فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا
Famas taa'ooo any yazharoohu wa mastataa'oo lahoo naqbaa
Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.
— Al-Kahf (ٱلْكَهْف), 18:97

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فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗا
Famas taa'ooo any yazharoohu wa mastataa'oo lahoo naqbaa
Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.
— Al-Kahf (ٱلْكَهْف), 18:97
فَمَا ٱسۡطَٰعُوٓاْ أَن يَظۡهَرُوهُ وَمَا ٱسۡتَطَٰعُواْ لَهُۥ نَقۡبٗاTransliteration: Famas taa'ooo any yazharoohu wa mastataa'oo lahoo naqbaa
Translation (Yusuf Ali): Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.
This is verse 97 of Surah Al-Kahf (ٱلْكَهْف, meaning "The Cave"), the 18th surah of the Quran. It is a Meccan surah with 110 total verses.