The Holy Quran 18:21 — Surah Al-Kahf

Arabic text

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَآ إِذْ يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ ۖ فَقَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَـٰنًا ۖ رَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا

Translation

In this manner (as We had awoken them,) We made them (their story) known (to people) so that the people might know that Allaah's promise (of resurrection) is true and that there is no doubt about (the coming of) Qiyaamah (because Allaah can raise all of creation in body and soul just as He had raised these men). (Remember the time) When (the people of the cave passed away after a short while and) the people (of the town) disputed about (what to do to remember) them and said, "Build a structure over them (seal the cave to be a grave for them). (In reply to another dispute that arose about the people of the cave, the people said) Their Rabb knows them best (it is therefore futile to argue about them)." (When another dispute arose about what sort of structure to build at the entrance of the cave,) Those who proved dominant in their affairs said, "We shall definitely build a Masjid over them (so that people may always know that the people of the cave worshipped Allaah. In this manner, people will not succumb to worshipping the people of the cave)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

How the people of the city came to know of the People of the Cave: one of them took the money and entered the city. There he found everything strange: in this time several centuries had passed. The people of the city, seeing the stamp on this money, were astonished at whose royal name it bore and what era it came from.

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