# 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 6 - **Surah:** 18. Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave) — سورة الكهف - **Verse:** 6 / 110 · **Juz:** 15 · **Mushaf page:** 293 - **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-6 ## Arabic فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِـعٌ نَفْسَكَ عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ اِنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهٰذَا الْحَد۪يثِ اَسَفاً ## Transcription FalaAAallaka bakhiAAun nafsaka AAalaatharihim in lam yu/minoo bihatha alhadeethiasafa ## Translations ### Aisha Bewley Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief, chasing after them, if they do not have iman in these words. ### Progressive Muslims Perhaps you will torment yourself in grief over them, because they will not believe in this saying at all. ### Shabbir Ahmed (O Messenger) Should you (in your compassion) grieve yourself to death if they are not willing to believe in this Message? ### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation Then mightest thou destroy thy soul — in their footsteps — from grief, if they believe not in this narrative. ### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation Perhaps you will torment yourself in grief over them, because they will not believe in this narrative at all. ### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament You may blame yourself on account of their response to this narration, and their disbelieving in it; you may be saddened. ### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira Will you kill yourself for grief of them if they do not believe in this presentation? ### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley) Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muúammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow. ### Muhammad Asad But wouldst thou, perhaps, torment thyself to death with grief over them if they are not willing to believe in this message? ### Marmaduke Pickthall Yet it may be, if they believe not in this statement, that thou (Muhammad) wilt torment thy soul with grief over their footsteps. ### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary (O Muhammad), if they do not believe in this Message,[1] you will perhaps torment yourself to death with grief, sorrowing over them. _Footnotes_ - [1] This refers to the real cause of the anxiety of the Prophet (peace be upon him) at the time of the revelation of this Surah. It clearly shows that the Prophet (peace be upon him) did not grieve at the persecution from which he and his companions were suffering but at the deviation and moral degeneration of his people. What was consuming him was that, though he was trying to bring them out from their disgraceful state, they persisted in it. He was grieved because he was convinced that their deviation would inevitably lead them to destruction and scourge of Allah. Therefore he was working day and night to save them but it appeared that they were bent upon incurring the chastisement of Allah. The Prophet (peace be upon him) himself has described this state of his mind in a tradition to this effect: I may describe this thing in a parable. A person kindled a fire to spread light but the moths persist in falling over it to burn themselves alive. He tries to save them from the fire but the moths reduce his efforts to failure. The same is true of me and you. I hold you by your skirts to keep you away from the fire, but you are bent upon falling into it. (Bukhari, Muslim). ### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab Seemingly, you Muhammad are betaking yourself in pursuit of their train of thought with distress, constant regret and discontent and torturing yourself lest they should refuse credit to this divine discourse. ### Bijan Moeinian O’ Mohammad I (God) understand your frustration that makes you so depressed when you see these people turn down God’s own word (Qur’an). ### Al-Hilali & Khan Perhaps, you, would kill yourself (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) in grief, over their footsteps (for their turning away from you), because they believe not in this narration (the Qur’ân). ### Abdullah Yusuf Ali Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after them, in grief, if they believe not in this Message. ### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran Now, perhaps you ˹O Prophet˺ will grieve yourself to death over their denial, if they ˹continue to˺ disbelieve in this message. ### Taqi Usmani So, (O Prophet) perhaps you are going to kill yourself after them, out of grief, if they do not believe in this discourse. ### Abdul Haleem But [Prophet] are you going to worry yourself to death over them if they do not believe in this message? ### Arthur John Arberry Yet perchance, if they believe not in this tiding, thou wilt consume thyself, following after them, of grief. ### E. Henry Palmer Haply thou wilt grieve thyself to death for sorrow after them, if they believe not in this new revelation. ### Hamid S. Aziz Yet it may be that you (Muhammad) will torment your soul with grief (or fret thyself to death) if they believe not in this new revelation. ### Mahmoud