Surah Al-Kahf 18:37 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 37 / 110 · Page 298

قَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُ أَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّاكَ رَجُلًا

Word by Word

قَالَ
qala
Said
لَهُ
lahu
to him
صَاحِبُهُ
sahibuhu
his companion
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while he
يُحَاوِرُهُ
yuhawiruhu
was talking to him
أَكَفَرْتَ
akafarta
Do you disbelieve
بِالَّذِي
bi-alladhi
in One Who
خَلَقَكَ
khalaqaka
created you
مِن
min
from
تُرَابٍ
turabin
dust
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
مِن
min
from
نُّطْفَةٍ
nut'fatin
a minute quantity of semen
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
سَوَّاكَ
sawwaka
fashioned you
رَجُلًا
rajulan
(into) a man

Transliteration

Qaala lahoo saahibuhoo wa huwa yuhaawiruhooo akafarta billazee khalaqaka min turaabin summa min nutfatin summa sawwaaka rajulaa

Translation

His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

His believing friend said to him whilst having this conversation: Do you reject the One Who created your father, Adam, from dust. Then He created you from sperm. Then He made you into a male human being and proportioned your limbs making you complete? The One who has power to do all of that is able to resurrect you.

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

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