Ayat No. 1

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِیْۤ اَنْزَلَ عَلٰى عَبْدِهِ الْكِتٰبَ وَ لَمْ یَجْعَلْ لَّهٗ عِوَجًاؕٚ(۱)

Translation

[All] praise is [due] to Allah, who has sent down upon His Servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance.

Ayat No. 2

قَیِّمًا لِّیُنْذِرَ بَاْسًا شَدِیْدًا مِّنْ لَّدُنْهُ وَ یُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ الَّذِیْنَ یَعْمَلُوْنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ اَنَّ لَهُمْ اَجْرًا حَسَنًاۙ(۲)

Translation

[He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward

Ayat No. 3

مَّاكِثِیْنَ فِیْهِ اَبَدًاۙ(۳)

Translation

In which they will remain forever

Ayat No. 4

وَّ یُنْذِرَ الَّذِیْنَ قَالُوا اتَّخَذَ اللّٰهُ وَلَدًاۗ(۴)

Translation

And to warn those who say, " Allah has taken a son."

Ayat No. 5

مَا لَهُمْ بِهٖ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَّ لَا لِاٰبَآىٕهِمْؕ-كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُ جُ مِنْ اَفْوَاهِهِمْؕ-اِنْ یَّقُوْلُوْنَ اِلَّا كَذِبًا(۵)

Translation

They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers. Grave is the word that comes out of their mouths; they speak not except a lie.

Ayat No. 6

فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلٰۤى اٰثَارِهِمْ اِنْ لَّمْ یُؤْمِنُوْا بِهٰذَا الْحَدِیْثِ اَسَفًا(۶)

Translation

Then perhaps you would kill yourself through grief over them, [O Muhammad], if they do not believe in this message, [and] out of sorrow.

Ayat No. 7

اِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى الْاَرْضِ زِیْنَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ اَیُّهُمْ اَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا(۷)

Translation

Indeed, We have made that which is on the earth adornment for it that We may test them [as to] which of them is best in deed.

Ayat No. 8

وَ اِنَّا لَجٰعِلُوْنَ مَا عَلَیْهَا صَعِیْدًا جُرُزًاؕ(۸)

Translation

And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.

Ayat No. 9

اَمْ حَسِبْتَ اَنَّ اَصْحٰبَ الْكَهْفِ وَ الرَّقِیْمِۙ-كَانُوْا مِنْ اٰیٰتِنَا عَجَبًا(۹)

Translation

Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?

Ayat No. 10

اِذْ اَوَى الْفِتْیَةُ اِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوْا رَبَّنَاۤ اٰتِنَا مِنْ لَّدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَّ هَیِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ اَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا(۱۰)

Translation

[Mention] when the youths retreated to the cave and said, "Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance."

Ayat No. 11

فَضَرَبْنَا عَلٰۤى اٰذَانِهِمْ فِی الْكَهْفِ سِنِیْنَ عَدَدًاۙ(۱۱)

Translation

So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.

Ayat No. 12

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنٰهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ اَیُّ الْحِزْبَیْنِ اَحْصٰى لِمَا لَبِثُوْۤا اَمَدًا۠(۱۲)

Translation

Then We awakened them that We might show which of the two factions was most precise in calculating what [extent] they had remained in time.