Al-Kahf 18:1
The Cave · Meccan · Juz 15 · Page 293
A Book Without Crookedness
ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَلَمۡ يَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَاۜ ١
Praise be to Allah Who hath revealed the Scripture unto His slave, and hath not placed therein any crookedness.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Praise be to Allah, who sent down the Book to His servant and placed no crookedness in it.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “iwaj” as winding and crookedness: the Qur’an is neither winding nor crooked; it has no lie and no error.
Reflect
Read a verse of the Qur’an carefully today and reflect on its straightness.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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