W.Khan · MealMerkezi.Net

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Praise be to God who has sent down to His servantthe Book, which is free from any ambiguity

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and which rightly directs, to give warning of stern punishment from Him, and to proclaim to the believers who do righteous deeds that they shall have an excellent recompense,

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wherein they will remain (in a state of bliss) forever.

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And to warn those who say, 'God has taken to Himself a son.'

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They have no knowledge of this, nor did their forefathers have any either. What they say is monstrous: they are merely uttering falsehoods!

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Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief if they do not believe in this message.

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We have adorned the earth with attractive things, so that We may test mankind as to which one is best in conduct,

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but We shall reduce all this to barren waste.

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Do you think that the Men of the Cave and the Inscription were one of Our wondrous signs?

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When the young men sought refuge in the cave, they said, 'Our Lord, grant us Your special mercy and give us right guidance in our affair.'

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Then We caused them to fall into a deep sleep for many years inside the cave.

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Then We woke them up again so that We might see which of the two groups would better calculate the time they had stayed there.

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We shall tell you their story as it really was. They were young men who believed in their Lord, and on whom We bestowed further guidance.

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We strengthened their hearts, when they rose up and declared, 'Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Never shall we call upon any deity other than Him: for that would be an outrageous thing to do.

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These people of ours have taken deities other than Him. Why do they not them? Who is more wicked than the man who invents a falsehood against God?

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'Now that you have withdrawn from them and from all that they worship instead of God, take refuge in that cave; your Lord will extend His mercy to you and will make fitting provision for you in your situation.'

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The sun could be observed to incline away from their cave on the right, as it rose, and to turn away from them on the left, when it set, while they lay in the wide space inside the cave. This is one of the signs of God. He whom God guides is rightly guided; but for him whom He lets go astray, you will find no helper or guide.

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You would have thought they were awake, though they lay asleep. We turned them over, to the right and the left, while their dog lay at the cave's entrance with legs outstretched. Had you looked down and seen them, you would have surely terror.

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In the course of time, We raised them up again so that they might question one another. One of them asked, 'How long have you stayed (here)?' They said, 'We have stayed a day, or part of a day.' But others said, 'Your Lord knows best how long you have stayed here. Let one of you go then with these silver coins to the town, and let him find out what food is purest there, and bring you back a supply of it. Let him conduct himself with caution and not disclose your whereabouts to anyone:

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for if they find you out, they will stone you to death, or force you back into their faith. In that case you would never prosper.'

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Thus We disclosed things to them so that they might know that God's promise was true and there was no doubt about the Hour (Judgement Day). The people argued about them among themselves. They said, 'Build a monument over them. Their Lord knows best concerning them.' Those who prevailed in their affair said, 'Let us surely build a place of worship over them.'

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Some will say, 'They were three, the fourth was their dog,' and others will say, 'They were five, the sixth was their dog,' guessing at random. And yet others say, 'They were seven, the eighth was their dog.' Say, 'My Lord knows best their number.' Only a few know anything about them. Therefore, do not enter into controversies over them, nor seek information about them from any of them;

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never say of anything, 'I shall certainly do this tomorrow,'

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without (adding), “if God so wills.” Remember your Lord whenever you might forget and say, 'I trust my Lord will guide me to that which is even nearer to the right path than this.'

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(Some say), 'They stayed in their cave three hundred years,' and to that some have added another nine years.

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Say, 'God knows best how long they stayed in it.' Only God has knowledge of the unseen in the heavens and on the earth. How well He sees and how well He hears! Man has no other guardian besides Him. He allows none to share His sovereignty.

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Proclaim what has been revealed to you from your Lord's Book. None can change His words. You shall find no refuge besides Him.

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Keep yourself attached to those who call on their Lord, morning and evening, seeking His pleasure; and do not let your eyes turn away from them, desiring the attraction of worldly life; and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance, one who pursues his own whims and becomes dissolute.

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Say, 'This is the truth from your Lord. Let him who will, believe in it, and him who will, deny it.' For the wrongdoers We have prepared a Fire which will cover them like a canopy, and if they beg for water, they will be given water as hot as molten lead, which will scald their faces: how dreadful a drink, and how evil a resting place!

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As for those who believe and do good deedsWe do not let the reward of anyone who does a good deed go to waste

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