١٨ - ٱلْكَهْف

18 - Al-Kahf

وَتَرَى الشَّمْسَ اِذَا طَلَعَتْ تَّزٰوَرُ عَنْ كَہْفِہِمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمِيْنِ وَاِذَا غَرَبَتْ تَّقْرِضُہُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَہُمْ فِيْ فَجْــوَۃٍ مِّنْہُ۝۰ۭ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ اٰيٰتِ اؘ۝۰ۭ مَنْ يَّہْدِ اللہُ فَہُوَ الْمُہْتَدِ۝۰ۚ وَمَنْ يُّضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَہٗ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا۝۱۷ۧ
Watara alshshamsa itha talaAAat tazawaru AAan kahfihim thata alyameeni waitha gharabat taqriduhum thata alshshimali wahum fee fajwatin minhu thalika min ayati Allahi man yahdi Allahu fahuwa almuhtadi waman yudlil falan tajida lahu waliyyan murshidan

English

Ahmed Ali

You may well have seen when the sun came up it moved away to the right of the cave, and when it went down it turned away to the left, and they stayed in its open space. This was among the signs of God. Whoever is guided by God follows the right path; and whosoever goes astray will not find a guide to show him the way.

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وَ تَحْسَبُہُمْ اَيْقَاظًا وَّہُمْ رُقُوْدٌ۝۰ۤۖ وَّنُقَلِّبُہُمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمِيْنِ وَ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ۝۰ۤۖ وَكَلْبُہُمْ بَاسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْہِ بِالْوَصِيْدِ۝۰ۭ لَوِاطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْہِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْہُمْ فِرَارًا وَّلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْہُمْ رُعْبًا۝۱۸
Watahsabuhum ayqathan wahum ruqoodun wanuqallibuhum thata alyameeni wathata alshshimali wakalbuhum basitun thiraAAayhi bialwaseedi lawi ittalaAAta AAalayhim lawallayta minhum firaran walamulita minhum ruAAban

English

Ahmed Ali

You may have thought that they were awake, yet they were asleep. We made them turn right and left, while their dog lay with his forelegs stretched across the threshold. If you had looked at them you would have surely turned away and fled with horror at the sight.

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وَكَذٰلِكَ بَعَثْنٰہُمْ لِيَتَسَاۗءَلُوْا بَيْنَہُمْ۝۰ۭ قَالَ قَاۗىِٕلٌ مِّنْہُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ۝۰ۭ قَالُوْا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا اَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ۝۰ۭ قَالُوْا رَبُّكُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ۝۰ۭ فَابْعَثُوْۗا اَحَدَكُمْ بِوَرِقِكُمْ ہٰذِہٖۗ اِلَى الْمَدِيْنَۃِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ اَيُّہَاۗ اَزْكٰى طَعَامًا فَلْيَاْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِّنْہُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ اَحَدًا۝۱۹
Wakathalika baAAathnahum liyatasaaloo baynahum qala qailun minhum kam labithtum qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAda yawmin qaloo rabbukum aAAlamu bima labithtum faibAAathoo ahadakum biwariqikum hathihi ila almadeenati falyanthur ayyuha azka taAAaman falyatikum birizqin minhu walyatalattaf wala yushAAiranna bikum ahadan

English

Ahmed Ali

Even so We roused them that they may question one another. One of them asked: "How long have you stayed here?" They said: "A day or less than a day." "Your Lord knows best," they said, "how long you have stayed. So send one of you to the town with this money of yours to look for wholesome food and bring it for you; but he should be careful not to let your presence known.

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اِنَّہُمْ اِنْ يَّظْہَرُوْا عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوْكُمْ اَوْ يُعِيْدُوْكُمْ فِيْ مِلَّتِہِمْ وَلَنْ تُفْلِحُوْۗا اِذًا اَبَدًا۝۲۰
Innahum in yathharoo AAalaykum yarjumookum aw yuAAeedookum fee millatihim walan tuflihoo ithan abadan

English

Ahmed Ali

If they come to know of you they will stone you to death, or force you to go back to their creed; then you will never succeed."

