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The story of the Companions of the Cave (Arabic: أصحاب الکهف, romanized: 'aṣḥāb al-kahf) is referred to in Quran 18:9-26. The precise number of the sleepers is not stated. The Quran furthermore points to the fact that people, shortly after the incident emerged, started to make "idle guesses" as to how many people were ...
Jan 21, 2021 · This meaning is the reason why the Qutb Ibn Mashish ended his famous prayer with the supplication that the People of the Cave made when they fled to their cave of refuge, emulating them in their complete devotion to Allah and their flight from the lands of the desires.
May 23, 2018 · The story of the People of the Cave seems to be well known among the People of the Book, especially the Christians. Imam Ibn Ashur discusses why the Jews would know that story because although we call them Muslims, they were followers of Isa, peace be upon him.
Apr 28, 2021 · The story of the seven sleepers or people of the cave, as they are called, were people in the past who hid inside a cave, which is not known to us exactly, from the tyranny of the Roman Emperor,...
Jun 13, 2024 · Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, heroes of a famous legend in which Christian soldiers fell asleep in a cave near Ephesus and awoke nearly 200 years later, escaping persecution. The story, which affirmed the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, had lasting popularity in Christendom and in Islam.
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Oct 27, 2023 · If you looked at the sleepers in the cave, you might have thought that they were awake; they turned from one side to the other and their dog lay stretched out at the entrance to the cave. And if you had seen them, you would have ran away filled with terror.
Apr 24, 2023 · The Seven Sleepers, also called the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, is a legend in both Christianity and Islam. According to some surviving stories, seven young men were living in the Roman Empire...
