Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 96 (18:96)

ٱلْكَهْف

ءَاتُونِى زُبَرَ ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَىٰ بَيْنَ ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ …

Quran 18:96 is ayah 96 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 303 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:96
ءَاتُونِىزُبَرَٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖحَتَّىٰٓإِذَاسَاوَىٰبَيْنَٱلصَّدَفَيْنِقَالَٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖحَتَّىٰٓإِذَاجَعَلَهُۥنَارًاقَالَءَاتُونِىٓأُفْرِغْعَلَيْهِقِطْرًا٩٦
ātūnī zubara l-ḥadīdi ḥattā idhā sāwā bayna l-ṣadafayni qāla unfukhū ḥattā idhā jaʿalahu nāran qāla ātūnī uf'righ ʿalayhi qiṭ'ran

Bring me bars of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."(96)

Word by word

  1. ءَاتُونِىātūnīBring me
  2. زُبَرَzubarasheets
  3. ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖl-ḥadīdi(of) iron
  4. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
  5. إِذَاidhāwhen
  6. سَاوَىٰsāwāhe (had) leveled
  7. بَيْنَbaynabetween
  8. ٱلصَّدَفَيْنِl-ṣadafaynithe two cliffs
  9. قَالَqālahe said
  10. ٱنفُخُوا۟ ۖunfukhūBlow
  11. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
  12. إِذَاidhāwhen
  13. جَعَلَهُۥjaʿalahuhe made it
  14. نَارًاnāranfire
  15. قَالَqālahe said
  16. ءَاتُونِىٓātūnīBring me
  17. أُفْرِغْuf'righI pour
  18. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiover it
  19. قِطْرًاqiṭ'ranmolten copper

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