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Quran 18:38

Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 38

Juz 15 · Page 298 · Ruku 256 · Meccan

لَّٰكِنَّا۠ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا

Word by word

لَّـٰكِنَّا۠ lākinnā But as for me هُوَ huwa He ٱللَّهُ l-lahu (is) Allah رَبِّى rabbī my Lord وَلَآ walā and not أُشْرِكُ ush'riku I associate بِرَبِّىٓ birabbī with my Lord أَحَدًۭا aḥadan anyone

Transliteration

Lakinna huwa Allahu rabbee walaoshriku birabbee ahada

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

But He is Allah, my Lord, and I ascribe unto my Lord no partner.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"But (I think) for my part that He is Allah, My Lord, and none shall I associate with my Lord.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( لكنا هو الله ربي ) أي : أنا لا أقول بمقالتك ، بل أعترف لله بالربوبية والوحدانية ( ولا أشرك بربي أحدا ) أي : بل هو الله المعبود وحده لا شريك له .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.