Ghali Yet, it may be that you will consume yourself of sorrow over their tracks (i. e., their tracks or footprints when they turn away) in case they do not believe in this discourse. ### George Sale Peradventure thou wilt kill thy self with grief after them, out of thy earnest zeal for their conversion, if they believe not in this new revelation of the Koran. ### Syed Vickar Ahamed Perhaps you will only sadden yourself to death, in case (you are) following after them, in grief, if they do not believe in this Message. ### Amatul Rahman Omar Will you worry yourself to death sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in this (great) discourse (- the Qur'ân). ### Ali Quli Qarai You are liable to imperil your life for their sake, if they should not believe this discourse, out of grief. ### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü Şimdi bu olaya iman etmezlerse, arkalarından, kendini harap edercesine üzecek misin? ### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı Şimdi onlar bu söze (Kur'an'a) inanmayacak olurlarsa sen, onların peşi sıra esef ederek kendini kahredeceksin (öyle mi)? ### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali Herhalde sen, onlar bu söze inanmıyorlar diye üzüntüden kendini helak edeceksin. ### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali Demek sen, bu söze (Kur'an'a) inanmazlarsa, arkalarından üzülerek adeta kendini tüketeceksin! ### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Şimdi bu söze inanmazlarsa belki arkalarından esef ile kendini üzeceksin ### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş) Şimdi bu söze (Kur'an'a) inanmazlarsa belki arkalarından üzülerek kendini tüketeceksin! ### Gültekin Onan Şimdi onlar bu söze (Kuran'a) inanmayacak olurlarsa, sen onların peşi sıra esef ederek kendini kahredeceksin (öyle mi)? ### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim Demek, bu söze (Kur'ana) inanmazlarsa bir üzüntü duyarak arkalarından kendini aadeta tüketeceksin! ### İbni Kesir Demek ki bu söze inanmayanların ardından üzülerek neredeyse kendini mahvedeceksin. ### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı Peki ama, onlar bu mesaja inanmak istemiyorlarsa, (inansınlar diye) kendini mi paralayacaksın? ### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı -Belki de sen, bu söze iman etmiyorlar diye onların arkasından üzüntüden kendini helak edeceksin. ### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali Herhalde sen, onlar bu söze inanmıyorlar diye, peşlerinde üzüntüden kendini helak edeceksin! ### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali Şimdi sen, bu söze inanmazlarsa, belki de arkalarından kendini eritircesine üzüleceksin. ### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an Hal böyleyken demek sen kalkıp, -bu hitaba inanmamaları durumunda- onların verdiği tepkiler üzerine kızıp kendini helake sürükleyeceksin. ### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Onlar, bu söze inanmıyorlar diye, onların durumlarına üzüntünden neredeyse kendini harap edeceksin! ### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek Şimdi, onlar bu söze inanmıyorlar diye, arkalarından üzülerek, neredeyse kendini tüketeceksin. ### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Bu söze (Kur'an'a) inanmazlarsa üzülüyor, arkalarından kendini tüketecek gibi oluyorsun. ### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir Bu söze (Kitaba) inanmıyorlar (diye) arkalarından üzüntüden neredeyse kendini harap edeceksin.[1] _Footnotes_ - [1] Bu ayet Şu‘arâ 26:4 ve Fâtır 35:8. ayetlerle birlikte okunmalıdır. ### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an Onlar, bu söze inanmıyorlar diye, onların durumlarına üzüntünden neredeyse kendini harap edeceksin! ### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an Onlar, bu söze inanmıyorlar diye, onların durumlarına üzüntünden neredeyse kendini harap edeceksin! ### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali Bu söze (Kur'an'a) inanmıyorlar diye arkalarından üzülerek neredeyse kendini yiyip bitireceksin![1] _Footnotes_ - [1] [En'am 6/35,](https://quran.so/6/35) [Nahl 16/37,](https://quran.so/16/37) [Şuara 26/3,](https://quran.so/26/3) [Neml 27/70,](https://quran.so/27/70) [Fatır 35/8.](https://quran.so/35/8) ## Words | # | word | meaning | root | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | فَلَعَلَّكَ — falaʿallaka | Then perhaps you would (be) | — | | 2 | بَـٰخِعٌۭ — bākhiʿun | the one who kills | بخع — Be-Kh-Ayn | | 3 | نَّفْسَكَ — nafsaka | yourself | نفس — Nun-Fe-Sin | | 4 | عَلَىٰٓ — ʿalā | over | — | | 5 | ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ — āthārihim | their footsteps | اثر — Elif-Se-Ra | | 6 | إِن — in | if | — | | 7 | لَّمْ — lam | not | — | | 8 | يُؤْمِنُوا۟ — yu'minū | they believe | امن — Elif-Mim-Nun | | 9 | بِهَـٰذَا — bihādhā | in this | — | | 10 | ٱلْحَدِيثِ — l-ḥadīthi | [the] narration | حدث — Ha-Dal-Se | | 11 | أَسَفًا — asafan | (in) grief | اسف — Elif-Sin-Fe | --- Previous: https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-5.md · Next: https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-7.md Retrieved: 2026-08-13 Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.