{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/01803.htm","path":"isl/quran/01803.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/01803.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n18. Watahsabuhum ayqathan wahum ruqoodun wanuqallibuhum thata alyameeni wathata alshshimali wakalbuhum basitun thiraAAayhi bialwaseedi lawi ittalaAAta AAalayhim lawallayta minhum firaran walamuli/ta minhum ruAAban\n18. Thou wouldst have deemed them\n Awake, whilst they were asleep,\n And We turned them\n On their right and on\n Their left sides: their dog\n Stretching forth his two fore-legs\n On the threshold: if thou\n Hadst come up on to them,\n Thou wouldst have certainly\n Turned back from them in flight,\n And wouldst certainly have been\n Filled with terror of them.\n19. Wakathalika baAAathnahum liyatasaaloo baynahum qala qa-ilun minhum kam labithtum qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAda yawmin qaloo rabbukum aAAlamu bima labithtum faibAAathoo ahadakum biwariqikum hathihi ila almadeenati falyanthur ayyuha azka taAAaman falya/tikum birizqin minhu walyatalattaf wala yushAAiranna bikum ahadan\n19. Such (being their state),\n We raised them up (from sleep),\n That they might question\n Each other. Said one of them,\n\"How long have ye stayed (here)?\"\n They said, \"We have stayed\n (Perhaps) a day, or part\n Of a day.\" (At length)\n They (all) said, \"God (alone)\n Knows best how long\n Ye have stayed here\u2026\n Now send ye then one of you\n With this money of yours\n To the town: let him\n Find out which is the best\n Food (to be had) and bring some\n To you, that (ye may)\n Satisfy your hunger therewith:\n And let him behave\n With care and courtesy,\n And let him not inform\n Any one about you.\n20. Innahum in yathharoo AAalaykum yarjumookum aw yuAAeedookum fee millatihim walan tuflihoo ithan abadan\n20. \"For if they should\n Come upon you, they would\n Stone you or force you\n To return to their cult,\n And in that case ye would\n Never attain prosperity.\"\n21. Wakathalika aAAtharna AAalayhim liyaAAlamoo anna waAAda Allahi haqqun waanna alsaAAata la rayba feeha ith yatanazaAAoona baynahum amrahum faqaloo ibnoo AAalayhim bunyanan rabbuhum aAAlamu bihim qala allatheena ghalaboo AAala amrihim lanattakhithanna AAalayhim masjidan\n21. Thus did We make\n Their case known to the people,\nThat they might know\n That the promise of God\n Is true, and that there can\n Be no doubt about the Hour\n Of Judgment. Behold,\n They dispute among themselves\n As to their affair. (Some) said,\n \"Construct a building over them\":\n Their Lord knows best\n About them: those who prevailed\n Over their affair said,\n \"Let us surely build a place\n Of worship over them.\"\n22. Sayaqooloona thalathatun rabiAAuhum kalbuhum wayaqooloona khamsatun sadisuhum kalbuhum rajman bialghaybi wayaqooloona sabAAatun wathaminuhum kalbuhum qul rabbee aAAlamu biAAiddatihim ma yaAAlamuhum illa qaleelun fala tumari feehim illa miraan thahiran wala tastafti feehim minhum ahadan\n22. (Some) say they were three,\n The dog being the fourth\n Among them; (others) say\n They were five, the dog\n Being the sixth,\u2014doubtfully\n Guessing at the unknown;\n (Yet others) say they were\n Seven, the dog being the eighth.\n Say thou: \"My Lord\n Knoweth best their number;\n It is but few that know\n Their (real case).\" Enter not,\n Therefore, into controversies\n Concerning them, except\n On a matter that is clear,\n Nor consult any of them\n About (the affair of) the Sleepers.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XVIII.: Kahf, or the Cave.: Section ...","type":"page"}