Al-Kahf 18:12
The Cave · ayah 12 of 110
ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَٰهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَىُّ ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓا۟ أَمَدًۭا
Thumma baAAathnahum linaAAlama ayyualhizbayni ahsa lima labithoo amada
"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."
Saheeh International translation
Recitation by Mishary Alafasy
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"Then We woke them so that We could make clear which of the two parties was better able to work out how long they had been there."
Pickthall (classic)+
"And afterward We raised them up that We might know which of the two parties would best calculate the time that they had tarried."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Then We roused them, in order to test which of the two parties was best at calculating the term of years they had tarried!"