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إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّى لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَـٰذَا رَشَدًا Qur’an Al-Kahf (18:24)

Ill a an yash a a All a hu wa o th kur rabbaka i tha naseeta waqul AAas a an yahdiyani rabbee liaqraba min h atha rashad a n

without [adding], "if God so wills."³³ And if thou shouldst forget [thyself at the time, and become aware of it later], call thy Sustainer to mind and say: "I pray that my Sustainer guide me, even closer than this, to a consciousness of what is right!"

- Mohammad Asad

without adding: "If Allah wills!" And if you forget to say this, then call your Rabb to mind and say: "I hope that my Rabb shall guide me and bring me ever closer than this to the Right Way."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

without adding, 'if Allah so wills!' But if you forget, then remember your Lord, and say, 'I trust my Lord will guide me to what is more right than this.'

- Mustafa Khattab

Except if Allah will. And remember thy Lord when thou forgettest, and say: It may be that my Lord guideth me unto a nearer way of truth than this.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Without adding "So please Allah!" And call thy Lord to mind when thou forgettest and say "I hope that my Lord will guide me ever closer (even) than this to the right road." ²³⁶³ ²³⁶⁴

Surah 18. Al-Kahf, Ayah 24

without [adding], "if God so wills."³³ And if thou shouldst forget [thyself at the time, and become aware of it later], call thy Sustainer to mind and say: "I pray that my Sustainer guide me, even closer than this, to a consciousness of what is right!"

- Mohammad Asad

without adding: "If Allah wills!" And if you forget to say this, then call your Rabb to mind and say: "I hope that my Rabb shall guide me and bring me ever closer than this to the Right Way."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

without adding, 'if Allah so wills!' But if you forget, then remember your Lord, and say, 'I trust my Lord will guide me to what is more right than this.'

- Mustafa Khattab

Except if Allah will. And remember thy Lord when thou forgettest, and say: It may be that my Lord guideth me unto a nearer way of truth than this.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Without adding "So please Allah!" And call thy Lord to mind when thou forgettest and say "I hope that my Lord will guide me ever closer (even) than this to the right road." ²³⁶³ ²³⁶⁴

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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Surah 18. Al-Kahf, Ayah 24

without [adding], "if God so wills."33 And if thou shouldst forget [thyself at the time, and become aware of it later], call thy Sustainer to mind and say: "I pray that my Sustainer guide me, even closer than this, to a consciousness of what is right!"

- Mohammad Asad

without adding: "If Allah wills!" And if you forget to say this, then call your Rabb to mind and say: "I hope that my Rabb shall guide me and bring me ever closer than this to the Right Way."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

without adding, 'if Allah so wills!' But if you forget, then remember your Lord, and say, 'I trust my Lord will guide me to what is more right than this.'

- Mustafa Khattab

Except if Allah will. And remember thy Lord when thou forgettest, and say: It may be that my Lord guideth me unto a nearer way of truth than this.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Without adding "So please Allah!" And call thy Lord to mind when thou forgettest and say "I hope that my Lord will guide me ever closer (even) than this to the right road." 2363 2364

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Related Islamic Resources

without [adding], "if God so wills."³³ And if thou shouldst forget [thyself at the time, and become aware of it later], call thy Sustainer to mind and say: "I pray that my Sustainer guide me, even closer than this, to a consciousness of what is right!"

Without adding "So please Allah!" And call thy Lord to mind when thou forgettest and say "I hope that my Lord will guide me ever closer (even) than this to the right road." ²³⁶³ ²³⁶⁴