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Qur’an 18:46 Al-Kahf, verse 46

ٱلْمَالُ وَٱلْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱلْبَٰقِيَٰتُ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًۭا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلًۭا

Wealth and children are [but] adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for [one's] hope.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Kahf (18)
Verse
46 of 110
Revealed
Makki
Juz
15
Mushaf page
299

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaning
ٱلْمَالُal-māluThe wealth
وَٱلْبَنُونَwal-banūnaand children
زِينَةُzīnatu(are) adornment
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُwal-bāqiyātuBut the enduring
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُl-ṣāliḥātugood deeds
خَيْرٌkhayrun(are) better
عِندَʿindanear
رَبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
ثَوَابًۭاthawāban(for) reward
وَخَيْرٌwakhayrunand better
أَمَلًۭاamalan(for) hope

In context

The verses around 18:46 in Al-Kahf.

  • 18:44هُنَالِكَ ٱلْوَلَٰيَةُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ هُوَ خَيْرٌۭ ثَوَابًۭا وَخَيْرٌ عُقْبًۭاThere the authority is [completely] for Allah, the Truth. He is best in reward and best in outcome.
  • 18:45وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًۭا تَذْرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَٰحُ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ مُّقْتَدِرًاAnd present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allah is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability.
  • 18:47وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةًۭ وَحَشَرْنَٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًۭاAnd [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth prominent, and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.
  • 18:48وَعُرِضُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ صَفًّۭا لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۭ ۚ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ أَلَّن نَّجْعَلَ لَكُم مَّوْعِدًۭاAnd they will be presented before your Lord in rows, [and He will say], "You have certainly come to Us just as We created you the first time. But you claimed that We would never make for you an appointment."

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