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saved, 'Please mention me when you are with your lord,' but Satan
made him forget to remind his lord, and so he stayed in prison for sev-
eral years. (Surah Yusuf, 41-42)
Companions of the Cave – The Cave
When the young men took refuge in the cave and said, 'Our Lord,
give us mercy directly from You and open the way for us to right guid-
ance in our situation.' So We sealed their ears with sleep in the cave for
a number of years. (Surat al-Kahf, 10-11)
We fortified their hearts when they stood up and said, 'Our Lord is
the Lord of the heavens and the earth and We will not call on any god
apart from Him. We would in that case have uttered an abomination.
These people of ours have taken gods apart from Him. Why do they
not produce a clear authority concerning them? Who could do greater
wrong than someone who invents a lie against Allah? When you have
separated yourselves from them and everything they worship except
Allah, take refuge in the cave and your Lord will unfold His mercy to
you and open the way to the best for you in your situation.' You would
have seen the sun, when it rose, inclining away from their cave to-
wards the right, and, when it set, leaving them behind on the left,
while they were lying in an open part of it. That was one of Allah's
Signs. Whoever Allah guides is truly guided. But if He misguides
someone, you will find no protector for them to guide them rightly.
(Surat al-Kahf, 14-17)
Prophet Muhammad (saas) – The Cave
If you do not help him, Allah did help him when the disbelievers
drove him out and there were two of them in the Cave. He said to his
companion, 'Do not be despondent, Allah is with us.' Then Allah sent
down His serenity upon him and reinforced him with troops you
could not see. He made the word of the disbelievers undermost. It is
the word of Allah which is uppermost. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.
(Surat at-Tawba, 40)

PLACES OF PRAYER - PLACES WHERE BELIEVERS LIVE
Children of Adam! Wear fine clothing in every mosque and eat and