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All
the praises and thanks be to Allah, Who has sent down to His slave
(Muhammad SAW)
the Book (the Qur-an),
and has not placed therein any crookedness. |
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(He
has made it) Straight to give
warning (to the disbelievers)
of a severe punishment from Him, and to give glad tidings to the believers
(in the Oneness of Allah Islamic
Monotheism), who work righteous
deeds, that they shall have a fair reward (i.e.
Paradise). |
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They
shall abide therein forever. |
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And
to warn those (Jews, Christians,
and pagans) who say, "Allah
has begotten a son (or offspring
or children)." |
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No
knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had their fathers. Mighty
is the word that comes out of their mouths [i.e.
He begot (took) sons and daughters].
They utter nothing but a lie. |
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Perhaps,
you, would kill yourself (O
Muhammad SAW) in grief, over
their footsteps (for their
turning away from you), because
they believe not in this narration (the
Qur-an). |
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Verily!
We have made that which is on earth as an adornment for it, in order
that We may test them (mankind)
as to which of them are best in deeds. [i.e.
those who do good deeds in the most perfect manner, that means to
do them (deeds) totally for Allah's sake and in accordance to the
legal ways of the Prophet SAW ]. |
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And
verily! We shall make all that is on it (the
earth) a bare dry soil (without
any vegetation or trees, etc.). |
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| 9. |
Do
you think that the people of the Cave and the Inscription (the
news or the names of the people of the Cave)
were a wonder among Our Signs? |
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| 10. |
(Remember)
when the young men fled for refuge (from
their disbelieving folk) to
the Cave, they said: "Our Lord! Bestow on us mercy from Yourself,
and facilitate for us our affair in the right way!" |
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Therefore
We covered up their (sense
of) hearing (causing
them, to go in deep sleep) in
the Cave for a number of years. |
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Then
We raised them up (from their
sleep), that We might test which
of the two parties was best at calculating the time period that they
had tarried. |
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We
narrate unto you (O Muhammad
SAW) their story with truth:
Truly! They were young men who believed in their Lord (Allah),
and We increased them in guidance. |
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And
We made their hearts firm and strong (with
the light of Faith in Allah and bestowed upon them patience to bear
the separation of their kith and kin and dwellings, etc.)
when they stood up and said: "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens
and the earth, never shall we call upon any ilah (god)
other than Him; if we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity
in disbelief. |
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"These
our people have taken for worship aliha (gods)
other than Him (Allah).
Why do they not bring for them a clear authority? And who does more
wrong than he who invents a lie against Allah. |
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(The
young men said to one another):
"And when you withdraw from them, and that which they worship,
except Allah, then seek refuge in the Cave, your Lord will open a
way for you from His Mercy and will make easy for you your affair
(i.e. will give you what you
will need of provision, dwelling, etc.)." |
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And
you might have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the right
from their Cave, and when it set, turning away from them to the left,
while they lay in the midst of the Cave. That is (one)
of the Ayat (proofs, evidences,
signs) of Allah. He whom Allah
guides, is rightly guided; but he whom He sends astray, for him you
will find no Wali (guiding friend)
to lead him (to the right Path). |
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And
you would have thought them awake, while they were asleep. And We
turned them on their right and on their left sides, and their dog
stretching forth his two forelegs at the entrance [of
the Cave or in the space near to the entrance of the Cave (as a guard
at the gate)]. Had you looked
at them, you would certainly have turned back from them in flight,
and would certainly have been filled with awe of them. |
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Likewise,
We awakened them (from their
long deep sleep) that they might
question one another. A speaker from among them said: "How long
have you stayed (here)?"
They said: "We have stayed
(perhaps) a day or part of a
day." They said: "Your Lord
(Alone) knows best how long
you have stayed (here).
So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the town, and
let him find out which is the good lawful food, and bring some of
that to you. And let him be careful and let no man know of you. |
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"For
if they come to know of you, they will stone you (to
death or abuse and harm you) or turn you back to their religion,
and in that case you will never be successful." |
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And
thus We made their case known to the people, that they might know
that the Promise of Allah is true, and that there can be no doubt
about the Hour. (Remember)
when they (the people of the
city) disputed among themselves
about their case, they said: "Construct a building over them,
their Lord knows best about them,"
(then) those who won their point
said (most probably the disbelievers):
"We verily shall build a place of worship over them." |
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(Some)
say they were three, the dog being the fourth among them;
(others)
say they were five, the dog being the sixth, guessing at the unseen;
(yet others)
say they were seven, the dog being the eighth. Say (O
Muhammad SAW): "My Lord
knows best their number; none knows them but a few." So debate
not (about their number, etc.)
except with the clear proof (which
We have revealed to you). And
consult not any of them (people
of the Scripture, Jews and Christians)
about (the affair of)
the people of the Cave. |
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| 23. |
And
never say of anything, "I shall do such and such thing tomorrow." |
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Except
(with the saying),
"If Allah will!" And remember your Lord when you forget
and say: "It may be that my Lord guides me unto a nearer way
of truth than this." |
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And
they stayed in their Cave three hundred (solar)
years, and add nine (for lunar
years). |
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Say:
"Allah knows best how long they stayed. With Him is (the
knowledge of) the unseen of
the heavens and the earth. How clearly He sees, and hears
(everything)!
They have no Wali (Helper, Disposer
of affairs, Protector, etc.)
other than Him, and He makes none to share in His Decision and His
Rule." |
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And
recite what has been revealed to you (O
Muhammad SAW) of the Book (the
Qur-an) of your Lord (i.e.
recite it, understand and follow its teachings and act on its orders
and preach it to men). None
can change His Words, and none will you find as a refuge other than
Him. |
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And
keep yourself (O Muhammad SAW)
patiently with those who call on their Lord (i.e.
your companions who remember their Lord with glorification, praising
in prayers, etc., and other righteous deeds, etc.)
morning and afternoon, seeking His Face, and let not your eyes overlook
them, desiring the pomp and glitter of the life of the world; and
obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our Remembrance,
one who follows his own lusts and whose affair (deeds)
has been lost. |
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And
say: "The truth is from your Lord." Then whosoever wills,
let him believe, and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve. Verily,
We have prepared for the Zalimun (polytheists
and wrong-doers, etc.), a Fire
whose walls will be surrounding them (disbelievers
in the Oneness of Allah). And
if they ask for help (relief,
water, etc.) they will be granted
water like boiling oil, that will scald their faces. Terrible the
drink, and an evil Murtafaqa (dwelling,
resting place, etc.)! |
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Verily!
As for those who believe and do righteous deeds, certainly! We shall
not suffer to be lost the reward of anyone who does his
(righteous) deeds in the most
perfect manner. |
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