Surah Al-Kahf 18:96 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 96 / 110 · Page 303

ۖ ۖ آتُونِي زُبَرَ الْحَدِيدِ حَتَّى إِذَا سَاوَى بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ انفُخُوا حَتَّى إِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَارًا قَالَ آتُونِي أُفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا

Word by Word

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ۖ
آتُونِي
atuni
Bring me
زُبَرَ
zubara
sheets
الْحَدِيدِ
al-hadidi
(of) iron
حَتَّى
hatta
until
إِذَا
idha
when
سَاوَى
sawa
he (had) leveled
بَيْنَ
bayna
between
الصَّدَفَيْنِ
al-sadafayni
the two cliffs
قَالَ
qala
he said
انفُخُوا
unfukhu
Blow
حَتَّى
hatta
until
إِذَا
idha
when
جَعَلَهُ
ja'alahu
he made it
نَارًا
naran
fire
قَالَ
qala
he said
آتُونِي
atuni
Bring me
أُفْرِغْ
uf'righ
I pour
عَلَيْهِ
alayhi
over it
قِطْرًا
qit'ran
molten copper

Transliteration

Aatoonee zubaral hadeed, hattaaa izaa saawaa bainas sadafaini qaalan fukhoo hattaaa izaa ja'alahoo naaran qaala aatooneee ufrigh 'alaihi qitraa

Translation

Bring me sheets of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Bring pieces of iron”. They brought them to him, so he began building with them between the two mountains, until when he had made them level with his building, he said to the workers: “Light these pieces”, until when the iron pieces turned red, he said: “Bring copper to pour on top of it”.

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

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