Even so, We awakened them, so that they may ask one another. Had you looked at them, you would have turned away from them in flight, and been filled with fear of them.ġ9. And We turned them over to the right, and to the left, with their dog stretching its paws across the threshold. You would think them awake, although they were asleep. He whom God guides is truly guided but he whom He misguides, for him you will find no directing friend.ġ8. You would have seen the sun, when it rose, veering away from their cave towards the right, and when it sets, moving away from them to the left, as they lay in the midst of the cave. And your Lord will unfold His mercy for you, and will set your affair towards ease.”ġ7. “Now that you have withdrawn from them, and from what they worship besides God, take shelter in the cave. Why do they not bring a clear proof concerning them? Who, then, does greater wrong than he who invents lies and attributes them to God?”ġ6. “These people, our people, have taken to themselves gods other than Him. And We strengthened their hearts, when they stood up and said, “Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth we will not call on any god besides Him, for then we would have spoken an outrage.”ġ5. They were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.ġ4.
Then We awakened them to know which of the two groups could better calculate the length of their stay.ġ3. Then We sealed their ears in the cave for a number of years.ġ2. When the youths took shelter in the cave, they said, “Our Lord, give us mercy from Yourself, and bless our affair with guidance.”ġ1. Did you know that the People of the Cave and the Inscription were of Our wondrous signs?ġ0. And We will turn what is on it into barren waste.ĩ. We made what is upon the earth an ornament for it, to test them as to which of them is best in conduct.Ĩ. Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief, chasing after them, if they do not believe in this information.ħ.
Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths. They have no knowledge of this, nor did their forefathers. And to warn those who say, “God has begotten a son.”ĥ. Valuable-to warn of severe punishment from Himself and to deliver good news to the believers who do righteous deeds, that they will have an excellent reward.Ĥ. Praise be to God, who revealed the Book to His servant, and allowed in it no distortion.Ģ. In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.ġ.