡنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُواْۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَعَلَهُۥ نَارٗا قَالَ ءَاتُونِيٓ أُفۡرِغۡ عَلَيۡهِ قِطۡرٗا ٩٦

Bring me bars of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ءَاتُونِيBring meātūnī
  2. زُبَرَsheetszubara
  3. ٱلۡحَدِيدِۖ(of) ironl-ḥadīdi
  4. حَتَّىٰٓuntilḥattā
  5. إِذَاwhenidhā
  6. سَاوَىٰhe (had) leveledsāwā
  7. بَيۡنَbetweenbayna
  8. ٱلصَّدَفَيۡنِthe two cliffsl-ṣadafayni
  9. قَالَhe saidqāla
  10. ٱنفُخُواْۖBlowunfukhū
  11. حَتَّىٰٓuntilḥattā
  12. إِذَاwhenidhā
  13. جَعَلَهُۥhe made itjaʿalahu
  14. نَارٗاfirenāran
  15. قَالَhe saidqāla
  16. ءَاتُونِيٓBring meātūnī
  17. أُفۡرِغۡI pouruf'righ
  18. عَلَيۡهِover itʿalayhi
  19. قِطۡرٗاmolten copperqiṭ'ran

Tafsir

Bring pieces of iron”. They brought them to him, so he began building with them between the two mountains, until when he had made them level with his building, he said to the workers: “Light these pieces”, until when the iron pieces turned red, he said: “Bring copper to pour on top of it”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran