The Cave
18. Al-Kahf
الكهف
Page #294
18:14
وَرَبَطْنَا
عَلَى
قُلُوبِهِمْ
إِذْ
قَامُوا
فَقَالُوا
رَبُّنَا
رَبُّ
السَّمَاوَاتِ
وَالْأَرْضِ
لَن
نَّدْعُوَ
مِن
دُونِهِ
إِلَهًا
لَّقَدْ
قُلْنَا
إِذًا
شَطَطًا
wa-rabaṭnā ʿalā qulūbihim ʾidh qāmū fa-qālū rabbunā rabbu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi lan nadʿuwa min dūnihī ʾilāhan la-qad qulnā ʾidhan shaṭaṭan
and fortified their hearts, when they stood up and said, ‘Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. We will never invoke any god besides Him, for then we shall certainly have said an atrocious lie.
— Ali Quli Qarai
We gave strength to their hearts: Behold, they stood up and said: "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and of the earth: never shall we call upon any god other than Him: if we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity!
