وَ كَذٰلِكَ اَعْثَرْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ لِیَعْلَمُوْۤا اَنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ وَّ اَنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَا رَیْبَ فِیْهَا ۗۚ اِذْ یَتَنَازَعُوْنَ بَیْنَهُمْ اَمْرَهُمْ فَقَالُوا ابْنُوْا عَلَیْهِمْ بُنْیَانًا ؕ رَبُّهُمْ اَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ؕ قَالَ الَّذِیْنَ غَلَبُوْا عَلٰۤی اَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَیْهِمْ مَّسْجِدًا۝۲۱

Thus did We inform the people about them that they may know the promise of God is true, and there is no doubt that the Hour will come. As they were arguing among themselves as to what should be done with them, (some) said: "Erect a monument over them. Their Lord is best cognisant of them." Those who prevailed, said: "We shall build a place of worship over their (sepulchre)."

سَیَقُوْلُوْنَ ثَلٰثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ ۚ وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْمًۢا بِالْغَیْبِ ۚ وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ سَبْعَةٌ وَّ ثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ ؕ قُلْ رَّبِّیْۤ اَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِمْ مَّا یَعْلَمُهُمْ اِلَّا قَلِیْلٌ ۫۬ فَلَا تُمَارِ فِیْهِمْ اِلَّا مِرَآءً ظَاهِرًا ۪ وَّ لَا تَسْتَفْتِ فِیْهِمْ مِّنْهُمْ اَحَدًا۠۝۲۲

Some will say: "They were three, and their dog was the fourth;" and some will also say: "They were five and their dog was the sixth," -- guessing in the dark. And some will even say: "They were seven, and their dog the eighth." Say: "My Lord alone knows best their number; none but only a few know of them." So do not argue about it with them but lightly, and do not enquire about them from any one of them.

وَ لَا تَقُوْلَنَّ لِشَایْءٍ اِنِّیْ فَاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَدًاۙ۝۲۳

Do not say of any thing: "I will do it tomorrow,"

اِلَّاۤ اَنْ یَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ ؗ وَ اذْكُرْ رَّبَّكَ اِذَا نَسِیْتَ وَ قُلْ عَسٰۤی اَنْ یَّهْدِیَنِ رَبِّیْ لِاَقْرَبَ مِنْ هٰذَا رَشَدًا۝۲۴

Without (adding), "if God may please;" and think of your Lord in ease you forget, and say: "Perhaps my Lord will show me a nearer way to rectitude."

وَ لَبِثُوْا فِیْ كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلٰثَ مِائَةٍ سِنِیْنَ وَ ازْدَادُوْا تِسْعًا۝۲۵

(It is said) they stayed in the cave three hundred years and nine.

قُلِ اللّٰهُ اَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُوْا ۚ لَهٗ غَیْبُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ ؕ اَبْصِرْ بِهٖ وَ اَسْمِعْ ؕ مَا لَهُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِهٖ مِنْ وَّلِیٍّ ؗ وَّ لَا یُشْرِكُ فِیْ حُكْمِهٖۤ اَحَدًا۝۲۶

You say: "God only knows how long they stayed. He alone knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth. How distinctly He sees and hears! They have no other guardian but Him, and He does not share His authority with any one."

وَ اتْلُ مَاۤ اُوْحِیَ اِلَیْكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ رَبِّكَ ؕۚ لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمٰتِهٖ ۫ۚ وَ لَنْ تَجِدَ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ مُلْتَحَدًا۝۲۷

Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord. There is no one who can change the word of God; and you will not find refuge except in Him.

وَ اصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ الَّذِیْنَ یَدْعُوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدٰوةِ وَ الْعَشِیِّ یُرِیْدُوْنَ وَجْهَهٗ وَ لَا تَعْدُ عَیْنٰكَ عَنْهُمْ ۚ تُرِیْدُ زِیْنَةَ الْحَیٰوةِ الدُّنْیَا ۚ وَ لَا تُطِعْ مَنْ اَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهٗ عَنْ ذِكْرِنَا وَ اتَّبَعَ هَوٰىهُ وَ كَانَ اَمْرُهٗ فُرُطًا۝۲۸

Persevere with those who call on their Lord morning and evening, seeking His magnificence. Do not turn your eyes away from them, seeking the splendours of this world, and do not follow him whose heart We have made oblivious to Our remembrance, who follows his own lust and exceeds the bound.

وَ قُلِ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّكُمْ ۫ فَمَنْ شَآءَ فَلْیُؤْمِنْ وَّ مَنْ شَآءَ فَلْیَكْفُرْ ۙ اِنَّاۤ اَعْتَدْنَا لِلظّٰلِمِیْنَ نَارًا ۙ اَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا ؕ وَ اِنْ یَّسْتَغِیْثُوْا یُغَاثُوْا بِمَآءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ یَشْوِی الْوُجُوْهَ ؕ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُ ؕ وَ سَآءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا۝۲۹

Say: "The truth is from your Lord: So believe if you like, or do not believe if you will." We have prepared for the sinners a fire which will envelope them in its tent. If they ask for water they will be helped to liquid like molten brass that would scald their mouths. How evil the drink, and evil the resting-place!

اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ اِنَّا لَا نُضِیْعُ اَجْرَ مَنْ اَحْسَنَ عَمَلًاۚ۝۳۰

But surely We do not let the reward of those who believe and do the right to go waste.