Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 72 (18:72)

ٱلْكَهْف

قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا

Quran 18:72 is ayah 72 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 301 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:72
قَالَأَلَمْأَقُلْإِنَّكَلَنتَسْتَطِيعَمَعِىَصَبْرًا٧٢
qāla alam aqul innaka lan tastaṭīʿa maʿiya ṣabran

[Al-Khiḍr] said, "Did I not say that with me you would never be able to have patience?"(72)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. أَلَمْalamDid not
  3. أَقُلْaqulI say
  4. إِنَّكَinnakaindeed, you
  5. لَنlannever
  6. تَسْتَطِيعَtastaṭīʿawill be able
  7. مَعِىَmaʿiyawith me
  8. صَبْرًاṣabran(to have) patience

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