All praise is for Allah, who has revealed the book to His servant, allowing no crookedness in it.
18:2
Making it perfectly upright. To warn the disbelievers of a severe torment from Him. To give good news to the believers - who do good - that they will have a fine reward.
18:3
In which they will remain forever.
18:4
And to warn those who claim, “Allah has offspring.”
18:5
They have no knowledge of this, nor did their forefathers. What a terrible claim that comes out of their mouths! They say nothing but lies.
18:6
Now, perhaps you ˹O Prophet˺ will grieve yourself to death over their denial, if they ˹continue to˺ disbelieve in this message.
18:7
We have indeed made whatever is on earth as an adornment for it, in order to test which of them is best in deeds.
18:8
And We will certainly reduce whatever is on it to barren ground.
18:9
Have you ˹O Prophet˺ thought that the people of the cave and the plaque1 were ˹the only˺ wonders of Our signs?
18:10
˹Remember˺ when those youths took refuge in the cave, and said, “Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Yourself and guide us rightly through our ordeal.”
18:11
So We caused them to fall into a dead sleep1 in the cave for many years,
18:12
then We raised them so We may show which of the two groups would make a better estimation of the length of their stay.1