Quran-18:40 Surah Al-kahf English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

فَعَسَىٰ رَبِّيٓ أَن يُؤۡتِيَنِ خَيۡرٗا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهَا حُسۡبَانٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتُصۡبِحَ صَعِيدٗا زَلَقًا

Transliteration:( Fa'asaa Rabeee any yu'tiyani khairam min jannatika wa yursila 'alaihaa husbaanam minas samaaa'i fatusbiha sa'eedan zalaqaa )

40. Then perhaps my Lord will give me something better [94] than your garden and send down a thunderbolt [95] from the sky upon it, so that it becomes a bare, slippery land [96]. (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(40) It may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a [disastrous] penalty from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground, (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Al-Kahf Ayat 40 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

📖 Commentary of Surah Al-Kahf – Verse 40

"Then perhaps my Lord will give me something better than your garden and send down a thunderbolt from the sky upon it, so that it becomes a bare, slippery land." [94–96]

✅ [94] Hope for Divine Compensation

This means that Allah Almighty may grant me something far better — either in this world or in the Hereafter. However, the worldly interpretation holds more weight, since the arrogant man had looked down upon the believer’s lack of worldly wealth. The context of the verse continues with reference to worldly punishment.

✅ [95] Warning of Imminent Destruction

The believer expresses that a thunderbolt may descend from the heavens during the arrogant man's own lifetime, so that he witnesses the destruction of his garden with his own eyes — and thus feels regret and helplessness.

✅ [96] Divine Light and Insight of the Believer

This teaches us that a true believer sees through Divine light, and his intuition is accurate and inspired by Allah. Whatever the believer warned of, came true exactly as he had said — a miraculous confirmation of his faith and insight.

If this is the level of accuracy in the perception of an ordinary believer, then how much greater would be the knowledge, foresight, and insight of the Saints and Prophets of Allah?
Surely, their rank is beyond all imagination and estimation.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Kahf verse 40 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Kahf ayat 37 which provides the complete commentary from verse 37 through 41.

(18:40) it may well be that my Lord will give me something better than your vineyard, and send a calamity upon your vineyard from the heavens and it will be reduced to a barren waste,

Ala-Maududi

(18:40) it may well be that my Lord will give me something better than your vineyard, and send a calamity upon your vineyard from the heavens and it will be reduced to a barren waste,


There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

(40) It may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a [disastrous] penalty from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground,

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