ٱلْكَهْف : ٩٥

  • قَالَ He said
  • مَا What
  • مَكَّنِّي has established me
  • فِيهِ [in it]
  • رَبِّي my Lord
  • خَيۡرٞ (is) better
  • فَأَعِينُونِي but assist me
  • بِقُوَّةٍ with strength
  • أَجۡعَلۡ I will make
  • بَيۡنَكُمۡ between you
  • وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ and between them
  • رَدۡمًا a barrier
He said, "That in which my Lord has established me is better [than what you offer], but assist me with strength [i.e., manpower]; I will make between you and them a dam.
He said, 'That, wealth and so on, wherewith my Lord has empowered me (makkannee, a variant reading has makkananee) is better, than the tribute that you offer me, and so I have no need for it. I shall build for you the barrier without [demanding] a fee; so help me with strength, in that which I [will] demand from you, and I will build between you and them a rampart, a fortified barricade.