Al-Kahf 18:21 وكذالك اعثرنا عليهم ليعلموا ان وعد الله حق وان الساعة لا ريب فيها اذ يتنازعون بينهم امرهم فقالوا ابنوا عليهم بنيانا ربهم اعلم بهم قال الذين غلبوا على امرهم لنتخذن عليهم مسجدا ٢١
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
أَعۡثَرۡنَا
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
لِيَعۡلَمُوٓاْ
أَنَّ
وَعۡدَ
ٱللَّهِ
حَقّٞ
وَأَنَّ
ٱلسَّاعَةَ
لَا
رَيۡبَ
فِيهَآ
إِذۡ
يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ
بَيۡنَهُمۡ
أَمۡرَهُمۡۖ
فَقَالُواْ
ٱبۡنُواْ
عَلَيۡهِم
بُنۡيَٰنٗاۖ
رَّبُّهُمۡ
أَعۡلَمُ
بِهِمۡۚ
قَالَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
غَلَبُواْ
عَلَىٰٓ
أَمۡرِهِمۡ
لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ
عَلَيۡهِم
مَّسۡجِدٗا
٢١
That is how We caused them to be discovered so that their people might know that Allah’s promise ˹of resurrection˺ is true and that there is no doubt about the Hour.1 When the people disputed with each other about the case of the youth ˹after their death˺,2 some proposed, “Build a structure around them. Their Lord knows best about them.” Those who prevailed in the matter said, “We will surely build a place of worship over them.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And similarly, We caused them to be found that they [who found them] would know that the promise of Allāh is truth and that of the Hour there is no doubt. [That was] when they1 disputed among themselves about their affair and [then] said, "Construct over them a structure. Their Lord is most knowing about them." Said those who prevailed in the matter, "We will surely take [for ourselves] over them a masjid."2
— Saheeh International
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
How the People of the City came to know about Them; building a Memorial over the Cave
وَكَذلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ
(And thus We made their case known,) means, `We caused the people to find them.'
لِيَعْلَمُواْ أَنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهَا
(that they might know that
…How the People of the City came to know about Them; building a Memorial over the Cave
وَكَذلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ
(And thus We made their case know
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