وَإِذِ
ٱعۡتَزَلۡتُمُوهُمۡ
وَمَا
يَعۡبُدُونَ
إِلَّا
ٱللَّهَ
فَأۡوُۥٓاْ
إِلَى
ٱلۡكَهۡفِ
يَنشُرۡ
لَكُمۡ
رَبُّكُم
مِّن
رَّحۡمَتِهِۦ
وَيُهَيِّئۡ
لَكُم
مِّنۡ
أَمۡرِكُم
مِّرۡفَقٗا
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Since you have distanced yourselves from them and what they worship besides Allah, take refuge in the cave. Your Lord will extend His mercy to you and accommodate you in your ordeal.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
[The youths said to one another], "And when you have withdrawn from them and that which they worship other than Allāh, retreat to the cave. Your Lord will spread out for you of His mercy and will prepare for you from your affair facility."
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Their Belief in Allah and their Retreat from their People
From here Allah begins to explain the story in detail. He states that they were boys or young men, and that they were more accepting of the truth and more guided than the elders who had become stubbornly set in their ways and clung to the reli
…Their Belief in Allah and their Retreat from their People
From here Allah begins to explain the story in detail. He states that they were boys or young
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