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 Surah Al-Kahf 18:45-49 [6/12] ↕
  
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وَٱضْرِبْAnd present
لَهُمto them
مَّثَلَthe example
ٱلْحَيَوٲةِ(of) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا(of) the world,
كَمَآءٍlike water
أَنزَلْنَـٰهُwhich We send down
مِنَfrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِthe sky,
فَٱخْتَلَطَthen mingles
بِهِۦwith it
نَبَاتُ(the) vegetation
ٱلْأَرْضِ(of) the earth
فَأَصْبَحَthen becomes
هَشِيمًاdry stalks,
تَذْرُوهُit (is) scattered
ٱلرِّيَـٰحُ‌ۗ(by) the winds.
وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُAnd Allah
عَلَىٰover
كُلِّevery
شَىْءٍthing
مُّقْتَدِرًا(is) All Able.
﴿٤٥﴾
ٱلْمَالُThe wealth
وَٱلْبَنُونَand children
زِينَةُ(are) adornment
ٱلْحَيَوٲةِ(of) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا‌ۖ(of) the world.
وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُBut the enduring
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُgood deeds
خَيْرٌ(are) better
عِندَnear
رَبِّكَyour Lord
ثَوَابًا(for) reward
وَخَيْرٌand better
أَمَلاً(for) hope.
﴿٤٦﴾
وَيَوْمَAnd the Day
نُسَيِّرُWe will cause (to) move
ٱلْجِبَالَthe mountains
وَتَرَىand you will see
ٱلْأَرْضَthe earth
بَارِزَةً(as) a leveled plain
وَحَشَرْنَـٰهُمْand We will gather them
فَلَمْand not
نُغَادِرْWe will leave behind
مِنْهُمْfrom them
أَحَدًاanyone.
﴿٤٧﴾
وَعُرِضُواْAnd they will be presented
عَلَىٰbefore
رَبِّكَyour Lord
صَفًّا(in) rows,
لَّقَدْ"Certainly,
جِئْتُمُونَاyou have come to Us
كَمَاas
خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْWe created you
أَوَّلَthe first
مَرَّةِۭ‌ۚtime.
بَلْNay,
زَعَمْتُمْyou claimed
أَلَّنthat not
نَّجْعَلَWe made
لَكُمfor you
مَّوْعِدًاan appointment."
﴿٤٨﴾
وَوُضِعَAnd (will) be placed
ٱلْكِتَـٰبُthe Book
فَتَرَىand you will see
ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَthe criminals
مُشْفِقِينَfearful
مِمَّاof what
فِيهِ(is) in it,
وَيَقُولُونَand they will say,
يَـٰوَيْلَتَنَا"Oh, woe to us!
مَالِWhat (is) for
هَـٰذَاthis
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ[the] Book,
لَاnot
يُغَادِرُleaves
صَغِيرَةًa small
وَلَاand not
كَبِيرَةًa great
إِلَّآexcept
أَحْصَـٰهَا‌ۚhas enumerated it?"
وَوَجَدُواْAnd they will find
مَاwhat
عَمِلُواْthey did
حَاضِرًا‌ۗpresented.
وَلَاAnd not
يَظْلِمُdeals unjustly
رَبُّكَyour Lord
أَحَدًا(with) anyone.
﴿٤٩﴾

