18:16

ﱁAnd whenﱂyou withdraw from themﱃand whatﱄthey worshipﱅexceptﱆAllahﱇthen retreatﱈtoﱉthe caveﱊWill spreadﱋfor youﱌyour LordﱍofﱎHis Mercyﱏand will facilitateﱐfor youﱑ[from]ﱒyour affairﱓ(in) easeﱔ(16)

Since you have distanced yourselves from them and what they worship besides Allah, take refuge in the cave. Your Lord will extend His mercy to you and accommodate you in your ordeal.”

18:17

ﱕ ﱖAnd you (might) have seenﱗthe sunﱘwhenﱙit roseﱚinclining awayﱛfromﱜtheir caveﱝtoﱞthe rightﱟand whenﱠit setﱡpassing away from themﱢtoﱣthe leftﱤwhile theyﱥ(lay) inﱦthe open spaceﱧﱨthereofﱩThatﱪ(was) fromﱫ(the) Signsﱬﱭ(of) AllahﱮWhoeverﱯAllah guidesﱰAllah guidesﱱand heﱲﱳ(is) the guided oneﱴand whoeverﱵHe lets go astrayﱶthen neverﱷyou will findﱸfor himﱹa protectorﱺa guideﱻ(17)

And you would have seen the sun, as it rose, inclining away from their cave to the right, and as it set, declining away from them to the left, while they lay in its open space.1 That is one of the signs of Allah. Whoever Allah guides is truly guided. But whoever He leaves to stray, you will never find for them a guiding mentor.

18:18

ﱼAnd you (would) think themﱽawakeﱾwhile theyﱿﲀ(were) asleepﲁAnd We turned themﲂtoﲃthe rightﲄand toﲅﲆthe leftﲇwhile their dogﲈstretchedﲉhis two forelegsﲊﲋat the entranceﲌIfﲍyou had lookedﲎat themﲏyou (would) have surely turned backﲐfrom themﲑ(in) flightﲒand surely you would have been filledﲓby themﲔ(with) terrorﲕ(18)

And you would have thought they were awake,1 though they were asleep. We turned them over, to the right and left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. Had you looked at them, you would have certainly fled away from them, filled with horror.

18:19

ﲖAnd similarlyﲗWe raised themﲘthat they might questionﲙﲚamong themﲛSaidﲜa speakerﲝamong themﲞHow longﲟﲠhave you remainedﲡThey saidﲢWe have remainedﲣa dayﲤorﲥa partﲦﲧ(of) a dayﲨThey saidﲩYour Lordﲪknows bestﲫhow longﲬyou have remainedﲭSo sendﲮone of youﲯwith this silver coin of yoursﲰwith this silver coin of yoursﲱtoﲲthe cityﲳand let him seeﲴwhich isﲵthe purestﲶfoodﲷand let him bring to youﲸprovisionﲹfrom itﲺand let him be cautiousﲻAnd let not be awareﲼAnd let not be awareﲽabout youﲾanyoneﲿ(19)

And so We awakened them so that they might question one another. One of them exclaimed, “How long have you remained ˹asleep˺?” Some replied, “Perhaps a day, or part of a day.” They said ˹to one another˺, “Your Lord knows best how long you have remained. So send one of you with these silver coins of yours to the city, and let him find which food is the purest, and then bring you provisions from it. Let him be ˹exceptionally˺ cautious, and do not let him give you away.

18:20

ﳀIndeed, [they]ﳁifﳂthey come to knowﳃabout youﳄthey will stone youﳅorﳆreturn youﳇtoﳈtheir religionﳉAnd neverﳊwill you succeedﳋthen ﳌeverﳍ(20)

For, indeed, if they find out about you, they will stone you ˹to death˺, or force you back into their faith, and then you will never succeed.”