Surah Al-Kahf 18:24 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 24 / 110 · Page 296

ۚ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَى أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّي لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَذَا رَشَدًا

Word by Word

ۚ
إِلَّا
illa
Except
أَن
an
If
يَشَاءَ
yashaa
Allah wills
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah wills
وَاذْكُر
wa-udh'kur
And remember
رَّبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
إِذَا
idha
when
نَسِيتَ
nasita
you forget
وَقُلْ
waqul
and say
عَسَى
asa
Perhaps
أَن
an
[that]
يَهْدِيَنِ
yahdiyani
will guide me
رَبِّي
rabbi
my Lord
لِأَقْرَبَ
li-aqraba
to a nearer (way)
مِنْ
min
than
هَذَا
hadha
this
رَشَدًا
rashadan
right way

Transliteration

Illaaa any yashaaa'al laah; wazkur Rabbaka izaa naseeta wa qul 'asaaa any yahdiyani Rabbee li aqraba min haazaa rashadaa

Translation

Except [when adding], "If Allah wills." And remember your Lord when you forget [it] and say, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Unless you suspend doing so on Allah’s will by saying: I will do it - if Allah wills - tomorrow. Remember your Lord by saying: “If Allah wills” - if you forget to say it - and say: I have hope that my Lord will guide me to something closer than this in guidance and success.

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

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