18.Surah Al Kahf

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَاتْلُ مَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ مِن كِتَابِ رَبِّكَ...   

18: 27.  And recite (and teach) what has been revealed to thee of the Book of thy Lord:

... لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِهِ وَلَن تَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِ مُلْتَحَدًا ﴿٢٧﴾

none can change His Words,

C2368. His Words: His Commands, Decrees, Orders.

and none wilt thou find as a refuge other than Him.

Other versions:

18: 27

Asad And convey whatever has been revealed to you of your Sustainer’s writ. There is nothing that could alter His words; and you can find no refute other than with Him

Yusuf Ali And recite (and teach) what has been revealed to thee of the Book of thy Lord: none can change His Words and none wilt thou find as a refuge other than Him.

Pickthall And recite that which hath been revealed unto thee of the scripture of thy Lord. There is none who can change His words, and thou wilt find no refuge beside Him.

Transliteration Wa-tlu ma_ u_hiya ilaika min kita_bi rabbik(a), la_ mubaddila likalima_tih(i), wa lan tajida min du_nihimultahada_(n).

[Asad note 35: According to Razi, it is on this passage, among others, that the great……Muslim al-Isfahani based his rejection of the so-called “doctrine of abrogation” discussed in my note 87 on 2:106]