Surah Al-Kahf

Praise belongs to God who has sent down upon His servant the Book and has not assigned unto it any crookedness;

right, to warn of great violence from Him, and to give good tidings unto the believers, who do righteous deeds, that theirs shall be a goodly wage

therein to abide for ever,

and to warn those who say, 'God has taken to Himself a son';

they have no knowledge of it, they nor their fathers; a monstrous word it is, issuing out of their mouths; they say nothing but a lie.

Yet perchance, if they believe not in this tiding, thou wilt consume thyself, following after them, of grief.

We have appointed all that is on the earth for an adornment for it, and that We may try which of them is fairest in works;

and We shall surely make all that is on it barren dust.

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

When the youths took refuge in the Cave saying, 'Our lord, give us mercy from Thee, and furnish us with rectitude in our affair.'

Then We smote their ears many years in the Cave.

Afterwards. We raised them up again, that We might know which of the two parties would better calculate the while they had tarried.

We will relate to thee their tidings truly. They were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.

And We strengthened their hearts, when they stood up and said, 'Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and earth; we will not call upon any god, apart from Him, or then we had spoken outrage.

These our people have taken to them other gods, apart from Him. Ah, if only they would bring some clear authority regarding them! But who does greater evil than he who forges against God a lie?