سورة الکهف
Surah Al-Kahf 18:95
The Place of Refuge · Verse 95 of 110
قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّي فِيهِ رَبِّي خَيْرٌ فَأَعِينُونِي بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
He said, `The power which my Lord has endowed me with about this is better (than this your tribute), you (only) help me with (your resources and human endeavour of physical) strength. I will raise a rampart between you and them.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He said: "(The power) in which my Lord has established me is better (than tribute): Help me therefore with strength (and labour): I will erect a strong barrier between you and them:
Ahmed Ali
He said: "The ability my Lord has given me is better. So help me with your manual labour; I will build a wall between you and them.
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Ali Unal
He said: "What my Lord has established me in (the power that He has granted me on this earth) is better (than what you offer). So help me with strength (manpower) and I will set a strong rampart between you and them.
Daryabadi
He said: better is that where in my Lord hath established me; so help me with might, and I shall place between you and them a rampart.
Faridul Haque
He said, "That which my Lord has given me control over is better, therefore help me with strength - I shall set up a barrier between you and them."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
He said: That wherein my Lord has established me is better, so if only you help me with strength (of men), I will make a fortified barrier between you and them:
Maulvi Sher Ali
He replied, `The power with which my Lord has endowed me about this is better than the resources of my enemies but you may help me with strength of labourers, I will set up a rampart between you and them;
Muhammad Asad
He answered: "That wherein my Sustainer has so securely established me is better [than anything that you could give me]; hence, do but help me with [your labour's] strength, [and] I shall erect a rampart between you and them!
Muhammad Musin Khan
He said: "That (wealth, authority and power) in which my Lord had established me is better (than your tribute). So help me with strength (of men), I will erect between you and them a barrier.
Muhammad Pickthall
He said: That wherein my Lord hath established me is better (than your tribute). Do but help me with strength (of men), I will set between you and them a bank.
Muhammad Sarwar
He replied, "The power that my Lord has granted me is better (than your tax). Help me with your man-power and I shall construct a barrier between you and Gog and Magog.
Muhammed ali Shakir
He said: That in which my Lord has established me is better, therefore you only help me with workers, I will make a fortified barrier between you and them;
Rashad Khalifa
He said, "My Lord has given me great bounties. If you cooperate with me, I will build a dam between you and them.
Shabbir Ahmed
He responded, "The power in which My Lord has established me is better than tribute. Help me then with manpower and I will erect a strong barrier between you and them."