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| 5. No knowledge have they thereof, nor had their fathers. Monstrous is the word that comes out of their mouths. They speak naught but a lie. 6. So it may be, thou wilt grieve thyself to death sorrowing after them if they believe not in this Discourse. 7. Verily, WE have made all that is on the earth an ornament for it, that WE may try them as to which of them is the best in conduct. 8. And WE shall destroy all that is thereon and make it a barren soil. 9. Dost thou think that the Companions of the Cave and the Inscription were a wonder among Our Signs ? 10. When the young men betook themselves to the Cave for refuge they said, `Our Lord, bestow on us mercy from Thyself, and furnish us with right guidance in our affair.' 11. So WE prevented them from hearing in the Cave for a number of years. 12. Then WE raised them up that WE might know which of the two parties would preserve a better reckoning of the time that they tarried. 13. WE will relate to thee the story with truth. They were young men who believed in their Lord and WE increased them in guidance. 14. And WE strengthened their hearts when they stood up and said, `Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Never shall we call on any god beside HIM; for if we did so, we would utter a preposterous thing; 15. `These, our people, have taken for worship other gods beside HIM. Wherefore do they not bring a clear authority regarding them ? And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie concerning ALLAH ? |
