The Cave
18. Al-Kahf
الكهف
al-Kahf (The Cave)
ٱلْكَهْف
18:21
وَكَذَلِكَ
أَعْثَرْنَا
عَلَيْهِمْ
لِيَعْلَمُوا
أَنَّ
وَعْدَ
اللَّهِ
حَقٌّ
وَأَنَّ
السَّاعَةَ
لَا
رَيْبَ
فِيهَا
إِذْ
يَتَنَازَعُونَ
بَيْنَهُمْ
أَمْرَهُمْ
فَقَالُوا
ابْنُوا
عَلَيْهِم
بُنْيَانًا
رَّبُّهُمْ
أَعْلَمُ
بِهِمْ
قَالَ
الَّذِينَ
غَلَبُوا
عَلَى
أَمْرِهِمْ
لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ
عَلَيْهِم
مَّسْجِدًا
wa-ka-dhālika ʾaʿtharnā ʿalayhim li-yaʿlamū ʾanna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun wa-ʾanna s-sāʿata lā rayba fīhā ʾidh yatanāzaʿūna baynahum ʾamrahum fa-qālū bnū ʿalayhim bunyānan rabbuhum ʾaʿlamu bihim qāla lladhīna ghalabū ʿalā ʾamrihim la-nattakhidhanna ʿalayhim masjidan
We caused their story to become public so that people would know that God's promise was true and that there is no doubt about the coming of the Day of Judgment. They started to argue with each other about the matter (Resurrection) and some of them said, "Let us establish a building at the youths' sleeping place (to hide them). Their Lord knew best their intentions about them. The majority prevailed in their suggestion of the establishment of a mosque in that place.
