Surah Al-Kahf 18:2 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 2 / 110 · Page 293

قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا

Word by Word

قَيِّمًا
qayyiman
Straight
لِّيُنذِرَ
liyundhira
to warn
بَأْسًا
basan
(of) a punishment
شَدِيدًا
shadidan
severe
مِّن
min
from
لَّدُنْهُ
ladun'hu
near Him
وَيُبَشِّرَ
wayubashira
and give glad tidings
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
al-mu'minina
(to) the believers
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
يَعْمَلُونَ
ya'maluna
do
الصَّالِحَاتِ
al-salihati
righteous deeds
أَنَّ
anna
that
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
أَجْرًا
ajran
(is) a good reward
حَسَنًا
hasanan
(is) a good reward

Transliteration

Qaiyimal liyunzira baasan shadeedam mil ladunhu wa yubashshiral mu'mineenal lazeena ya'maloonas saalihaati anna lahum ajran hasanaa

Translation

[He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

But rather He made it straight without any contradiction or discrepancy in it, to frighten those who deny the truth of a severe punishment which awaits them from Allah, and to tell the believers who do good actions what will please them, namely that there is a good reward for them which no other reward compares with.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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