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Quran 18:18

Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave), verse 18 of 110 · Juz 15

وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظًا وَهُمْ رُقُودٌ ۚ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ ۖ وَكَلْبُهُم بَـٰسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِٱلْوَصِيدِ ۚ لَوِ ٱطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارًا وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا

Translations of Quran 18:18
EnglishTalal Itani

You would think them awake, although they were asleep. And We turned them over to the right, and to the left, with their dog stretching its paws across the threshold. Had you looked at them, you would have turned away from them in flight, and been filled with fear of them.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And thou wouldst have deemed them waking though they were asleep, and We caused them to turn over to the right and the left, and their dog stretching out his paws on the threshold. If thou hadst observed them closely thou hadst assuredly turned away from them in flight, and hadst been filled with awe of them.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Bir de onları uyanıklar zannedersin halbuki uykudalardır, ve biz onları sağa sola çeviririz, köpekleri de medhalde iki kolunu uzatmış, üzerlerine çıkıversen mutlaka onlardan döner kaçardım ve her halde onlardan dehşet dolardın

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Tu aurais cru qu’ils veillaient, et cependant ils dormaient ; Nous les retournions tantôt à droite et tantôt à gauche ; et leur chien était couché, les pattes étendues, à l’entrée de la caverne. Si, arrivé à l’improviste, tu les avais vus dans cet état, tu t’en serais détourné et tu te serais enfui, tu aurais été transi de frayeur.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

En gij zoudt gezegd hebben, dat zij waakten, terwijl zij sliepen en wij deden hen naar de rechter- en naar de linkerzijde omwenden. En hun hond strekte zijne voorpooten naar den ingang van de spelonk uit; maar indien gij plotseling waart gekomen, zoudt gij u zeker hebben afgewend en van hen gevloden zijn, en op hun gezicht zou de vrees u vervuld hebben.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Avresti creduto che vegliavano, eppure dormivano; li scuotevamo rivolgendoli ora a dritta, ed ora a sinistra; ed il loro cane era addormentato, colle zampe distese allo ingresso della caverna. Se, arrivando all’improvviso, tu gli avessi veduti in tale stato, saresti tornato indietro fuggendo, intirizzito dallo spavento.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.