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Sura 18
Aya 9
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أَم حَسِبتَ أَنَّ أَصحابَ الكَهفِ وَالرَّقيمِ كانوا مِن آياتِنا عَجَبًا

N. J. Dawood

Did you think the Sleepers of the Cave1 and Al-Raqīm2 a wonder among Our signs?
  • The allusion is to the story of the Seven Sleepers. Compare Gibbon’s account in Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
  • This may be the name of their dog, the tablet on which their names were inscribed, or the mountain in which the cave was situated.