{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/01805.htm","path":"isl/quran/01805.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/01805.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n32. Waidrib lahum mathalan rajulayni jaAAalna li-ahadihima jannatayni min aAAnabin wahafafnahuma binakhlin wajaAAalna baynahuma zarAAan\n32. Set forth to them\n The parable of two men:\n For one of them We provided\n Two gardens of grape-vines\n And surrounded them\n With date palms;\n In between the two\n We placed corn-fields.\n33. Kilta aljannatayni atat okulaha walam tathlim minhu shay-an wafajjarna khilalahuma naharan\n33. Each of those gardens\n Brought forth its produce,\n And failed not in the least\n Therein: in the midst\n Of them We caused\n A river to flow.\n34. Wakana lahu thamarun faqala lisahibihi wahuwa yuhawiruhu ana aktharu minka malan waaAAazzu nafaran\n34. (Abundant) was the produce\n This man had: he said\n To his companion, in the course\n Of a mutual argument:\n \"More wealth have I\n Than you, and more honour\n And power in (my following\n Of) men.\"\n35. Wadakhala jannatahu wahuwa thalimun linafsihi qala ma athunnu an tabeeda hathihi abadan\n35. He went into his garden\n In a state (of mind)\n Unjust to his soul:\n He said, \"I deem not\n That this will ever perish,\n36. Wama athunnu alssaAAata qa-imatan wala-in rudidtu ila rabbee laajidanna khayran minha munqalaban\n36. \"Nor do I deem\n That the Hour (of Judgment)\n Will (ever) come:\n Even if I am brought back\n To my Lord, I shall\n Surely find (there)\n Something better in exchange.\"\n37. Qala lahu sahibuhu wahuwa yuhawiruhu akafarta biallathee khalaqaka min turabin thumma min nutfatin thumma sawwaka rajulan\n37. His companion said to him,\n In the course of the argument\n With him: \"Dost thou deny\n Him Who created thee\n Out of dust, then out of\n A sperm-drop, then fashioned\n Thee into a man?\n38. Lakinna huwa Allahu rabbee wala oshriku birabbee ahadan\n38. \"But (I think) for my part\n That He is God,\n My Lord, and none shall I\n Associate with my Lord.\n39. Walawla ith dakhalta jannataka qulta ma shaa Allahu la quwwata illa biAllahi in tarani ana aqalla minka malan wawaladan\n39. \"Why didst thou not,\n As thou wentest into\n Thy garden, say, \"God's Will\n (Be done)! There is no power\n But with God!\" If thou\nDost see me less than\n Thee in wealth and sons,\n40. FaAAasa rabbee an yu/tiyani khayran min jannatika wayursila AAalayha husbanan mina alssama-i fatusbiha saAAeedan zalaqan\n40. \"It may be that my Lord\n Will give me something\n Better than thy garden,\n And that He will send\n On thy garden thunderbolts\n (By way of reckoning)\n From heaven, making it\n (But) slippery sand!\u2014\n41. Aw yusbiha maoha ghawran falan tastateeAAa lahu talaban\n41. \"Or the water of the garden\n Will run off underground\n So that thou wilt never\n Be able to find it.\"\n42. Waoheeta bithamarihi faasbaha yuqallibu kaffayhi AAala ma anfaqa feeha wahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshiha wayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oshrik birabbee ahadan\n42. So his fruits (and enjoyment)\n Were encompassed (with ruin),\n And he remained twisting\n And turning his hands\n Over what he had spent\n On his property, which had\n (Now) tumbled to pieces\n To its very foundations,\n And he could only say,\n \"Woe is me! Would I had\n Never ascribed partners\n To my Lord and Cherisher!\"\n43. Walam takun lahu fi-atun yansuroonahu min dooni Allahi wama kana muntasiran\n43. Nor had he numbers\n To help him against God,\n Nor was he able\n To deliver himself.\n44. Hunalika alwalayatu lillahi alhaqqi huwa khayrun thawaban wakhayrun AAuqban\n44. There, the (only) protection comes\n From God, the True One.\n He is the Best to reward,\n And the Best to give success.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XVIII.: Kahf, or the Cave.: Section 5 (32-44)","type":"page"}