Surah Al-Kahf 18:40 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 40 / 110 · Page 298

فَعَسَى رَبِّي أَن يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْرًا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَانًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيدًا زَلَقًا

Word by Word

فَعَسَى
fa'asa
It may be
رَبِّي
rabbi
that my Lord
أَن
an
that my Lord
يُؤْتِيَنِ
yu'tiyani
will give me
خَيْرًا
khayran
better
مِّن
min
than
جَنَّتِكَ
jannatika
your garden
وَيُرْسِلَ
wayur'sila
and will send
عَلَيْهَا
alayha
upon it
حُسْبَانًا
hus'banan
a calamity
مِّنَ
mina
from
السَّمَاءِ
al-samai
the sky
فَتُصْبِحَ
fatus'biha
then it will become
صَعِيدًا
sa'idan
ground
زَلَقًا
zalaqan
slippery

Transliteration

Fa'asaa Rabeee any yu'tiyani khairam min jannatika wa yursila 'alaihaa husbaanam minas samaaa'i fatusbiha sa'eedan zalaqaa

Translation

It may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a calamity from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground,

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I anticipate that Allah will give me something better than your garden and that He will send on your garden a punishment from the sky, making it a barren piece of land on which feet will slip due to its being so smooth.

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

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