Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

If thou thinkest that the companions of the cave, and the inscription, were a wonder among Our proofs: —

اَمْ حَسِبْتَ اَنَّ اَصْحَابَ الْكَهْفِ وَالرَّق۪يمِ كَانُوا مِنْ اٰيَاتِنَا عَجَباً
Am hasibta anna as-habaalkahfi warraqeemi kanoo min ayatinaAAajaba
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1amOr
2ḥasib'tahave you thoughtحسب
3annathat
4aṣḥāba(the) companionsصحب
5l-kahfi(of) the caveكهف
6wal-raqīmiand the inscriptionرقم
7kānūwereكون
8minamong
9āyātināOur Signsايي
10ʿajabana wonderعجب
  • Aisha Bewley

    Do you consider that the Companions of the Cave and Ar-Raqim were one of the most remarkable of Our Signs?

  • Progressive Muslims

    Did you perceive that the dwellers of the cave and the numbers related were of Our wondrous signs

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Do you think that the Dwellers of the Cave, the Upholders of Raqeem (the Inscribed Gospel) (were some supernatural beings) more wondrous than Our other signs? (Nay, strange legends became famous about them).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    If thou thinkest that the companions of the cave, and the inscription, were a wonder among Our proofs: —

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Did you perceive that the dwellers of the cave and the numbers related were of Our wondrous signs?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Did you reckon that the dwellers of the cave and the numerals were of Our wondrous signs?

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Why else do you think we are telling you about the people of the cave, and the numbers connected with them? They are among our wondrous signs.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Do you think the men of the cave and Ar-Raqim were so strange among Our signs?

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?

  • Muhammad Asad

    think that the Men of the Cave and of the scriptures could be deemed more wondrous than any of Our messages?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

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

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Do you think that the people of the Cave and the Inscription were one of Our wondrous signs?

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Have you meditated O Muhammad upon the event of the inmates of the Cave and upon Allah's intervention exhibiting His control over the laws of nature and serving as evidence of His Almightiness and Omnipotence, It stood as a wonderous sign as all Our signs do stand imposing upon peoples' thoughts!

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Whey then do you think I am reading the story of the "People of the Cave and people of Inscription" to you? They were among My greatest miracles.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Do you think that the people of the Cave and the Inscription (the news or the names of the people of the Cave) were a wonder among Our Signs?

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the Inscription were wonders among Our Sign?

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Have you ˹O Prophet˺ thought that the people of the cave and the plaque were ˹the only˺ wonders of Our signs?

  • Taqi Usmani

    Do you think that the People of Kahf (the Cave) and Raqīm (inscription) were unusual out of Our signs?

  • Abdul Haleem

    , do you find the Companions in the Cave and al-Raqim so wondrous, among all Our other signs?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Or dost thou think the Men of the Cave and Er-Rakeem were among Our signs a wonder?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Hast thou reckoned that the Fellows of the Cave and Er-raqim were a wonder amongst our signs?'

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Have you considered that the Fellows of the Cave and of the Inscription are a wonder amongst Our Signs?

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Or even do you reckon that the Companions of the Cave and ÉAr-Raqîm (It is the name of a leaden plate, on which were written the names of the seven sleepers) were among Our signs a wonder?

  • George Sale

    Dost thou consider that the companions of the cave, and Al Rakim, were one of our signs, and a great miracle?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Do you think that the companions of the Cave (located near the town of Aylah) and of the Writings (on a stone Tablet) were wonders among Our Signs?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Do you think that the People of the Place of Refuge and of the Inscriptions were a wonder among Our signs.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Do you suppose that the Companions of the Cave and the Inscription were among Our wonderful signs?