The Holy Quran 18:19 — Surah Al-Kahf

Arabic text

وَكَذَٰلِكَ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِيَتَسَآءَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ۚ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَٱبْعَثُوٓا۟ أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمْ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَنظُرْ أَيُّهَآ أَزْكَىٰ طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْتِكُم بِرِزْقٍ مِّنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا

Translation

(As they slept soundly) In this manner, We woke them up so that they could question each other. One of them said, “How long have you remained (asleep in the cave)?" They replied, "We remained here for a day or a part of a day. (They said this because they had fallen asleep in the morning and had woken up in the evening 309 years later) Others said, "Your Rabb knows best how long you stayed. Send someone to the town with this silver (coins). Let him then see which food is purest (not dedicated to idols) so that he can bring you some provisions from there. However, he should be subtle (covetous) in his approach and never inform anyone about you (because the people would then learn about our whereabouts and persecute us further.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

وكما أنمناهم وحفظناهم هذه المدة الطويلة أيقظناهم مِن نومهم على هيئتهم دون تغيُّر؛ لكي يسأل بعضهم بعضًا: كم من الوقت مكثنا نائمين هنا؟ فقال بعضهم: مكثنا يوما أو بعض يوم، وقال آخرون التبس عليهم الأمر: فَوِّضوا عِلْم ذلك لله، فربكم أعلم بالوقت الذي مكثتموه، فأرسِلوا أحدكم بنقودكم الفضية هذه إلى مدينتنا فلينظر: أيَّ أهل المدينة أحلُّ وأطيب طعامًا؟

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