18:21-Verse/Notes of Asad & Sabbir.

18:21-Verse/Notes of Asad & Sabbir.

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وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا إِذْ يَتَنَازَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ ۖ فَقَالُوا ابْنُوا عَلَيْهِمْ بُنْيَانًا ۖ رَبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ۚ قَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَىٰ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مَسْجِدًا

আৰু এইদৰে🟩 আমি মানুহক সিহঁতৰ বিষয়ে জনাই দিলো🟦 যাতে সিহঁতে জানে যে, আল্লাহৰ প্ৰতিশ্ৰুতি সত্য আৰু নিশ্চয় কিয়ামতত কোনো সন্দেহ নাই। যেতিয়া সিহঁতে (নগৰবাসীয়ে) সিহঁতৰ কৰ্তব্যৰ বিষয়ে নিজৰ মাজতে বিতৰ্ক কৰিছিল🟥 তেতিয়া সিহঁতৰ কিছুমানে ক’লে, ‘সিহঁতৰ ওপৰত সৌধ নিৰ্মাণ কৰা’🟪। সিহঁতৰ প্ৰতিপালকেই সিহঁতৰ বিষয়ে ভালদৰে জানে। সিহঁতৰ কৰ্তব্যৰ বিষয়ে যিসকলৰ মত প্ৰবল হৈছিল সিহঁতে ক’লে, ‘নিশ্চয় আমি সিহঁতৰ ওপৰত মছজিদ নিৰ্মাণ কৰিম’।

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18:21 AND IN THIS way🟩 have We drawn [people's] attention to their story,🟦 so that they might know - whenever they debate among themselves as to what happened to those [Men of the Cave]🟥 that God's promise [of resurrection] is true, and that there can be no doubt as to [the coming of] the Last Hour. And so, some [people] said: "Erect a building in their memory;🟪 God knows best what happened to them." Said they whose opinion prevailed in the end: "Indeed, we must surely raise a house of worship in their memory!"(as).

Note🟩

I.e., by means of the legend which has grown up around the Men of the Cave and, more particularly, by means of the allegoric use which the Qur'an makes of this legend.

Note🟦

Lit., "given knowledge about them [to others]".

Note🟥

Lit., "debate their case (amrahum) among themselves": an indication of the fact that the legend of the Men of the Cave occupied men's minds for a long time, leading to many discussions and conflicting interpretations. The next sentence explains why God has "drawn [people's] attention" to this story in the context of the Qur'an.

Note🟪

This, to my mind, is the meaning of the expression `alayhim (lit., "over them") occurring here as well as in the subsequent reference to the building of a house of worship at the suggestion of those "whose opinion prevailed in the end" (aliadhina ghalabu `ala amrihim).

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📍Notes of Sabbir:

But later, people converted the building into a monastery and placed huge tombstones with superstitious inscriptions including RAQEEM. The sanctuary became a haven for nuns and monks(sa).

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