Surah Al-Kahf 18:90 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 90 / 110 · Page 303

حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ الشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَى قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرًا

Word by Word

حَتَّى
hatta
Until
إِذَا
idha
when
بَلَغَ
balagha
he reached
مَطْلِعَ
matli'a
(the) rising place
الشَّمْسِ
al-shamsi
(of) the sun
وَجَدَهَا
wajadaha
and he found it
تَطْلُعُ
tatlu'u
rising
عَلَى
ala
on
قَوْمٍ
qawmin
a community
لَّمْ
lam
not
نَجْعَل
naj'al
We made
لَّهُم
lahum
for them
مِّن
min
against it
دُونِهَا
duniha
against it
سِتْرًا
sit'ran
any shelter

Transliteration

Hattaaa izaa balagha matli'ash shamsi wajdahaa tatlu'u alaa qawmil lam naj'al lahum min doonihaa sitraa

Translation

Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And he travelled until when he reached the place where the sun rises, he found it rising on a people I had not given any houses or the shade of trees to protect them from the sun.

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

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"Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising…" — Al-Kahf 18:90 | Al Muslim Plus