Quran 18:42

Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 42

Juz 15 · Page 298 · Ruku 256 · Meccan

وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا

Word by word

وَأُحِيطَ wa-uḥīṭa And were surrounded بِثَمَرِهِۦ bithamarihi his fruits فَأَصْبَحَ fa-aṣbaḥa so he began يُقَلِّبُ yuqallibu twisting كَفَّيْهِ kaffayhi his hands عَلَىٰ ʿalā over مَآ mā what أَنفَقَ anfaqa he (had) spent فِيهَا fīhā on it وَهِىَ wahiya while it (had) خَاوِيَةٌ khāwiyatun collapsed عَلَىٰ ʿalā on عُرُوشِهَا ʿurūshihā its trellises وَيَقُولُ wayaqūlu and he said يَـٰلَيْتَنِى yālaytanī Oh! I wish لَمْ lam I had not associated أُشْرِكْ ush'rik I had not associated بِرَبِّىٓ birabbī with my Lord أَحَدًۭا aḥadan anyone

Transliteration

Waoheeta bithamarihi faasbahayuqallibu kaffayhi AAala ma anfaqa feehawahiya khawiyatun AAala AAurooshihawayaqoolu ya laytanee lam oshrik birabbee ahada

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And his fruit was beset (with destruction). Then began he to wring his hands for all that he had spent upon it, when (now) it was all ruined on its trellises, and to say: Would that I had ascribed no partner to my Lord!

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

So his fruits (and enjoyment) were encompassed (with ruin), and he remained twisting and turning his hands over what he had spent on his property, which had (now) tumbled to pieces to its very foundations, and he could only say, "Woe is me! Would I had never ascribed partners to my Lord and Cherisher!"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى : ( وأحيط بثمره ) بأمواله ، أو بثماره على القول الآخر . والمقصود أنه وقع بهذا الكافر ما كان يحذر ، مما خوفه به المؤمن من إرسال الحسبان على جنته ، التي اغتر بها وألهته عن الله ، عز وجل ( فأصبح يقلب كفيه على ما أنفق فيها ) وقال قتادة : يصفق كفيه متأسفا متلهفا على الأموال التي أذهبها عليه ( ويقول ياليتني لم أشرك بربي أحدا)