Surah Al-Kahf, ayah 18
وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظًا وَهُمْ رُقُودٌ ۚ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ ۖ وَكَلْبُهُم بَـٰسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِٱلْوَصِيدِ ۚ لَوِ ٱطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارًا وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا
And you would think them awake, while they were asleep. And We turned them to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. If you had looked at them, you would have turned from them in flight and been filled by them with terror.
Al-Kahf · 18:18
Word by word
- وَتَحْسَبُهُمْwataḥsabuhumAnd you (would) think them
- أَيْقَاظًۭاayqāẓanawake
- وَهُمْwahumwhile they
- رُقُودٌۭ ۚruqūdun(were) asleep
- وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْwanuqallibuhumAnd We turned them
- ذَاتَdhātato
- ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīnithe right
- وَذَاتَwadhātaand to
- ٱلشِّمَالِ ۖl-shimālithe left
- وَكَلْبُهُمwakalbuhumwhile their dog
- بَـٰسِطٌۭbāsiṭunstretched
- ذِرَاعَيْهِdhirāʿayhihis two forelegs
- بِٱلْوَصِيدِ ۚbil-waṣīdiat the entrance
- لَوِlawiIf
- ٱطَّلَعْتَiṭṭalaʿtayou had looked
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimat them
- لَوَلَّيْتَlawallaytayou (would) have surely turned back
- مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
- فِرَارًۭاfirāran(in) flight
- وَلَمُلِئْتَwalamuli'taand surely you would have been filled
- مِنْهُمْmin'humby them
- رُعْبًۭاruʿ'ban(with) terror
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