The Holy Quran 18:9 — Surah Al-Kahf

Arabic text

أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْكَهْفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا۟ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا عَجَبًا

Translation

Do you think that the people of the cave and the Raqeem were wonders from Our Aayaat? (According to some commentators, the word "Raqeem" refers to a stone tablet on which the incident of the people of the cave was inscribed together with their names. According to others, it was the name of their dog, while others say that it was the name of the place where they lived.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The story of the People of the Cave is only a modest example of Allah's power: that is, in view of the immense power of Almighty Allah, the story of the People of the Cave, which is related below, is no marvel to be regarded as excessively strange.

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