Surah Al-Kahf 18:87 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 87 / 110 · Page 303

قَالَ أَمَّا مَن ظَلَمَ فَسَوْفَ نُعَذِّبُهُ ثُمَّ يُرَدُّ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَيُعَذِّبُهُ عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا

Word by Word

قَالَ
qala
He said
أَمَّا
amma
As for
مَن
man
(one) who
ظَلَمَ
zalama
wrongs
فَسَوْفَ
fasawfa
then soon
نُعَذِّبُهُ
nu'adhibuhu
we will punish him
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
يُرَدُّ
yuraddu
he will be returned
إِلَى
ila
to
رَبِّهِ
rabbihi
his Lord
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ
fayu'adhibuhu
and He will punish him
عَذَابًا
adhaban
(with) a punishment
نُّكْرًا
nuk'ran
terrible

Transliteration

Qaala amaa man zalama fasawfa nu'azzibuhoo summa yuraddu ilaa Rabbihee fa yu 'azzibuhoo azaaban nukraa

Translation

He said, "As for one who wrongs, we will punish him. Then he will be returned to his Lord, and He will punish him with a terrible punishment.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Dhu’l-Qarnayn said: “As for the one who associates partners with Allah and persists in this, I shall punish him by killing him in this life, then he will return to his Lord on the Day of Judgment and He shall then punish him with a terrible punishment.

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

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