(A thing) whereof they have no knowledge, nor (had) their fathers, Dreadful is the word that cometh out of their mouths. They speak naught but a lie

Yet it may be, if they believe not in this statement, that thou (Muhammad) wilt torment thy soul with grief over their footsteps

Lo! We have placed all that is on the earth as an ornament thereof that We may try them: which of them is best in conduct

And lo! We shall make all that is thereon a barren mound

Or deemest thou that the People of the Cave and the Inscription are a wonder among Our portents

When the young men fled for refuge to the Cave and said: Our Lord! Give us mercy from Thy presence, and shape for us right conduct in our plight

Then We sealed up their hearing in the Cave for a number of years

And afterward We raised them up that We might know which of the two parties would best calculate the time that they had tarried

We narrate unto thee their story with truth. Lo! they were young men who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance

And We made firm their hearts when they stood forth and said: Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. We cry unto no Allah beside Him, for then should we utter an enormity

These, our people, have chosen (other) gods beside Him though they bring no clear warrant (vouchsafed) to them. And who doth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah