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Sura Xviii. Kahf, Or The Cave. Section 5

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Xviii.: Kahf, Or The Cave.

Section 5

32.
WaIdrib lahum mathalan rajulayni jaAAalna li-ahadihima jannatayni min aAAnabin wahafafnahuma binakhlin wajaAAalna baynahuma zarAAaN

32. Set forth to them

The parable of two men:


For one of them We provided

Two gardens of grape-vines

And surrounded them

With date palms;

In between the two

We placed corn-fields.

33.
Kilta aljannatayni atat okulaha walam ta"th"lim minhu shay-an wafajjarna khilalahuma naharaN

33.
Each of those gardens

Brought forth its produce,

And failed not in the least

Therein: in the midst

Of them We caused

A river to flow.

34.
Wakana lahu thamarun faqala lisahibihi wahuwa yuhawiruhu ana aktharu minka malan waaAAazzu nafaraN

34.
(Abundant) was the produce

This man had: he said

To his companion, in the course

Of a mutual argument:


"More wealth have I

Than you, and more honour

And power in (my following

Of
) men.
"

35. Wadakhala jannatahu wahuwa "th"alimun linafsihi qala ma a"th"unnu an tabeeda hathihi abadaN

35.
He went into his garden

In a state (of mind)

Unjust to his soul:


He said, "I deem not

That this will ever perish,

36.
Wama a"th"unnu aLssaAAata qa-imatan wala-in rudidtu ila rabbee laajidanna khayran minha munqalabaN

36.
\"Nor do I deem

That the Hour (of Judgment)

Will (ever) come:


Even if I am brought back

To my Lord, I shall

Surely find (there)

Something better in exchange."

37. Qala lahu sahibuhu wahuwa yuhawiruhu akafarta biAllathee khalaqaka min turabin thumma min nutfatin thumma sawwaka rajulaN

37.
His companion said to him,

In the course of the argument

With him: "Dost thou deny

Him Who created thee

Out of dust, then out of

A sperm-drop, then fashioned

Thee into a man?

38.
Lakinna huwa Allahu rabbee wala oshriku birabbee ahadaN

38.
\"But (I think) for my part

That He is God,

My Lord, and none shall I

Associate with my Lord.

39.
Walawla ith dakhalta jannataka qulta ma shaa Allahu la quwwata illa biAllahi in tarani ana aqalla minka malan wawaladaN

39.
\"Why didst thou not,

As thou wentest into

Thy garden, say, "God's Will

(Be done)! There is no power

But with God!
" If thou

Dost see me less than

Thee in wealth and sons,

40.
FaAAasa rabbee an yu/tiyani khayran min jannatika wayursila AAalayha husbanan mina aLssama-i fatusbiha saAAeedan zalaqaN

40.
\"It may be that my Lord

Will give me something

Better than thy garden,

And that He will send

On thy garden thunderbolts

(By way of reckoning)

From heaven, making it

(But) slippery sand!--

41.
Aw yusbiha maoha ghawran falan tastateeAAa lahu talabaN

41.
\"Or the water of the garden

Will run off underground

So that thou wilt never

Be able to find it."

42. Waoheeta bithamarihi faasbaha yuqallibu kaffayhi AAala ma anfaqa feeha wahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshiha wayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oshrik birabbee ahadaN

42.
So his fruits (and enjoyment)

Were encompassed (with ruin),

And he remained twisting

And turning his hands

Over what he had spent

On his property, which had

(Now) tumbled to pieces

To its very foundations,

And he could only say,

"Woe is me! Would I had

Never ascribed partners

To my Lord and Cherisher!
"

43. Walam takun lahu fi-atun yansuroonahu min dooni Allahi wama kana muntasiraN

43.
Nor had he numbers

To help him against God,

Nor was he able

To deliver himself.

44.
Hunalika alwalayatu lillahi alhaqqi huwa khayrun thawaban wakhayrun AAuqbaN

44.
There, the (only) protection comes

From God, the True One.

He is the Best to reward,

And the Best to give success.
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