Quran Path

Quran and prayer every day

Quran 18:12

Al-Kahf, ayah 12

Arabic text, transliteration, audio and English translation of ayah 18:12 from Surah Al-Kahf.

Open reader Open in app
18:12 Makkan surah

Arabic text

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَىُّ ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓا۟ أَمَدًا

Transliteration

Thumma baAAathnahum linaAAlama ayyu alhizbayni ahsa lima labithoo amadan

Ayah audio

Yasser Al-Dosari

English translation

Then We awakened them that We might show which of the two factions was most precise in calculating what [extent] they had remained in time

Translation: Saheeh International

Nearby ayahs from the same surah, so the reader can continue with context.

18:13 نَّحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَـٰهُمْ هُدًى It is We who relate to you, [O Muhammad], their story in truth. Indeed, they were youths who believed in their... 18:14 وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا۟ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَن نَّدْعُوَا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَـٰهًا ۖ لَّقَدْ قُلْنَآ إِذًا شَطَطًا And We made firm their hearts when they stood up and said, "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth.... 18:15 هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمُنَا ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً ۖ لَّوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۭ بَيِّنٍ ۖ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا These, our people, have taken besides Him deities. Why do they not bring for [worship of] them a clear authority?... 18:16 وَإِذِ ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَأْوُۥٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقًا [The youths said to one another], "And when you have withdrawn from them and that which they worship other than...