[18.1] Praise belongs to Allah who has sent down the Book to His worshiper (Prophet
Muhammad) and has not made any crookedness in it,
[18.2] unswerving. To warn of great violence from Him, and to give good tidings to the
believers who do good deeds that theirs shall be a goodly wage
[18.3] and they will live for ever therein.
[18.4] And it (the Koran) warns those who say: ‘Allah has taken a son.’
[18.5] . Surely, of this they have no knowledge, neither they nor their fathers; it is a
monstrous word that comes from their mouths, they say nothing but a lie.
[18.6] Yet perchance, if they do not believe in this tiding, you will consume yourself with grief and follow after them.
[18.7] We have appointed all that is on the earth an adornment for it, in order that We try which of them is finest in works.
[18.8] We will surely reduce all that is on it to barren dust.
[18.9] Or, do you think the companions of the Cave and the tomb stone were a wonder among Our signs?
[18.10] When the youths sought refuge in the Cave, they said: 'Lord give us from Your
Mercy and furnish us with rectitude in our affair.'
[18.11] For many years We sealed up their hearing in the Cave,
[18.12] and thereafter We revived them to find out which of the two parties could best calculate the length of their stay.
[18.13] In truth We tell to you their news. They were young men who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.
[18.14] We strengthened their hearts when they stood up and said: 'Our Lord is the Lord
of the heavens and the earth. We will call on no other god except Him; (for if we did), we
would have spoken outrageously (in disbelief),
[18.15] These, our nation have taken to themselves gods, other than Allah. Why do they
not bring some clear authority regardingrthem! Who does greater evil than he who forges a lie against Allah?'
[18.16] When you depart from them and from what they worship, other than Allah, seek
refuge in the Cave. Allah will extend His Mercy to you and will furnish you with a gentle issue of your affair.
[18.17] You might have seen the rising sun incline towards the right of their Cave, and,
as it set go past them on the left, while they stayed within an open space in the Cave.
That was one of the signs of Allah. Herwhom Allah guides is rightly guided; but he
whom He leads astray you shall not find forlhim a guardian to guide him.
[18.18] You might have thought them awake, though they were sleeping. We turned
them about to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched its paws at the entrance.
Had you seen them you would surely have become filled with terror and turned your back on them in flight.
[18.19] As such We revived them so that they might question one another. 'How long
have you stayed here?' asked one of them. 'We have been here a day, or part of it,' they
replied. They said: 'Your Lord knows best how long we have stayed here. Let one of
you go to the city with this silver (coin) and let him search for one who has the purest
food and bring provision from it. Lethhim be courteous, but let no one sense it is you.
[18.20] For, if they appear in front of you, they will stone you to death or restore you to
