# Quran 18:104 — Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave), Verse 104

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعۡيُهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَهُمۡ يَحۡسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمۡ يُحۡسِنُونَ صُنۡعًا

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
اَلَّذِیْنَ ضَلَّ سَعْیُهُمْ فِی الْحَیٰوةِ الدُّنْیَا وَهُمْ یَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّهُمْ یُحْسِنُوْنَ صُنْعًا ۟

## Transliteration
Allazeena dalla sa'yuhum fil hayaatid dunyaa wa hum yahsaboona annahum yuhsinoona sun'aa

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> "Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?"

**Citation:** Quran, Surah Al-Kahf 18:104 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

**Context:** Surah Al-Kahf is a meccan surah with 110 ayahs. Full surah: https://deen.global/quran/surah-al-kahf.md
Previous verse: https://deen.global/quran/18/103.md
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