Surah Al-Kahf 18:40
ﲊ ﲋ ﲌ ﲍ ﲎ ﲏ ﲐ ﲑ ﲒ ﲓ ﲔ ﲕ ﲖ ﲗ ﲘ
It may be that my Lord will give me [something] better than your garden and will send upon it a calamity from the sky, and it will become a smooth, dusty ground,
Tafsir of Al-Kahf 18:40
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Ma'ariful Quran
Verse range: 18:40
The word: حُسبانا - (husbana) in verse 40 has been explained by Qatadah as 'punishment' in an absolute sense, by Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas (رض) as 'fire' and by some as 'stoning.' As for what appears after that in the Qur'an: أُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ (And its produce was struck by destruction from all sides - 42), it obviously means that some major calamity hit his gardens, wealth and things of luxury reducing everything to ruins. The Qur'an does not men¬tion any particular calamity explicitly. It appears that, some fire came down from the skies and burnt the whole thing - as it appears in the Taf¬sir of 'husban' by Sayyidna Ibn 'Abbas (رض) who has explained it as 'fire.' And Allah knows best.