Surah Al-Kahf 18:47 — Meaning, Translation & Reflection
سُورَةُ الكَهۡفِ · Meccan · Verse 47 of 110
وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةًۭ وَحَشَرْنَٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًۭا
English: One day We shall make the mountains move, and you will see the earth as an open plain. We shall gather all people together, leaving no one.
Bengali: যেদিন আমি পর্বতসমূহকে পরিচালনা করব এবং আপনি পৃথিবীকে দেখবেন একটি উম্মুক্ত প্রান্তর এবং আমি মানুষকে একত্রিত করব অতঃপর তাদের কাউকে ছাড়ব না।
Meaning & Reflection
'And the Day We will move the mountains, and you will see the earth laid bare, and We will gather them, leaving out not one of them.' Ibn Ashur and al-Saadi note the scene of total exposure — the mountains, the last hiding places, removed; the earth flattened and open; and 'lam nughadir minhum ahada', not a single soul left out of the gathering. Ask yourself: everything I use to hide — the complexity of my life, the crowds I blend into, the mountains of distraction behind which I bury what I don't want seen — is stripped away on that Day. The earth laid bare is a picture of a self with nowhere left to conceal anything. And 'not one left out' closes the fantasy of slipping through unnoticed. If a Day is coming when there is no cover and no exception, what am I currently hiding behind mountains that I would do better to bring into the open — with God — now?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Saadi, al-Biqa'i.
Reflect with the Five Lenses
Maani's framework for Tadabbur (heart-centred reflection) on Surah Al-Kahf 18:47:
- Wording. Look closely at the specific words and structure. Which word stands out, and why might Allah have chosen it here?
- Quranic Worlds. Place the verse in its context — what is happening around it, and what world does it open up?
- Personal Experience. Ask not just what this means, but what it means TO me and FOR me, right now in my life.
- Connections. How does this verse connect to other verses, to the Sunnah, or to themes across the Quran?
- General Lessons. What timeless lesson or action point can I carry away and live by?