Al-Kahf 18:81
The Cave · ayah 81 of 110
فَأَرَدْنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهُ زَكَوٰةًۭ وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًۭا
Faaradna an yubdilahumarabbuhuma khayran minhu zakatan waaqraba ruhma
"So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy."
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"we wished that their Lord should give them another child- purer and more compassionate- in his place."
Pickthall (classic)+
"And we intended that their Lord should change him for them for one better in purity and nearer to mercy."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
""So we desired that their Lord would give them in exchange (a son) better in purity (of conduct) and closer in affection."