وَاضۡرِبۡ لَهُمۡ مَّثَلَ الۡحَيٰوةِ الدُّنۡيَا كَمَآءٍ اَنۡزَلۡنٰهُ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ فَاخۡتَلَطَ بِهٖ نَبَاتُ الۡاَرۡضِ فَاَصۡبَحَ هَشِيۡمًا تَذۡرُوۡهُ الرِّيٰحُ​ ؕ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ مُّقۡتَدِرًا‏  اَلۡمَالُ وَ الۡبَـنُوۡنَ زِيۡنَةُ الۡحَيٰوةِ الدُّنۡيَا​ ۚ وَالۡبٰقِيٰتُ الصّٰلِحٰتُ خَيۡرٌ عِنۡدَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَّخَيۡرٌ اَمَلًا‏  وَيَوۡمَ نُسَيِّرُ الۡجِبَالَ و تَرَى الۡاَرۡضَ بَارِزَةً  ۙ وَّحَشَرۡنٰهُمۡ فَلَمۡ نُغَادِرۡ مِنۡهُمۡ اَحَدًا​ ۚ‏  وَعُرِضُوۡا عَلٰى رَبِّكَ صَفًّا ؕ لَقَدۡ جِئۡتُمُوۡنَا كَمَا خَلَقۡنٰكُمۡ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۢ  بَلۡ زَعَمۡتُمۡ اَ لَّنۡ نَّجۡعَلَ لَـكُمۡ مَّوۡعِدًا‏  وَوُضِعَ الۡكِتٰبُ فَتَرَى الۡمُجۡرِمِيۡنَ مُشۡفِقِيۡنَ مِمَّا فِيۡهِ وَ يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ يٰوَيۡلَـتَـنَا مَالِ هٰذَا الۡـكِتٰبِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيۡرَةً وَّلَا كَبِيۡرَةً اِلَّاۤ اَحۡصٰٮهَا​ ۚ وَوَجَدُوۡا مَا عَمِلُوۡا حَاضِرًا​ ؕ وَ لَا يَظۡلِمُ رَبُّكَ اَحَدًا‏ 
Translation
(18:45) (O Prophet), propound to them the parable of the present life: it is like the vegetation of the earth which flourished luxuriantly when it mingled with the water that We sent down from the sky, but after that the same vegetation turned into stubble which the winds blew about. Allah alone has the power over all things.41 (18:46) Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of the world. But the deeds of lasting righteousness are the best in the sight of your Lord in reward, and far better a source of hope. (18:47) Bear in mind the Day when We shall set the mountains in motion42 and you will find the earth void and bare.43 On that Day We shall muster all men together, leaving none of them behind.44 (18:48) They shall be brought before your Lord, all lined up, and shall be told: "Now, indeed, you have come before Us in the manner We created you in the first instance,45 although you thought that We shall not appoint a tryst (with Us)." (18:49) And then the Record of their deeds shall be placed before them and you will see the guilty full of fear for what it contains, and will say: "Woe to us! What a Record this is! It leaves nothing, big or small, but encompasses it." They will find their deeds confronting them. Your Lord wrongs no one.46
Commentary

41. Allah has power over everything. He gives life and also death, He causes the rise and the downfall. It is by His command that the seasons change. Therefore, O disbelievers, if you are enjoying prosperity today, you should be under no delusion that this condition will remain forever. That God, by Whose command these things have been bestowed on you, has the power to snatch away all this by another command.

42. The mountains will begin to move about like clouds when the gravitation of the earth shall be brought to an end. The Quran has described the same thing in( Surah An- Namal, Ayat 88 )in this way: When you see the mountains, you consider them to be firmly fixed, but they shall be floating about like clouds at that time.

43. “You will see the earth as a leveled plain”: You will find no vegetation and no building on it and it will become a barren plain. It is the same thing that has been stated in (Ayat 8) of this chapter.

44. That is, We will muster together every human being from the first man, Adam, to the last one born in the last moment of the Day of Resurrection: even that child which had breathed the first breath after its birth, shall be resurrected and all shall be mustered at one and the same tune.

45. This thing will be addressed to those who denied the Hereafter, as if to say: Well, now you see that the information given by the Prophets has come out to be true. They told you that Allah would bring you to life again as He first brought you out from the wombs of your mothers but you disbelieved in it. Now say whether you have been brought to life for the second time or not.

46. “And your Lord does not do injustice to anyone”: Neither will an evil deed, not committed by someone, have been recorded in his conduct register, nor shall anyone be punished more than one deserved for his crime, nor shall an innocent person be punished at all.