Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Kahf, Ayah 95

Al-Kahf · Ayah 95 · View Ayah
قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّى فِيهِ رَبِّى خَيْرٌۭ فَأَعِينُونِى بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا
He said, "That in which my Lord has established me is better [than what you offer], but assist me with strength; I will make between you and them a dam.

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(He said: That wherein my Lord hath established me) the dominion that my Lord has given me is (better) than your reward or wage. (Do but help me with strength) they said: �which strength do you want from us� and he said: �the strength of blacksmiths�, (I will set between you and them a bank) a barrier.

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He said ‘That wealth and so on wherewith my Lord has empowered me makkannī a variant reading has makkananī is better than the tribute that you offer me and so I have no need for it. I shall build for you the barrier without demanding a fee; so help me with strength in that which I will demand from you and I will build between you and them a rampart a fortified barricade.

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