Surah Kahfi Verse 1 - 16
- Praise be to Allah Who hath revealed the Scripture unto His slave, and hath not placed therein any crookedness,
- (But hath made it) straight, to give warning of stern punishment from Him, and to bring unto the believers who do good works the news that theirs will be a fair reward,
- Wherein they will abide for ever;
- And to warn those who say: Allah hath chosen a son,
- (A thing) whereof they have no knowledge, nor (had) their fathers, Dreadful is the word that cometh out of their mouths. They speak naught but a lie.
- Yet it may be, if they believe not in this statement, that thou (Muhammad) wilt torment thy soul with grief over their footsteps.
- Lo! We have placed all that is on the earth as an ornament thereof that We may try them: which of them is best in conduct.
- And lo! We shall make all that is thereon a barren mound.
- Or deemest thou that the People of the Cave and the Inscription are a wonder among Our portents?
- When the young men fled for refuge to the Cave and said: Our Lord! Give us mercy from Thy presence, and shape for us right conduct in our plight.
- Then We sealed up their hearing in the Cave for a number of years.
- And afterward We raised them up that We might know which of the two parties would best calculate the time that they had tarried.
- We narrate unto thee their story with truth. Lo! they were young men who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.
- And We made firm their hearts when they stood forth and said: Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. We cry unto no Allah beside Him, for then should we utter an enormity.
- These, our people, have chosen (other) gods beside Him though they bring no clear warrant (vouchsafed) to them. And who doth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah?
- And when ye withdraw from them and that which they worship except Allah, then seek refuge in the Cave; your Lord will spread for you of His mercy and will prepare for you a pillow in your plight.
17:24
