The Quran Contains Every Example for Our Salvation

18. Surah Al Kahf

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِي هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ...   

18:54.  We have explained in detail in this Qur'án, for the benefit of mankind, every kind of similitude:

... وَكَانَ الْإِنسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلًا ﴿٥٤﴾

but man is, in most things, contentious.

C2398. If men had not cultivated the habit of contention and obstinacy, they would have found that the parables and similitudes of Scripture had fully met their difficulties, and they would gladly have obeyed the call of Allah.


Asad’s Version:

18:54 We have cited in this Quran every example for the people. But the human being is always most argumentative.

Walaqad sarrafna fee hatha alqur-ani lilnnasi min kulli mathalin wakana al-insanu akthara shay-in jadalan

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Other versions:


Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

 

THUS, INDEED, have We given in this Qur'an many facets to every kind of lesson [designed] for [the benefit of] mankind. However, man is, above all else, always given to contention:

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M. M. Pickthall

 

And verily We have displayed for mankind in this Qur'an all manner of similitudes, but man is more than anything contentious.

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Shakir

 

And certainly We have explained in this Quran every kind of example, and man is most of all given to contention.

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Yusuf Ali

 

We have explained in detail in this Qur'an, for the benefit of mankind, every kind of similitude: but man is, in most things, contentious.

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[Al-Muntakhab]

 

And We have expounded and oriented Our revelations in this Quran to circumstances and requirements and We expressed many parables to bring the infidels to their senses but man has always been known to raise captions and frivolous objections about most things and tries to find fault unfairly and without good reason.

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[Progressive Muslims]

 

And We have cited in this Quran every example for the people. But man was always most argumentative.

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