to the Right Way.
18:18
Thou wouldst have deemed them awake, whilst they were asleep, and We turned them on their right and on their left
sides: their dog stretching forth his two fore-legs on the threshold: if thou hadst come up on to them, thou wouldst have
certainly turned back from them in flight, and wouldst certainly have been filled with terror of them.
18:19
Such (being their state), we raised them up (from sleep), that they might question each other. Said one of them, "How
long have ye stayed (here)." They said, "We have stayed (perhaps) a day, or part of a day." (At length) they (all) said,
"Allah (alone) knows best how long ye have stayed here.... Now send ye then one of you with this money of yours to
the town: let him find out which is the best food (to be had) and bring some to you, that (ye may) satisfy your hunger
therewith: And let him behave with care and courtesy, and let him not inform any one about you.
18:20
"For if they should come upon you, they would stone you or force you to return to their cult, and in that case ye would
never attain prosperity."
18:21
Thus did We make their case known to the people, that they might know that the promise of Allah is true, and that
there can be no doubt about the Hour of Judgment. Behold, they dispute among themselves as to their affair. (Some)
said, "Construct a building over them": Their Lord knows best about them: those who prevailed over their affair said,
"Let us surely build a place of worship over them."
18:22
(Some) say they were three, the dog being the fourth among them; (others) say they were five, the dog being the sixth,-
doubtfully guessing at the unknown; (yet others) say they were seven, the dog being the eighth. Say thou: "My Lord
knoweth best their number; It is but few that know their (real case)." Enter not, therefore, into controversies
concerning them, except on a matter that is clear, nor consult any of them about (the affair of) the Sleepers.
18:23
Nor say of anything, "I shall be sure to do so and so tomorrow"-
18:24
