Surah Al-Kahf 18:63 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 63 / 110 · Page 301

ۚ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّي نَسِيتُ الْحُوتَ وَمَا أَنسَانِيهُ إِلَّا الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُ وَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا

Word by Word

ۚ
قَالَ
qala
He said
أَرَأَيْتَ
ara-ayta
Did you see
إِذْ
idh
when
أَوَيْنَا
awayna
we retired
إِلَى
ila
to
الصَّخْرَةِ
al-sakhrati
the rock
فَإِنِّي
fa-inni
Then indeed I
نَسِيتُ
nasitu
[I] forgot
الْحُوتَ
al-huta
the fish
وَمَا
wama
And not
أَنسَانِيهُ
ansanihu
made me forget it
إِلَّا
illa
except
الشَّيْطَانُ
al-shaytanu
the Shaitaan
أَنْ
an
that
أَذْكُرَهُ
adhkurahu
I mention it
وَاتَّخَذَ
wa-ittakhadha
And it took
سَبِيلَهُ
sabilahu
its way
فِي
fi
into
الْبَحْرِ
al-bahri
the sea
عَجَبًا
ajaban
amazingly

Transliteration

Qaala ara'ayta iz awainaaa ilas sakhrati fa innee naseetul hoota wa maaa ansaaneehu illash Shaitaanu an azkurah; wattakhaza sabeelahoo fil bahri'ajabaa

Translation

He said, "Did you see when we retired to the rock? Indeed, I forgot [there] the fish. And none made me forget it except Satan - that I should mention it. And it took its course into the sea amazingly".

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The boy said: Do you remember what happened when we rested by the rock? I forgot to tell you about the fish. It was only Satan who made me forget to mention it to you. The fish came to life and it amazingly found its way into the sea.

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

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