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18. THE CAVE (AL-KAHF)

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

1 Praise be to God who has sent were one of Our wondrous signs?
down to His servant—the Book, 10 When the young men sought
which is free from any ambiguity refuge in the cave, they said,
2 and which rightly directs, to ‘Our Lord, grant us Your special
give warning of stern punishment mercy and give us right guidance
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from Him, and to proclaim to the in our affair.’ Then We caused
believers who do righteous deeds them to fall into a deep sleep for
that they shall have an excellent many years inside the cave.
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recompense, wherein they will 12 Then We woke them up again
remain [in a state of bliss] so that We might see which of
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forever. And to warn those who the two groups would better
say, ‘God has taken to Himself a calculate the time they had stayed
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son.’ They have no knowledge there.
of this, nor did their forefathers 13 We shall tell you their story
have any either. What they say is as it really was. They were young
monstrous: they are merely men who believed in their
uttering falsehoods! Lord, and on whom We
6 Perhaps you may destroy bestowed further guidance. We
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yourself with grief if they do not strengthened their hearts, when
believe in this message. 7 We they rose up and declared, ‘Our
have adorned the earth with Lord is the Lord of the heavens
attractive things, so that We may and the earth. Never shall we
test mankind as to which one is call upon any deity other than
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best in conduct, but We shall Him: for that would be an
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reduce all this to barren waste. outrageous thing to do. These
9 Do you think that the Men of people of ours have taken deities
the Cave and the Inscription other than Him. Why do they not