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وَكَذٰلِكَ اَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْہِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوْۗا اَنَّ وَعْدَ اللہِ حَقٌّ وَّاَنَّ السَّاعَۃَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيْہَا۝۰ۚۤ اِذْ يَتَنَازَعُوْنَ بَيْنَہُمْ اَمْرَہُمْ فَقَالُوا ابْنُوْا عَلَيْہِمْ بُنْيَانًا۝۰ۭ رَبُّہُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِہِمْ۝۰ۭ قَالَ الَّذِيْنَ غَلَبُوْا عَلٰۗي اَمْرِہِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْہِمْ مَّسْجِدًا۝۲۱
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

English

Ahmed Ali

Thus did We inform the people about them that they may know the promise of God is true, and there is no doubt that the Hour will come. As they were arguing among themselves as to what should be done with them, (some) said: "Erect a monument over them. Their Lord is best cognisant of them." Those who prevailed, said: "We shall build a place of worship over their (sepulchre)."

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سَيَقُوْلُوْنَ ثَلٰثَۃٌ رَّابِعُہُمْ كَلْبُہُمْ۝۰ۚ وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ خَمْسَۃٌ سَادِسُہُمْ كَلْبُہُمْ رَجْمًۢـــا بِالْغَيْبِ۝۰ۚ وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ سَبْعَۃٌ وَّثَامِنُہُمْ كَلْبُہُمْ۝۰ۭ قُلْ رَّبِّيْۗ اَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِہِمْ مَّا يَعْلَمُہُمْ اِلَّا قَلِيْلٌ۝۰ۥۣ فَلَا تُمَارِ فِيْہِمْ اِلَّا مِرَاۗءً ظَاہِرًا۝۰۠ وَّلَا تَسْتَفْتِ فِيْہِمْ مِّنْہُمْ اَحَدًا۝۲۲ۧ
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

English

Ahmed Ali

Some will say: "They were three, and their dog was the fourth;" and some will also say: "They were five and their dog was the sixth," -- guessing in the dark. And some will even say: "They were seven, and their dog the eighth." Say: "My Lord alone knows best their number; none but only a few know of them." So do not argue about it with them but lightly, and do not enquire about them from any one of them.

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وَلَا تَقُوْلَنَّ لِشَايْءٍ اِنِّىْ فَاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَدًا۝۲۳ۙ
Wala taqoolanna lishayin innee faAAilun thalika ghadan

English

Ahmed Ali

Do not say of any thing: "I will do it tomorrow,"

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اِلَّاۗ اَنْ يَّشَاۗءَ اؙ۝۰ۡوَاذْكُرْ رَّبَّكَ اِذَا نَسِيْتَ وَقُلْ عَسٰۗي اَنْ يَّہْدِيَنِ رَبِّيْ لِاَقْرَبَ مِنْ ہٰذَا رَشَدًا۝۲۴
Illa an yashaa Allahu waothkur rabbaka itha naseeta waqul AAasa an yahdiyani rabbee liaqraba min hatha rashadan

English

Ahmed Ali

Without (adding), "if God may please;" and think of your Lord in ease you forget, and say: "Perhaps my Lord will show me a nearer way to rectitude."

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وَلَبِثُوْا فِيْ كَہْفِہِمْ ثَلٰثَ مِائَۃٍ سِنِيْنَ وَازْدَادُوْا تِسْعًا۝۲۵
Walabithoo fee kahfihim thalatha miatin sineena waizdadoo tisAAan

English

Ahmed Ali

(It is said) they stayed in the cave three hundred years and nine.

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قُلِ اللہُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُوْا۝۰ۚ لَہٗ غَيْبُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ۝۰ۭ اَبْصِرْ بِہٖ وَاَسْمِعْ۝۰ۭ مَا لَہُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِہٖ مِنْ وَّلِيٍّ۝۰ۡوَلَا يُشْرِكُ فِيْ حُكْمِہٖۗ اَحَدًا۝۲۶
Quli Allahu aAAlamu bima labithoo lahu ghaybu alssamawati waalardi absir bihi waasmiAA ma lahum min doonihi min waliyyin wala yushriku fee hukmihi ahadan

English

Ahmed Ali

You say: "God only knows how long they stayed. He alone knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth. How distinctly He sees and hears! They have no other guardian but Him, and He does not share His authority with any one."

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