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017.104 And We said thereafter to the Children of Israel, "Dwell securely in the land (of promise)": but when the
second of the warnings came to pass, We gathered you together in a mingled crowd.
017.105 We sent down the (Qur'an) in Truth, and in Truth has it descended: and We sent thee but to give Glad Tidings
and to warn (sinners).
017.106 (It is) a Qur'an which We have divided (into parts from time to time), in order that thou mightest recite it to
men at intervals: We have revealed it by stages.
017.107 Say: "Whether ye believe in it or not, it is true that those who were given knowledge beforehand, when it is
recited to them, fall down on their faces in humble prostration,
017.108 "And they say: 'Glory to our Lord! Truly has the promise of our Lord been fulfilled!'"
017.109 They fall down on their faces in tears, and it increases their (earnest) humility.
017.110 Say: "Call upon God, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong
the Most Beautiful Names. Neither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a middle course
between."
017.111 Say: "Praise be to God, who begets no son, and has no partner in (His) dominion: Nor (needs) He any to
protect Him from humiliation: yea, magnify Him for His greatness and glory!"
THE CAVE, CHAPTER NO. 018
018.001 Praise be to God, Who hath sent to His Servant the Book, and hath allowed therein no Crookedness:
018.002 (He hath made it) Straight (and Clear) in order that He may warn (the godless) of a terrible Punishment from
Him, and that He may give Glad Tidings to the Believers who work righteous deeds, that they shall have a goodly
Reward,
018.003 Wherein they shall remain for ever:
018.004 Further, that He may warn those (also) who say, "God hath begotten a son":
018.005 No knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had their fathers. It is a grievous thing that issues from their
mouths as a saying what they say is nothing but falsehood!
018.006 Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after them, in grief, if they believe not in this
Message.
018.007 That which is on earth we have made but as a glittering show for the earth, in order that We may test them -
as to which of them are best in conduct.
018.008 Verily what is on earth we shall make but as dust and dry soil (without growth or herbage).
018.009 Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the Inscription were wonders among Our Sign?
018.010 Behold, the youths betook themselves to the Cave: they said, "Our Lord! bestow on us Mercy from Thyself,
and dispose of our affair for us in the right way!"
018.011 Then We draw (a veil) over their ears, for a number of years, in the Cave, (so that they heard not):
018.012 Then We roused them, in order to test which of the two parties was best at calculating the term of years they
had tarried!
018.013 We relate to thee their story in truth: they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We advanced them
in guidance:
018.014 We gave strength to their hearts: Behold, they stood up and said: "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and of
the earth: never shall we call upon any god other than Him: if we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity!
018.015 "These our people have taken for worship gods other than Him: why do they not bring forward an authority
clear (and convincing) for what they do? Who doth more wrong than such as invent a falsehood against God?
018.016 "When ye turn away from them and the things they worship other than God, betake yourselves to the Cave:
Your Lord will shower His mercies on you and disposes of your affair towards comfort and ease."
018.017 Thou wouldst have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the right from their Cave, and when it set, turning
away from them to the left, while they lay in the open space in the midst of the Cave. Such are among the Signs of God:
He whom God, guides is rightly guided; but he whom God leaves to stray,- for him wilt thou find no protector to lead
him to the Right Way.
018.018 Thou wouldst have deemed them awake, whilst they were asleep, and We turned them on their right and on