:5. No knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had their fathers. It is a grievous thing that issues from their mouths as a saying what they say is nothing but falsehood!
:6. Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after them, in grief, if they believe not in this Message.
:7. That which is on earth we have made but as a glittering show for the earth, in order that We may test them - as to which of them are best in conduct.
:8. Verily what is on earth we shall make but as dust and dry soil (without growth or herbage).
:9. Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the Inscription were wonders among Our Sign?
:10. Behold, the youths betook themselves to the Cave: they said, "Our Lord! bestow on us Mercy from Thyself, and dispose of our affair for us in the right way!"
:11. Then We draw (a veil) over their ears, for a number of years, in the Cave, (so that they heard not):
:12. Then We roused them, in order to test which of the two parties was best at calculating the term of years they had tarried!
:13. We relate to thee their story in truth: they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We advanced them in guidance:
:14. We gave strength to their hearts: Behold, they stood up and said: "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and of the earth: never shall we call upon any god other than Him: if we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity!
:15. "These our people have taken for worship gods other than Him: why do they not bring forward an authority clear (and convincing) for what they do? Who doth more wrong than such as invent a falsehood against Allah?
