ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَٰهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَىُّ ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓا۟ أَمَدًۭا
Summa ba'asnaahum lina'lama ayyul hizbaini ahsaa limaa labisooo amadaa
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.
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Lessons from past peoples
18:12Ayah 1110
29 ayahs in Al-Kahf are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.
← Previous on Lessons from past peoples18:11So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.Next on Lessons from past peoples →18:13It is We who relate to you, [O Muhammad], their story in truth. Indeed, they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.
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Then We aroused them We awakened them that We might know a knowledge of direct vision which of the two parties the two groups in disagreement over the length of their stay in the cave was better in calculating ahsā is of the pattern of af‘al meaning ‘more precise’ what they had tarried li-mā labithū is semantically connected to the following in terms of the length of time amadan in the accusative denotes purpose.
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