安拉至高无上说:

Allah the Almighty says:

{你是否认为洞穴中的人和铭文（即关于洞穴中人的消息或他们的名字）是我的迹象中的奇迹？}（记住）那些年轻人为了躲避他们不信道的族人而逃到洞穴中。他们说："我们的主啊！求你从你那里赐予我们慈悯，并为我们在正道上成全我们的事情！"于是，我使他们的听觉被蒙住（使他们沉入深睡）在洞中许多年。然后，我又唤醒他们，以便我考验两群人中谁更能计算他们逗留的时间。我将他们的故事以真实的方式讲述给你（哦，穆罕默德ﷺ）听：

{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? (Remember) when the young men fled for refuge (from their disbelieving folk) to the Cave. They said: "Our Lord! Bestow on us mercy from Yourself, and facilitate for us our affair in the right way!" Therefore, We covered up their (sense of) hearing (causing them to go in deep sleep) in the Cave for a number of years. Then We raised them up (from their sleep), that We might test which of the two parties was best at calculating the time period that they had tarried. We narrate unto you (0 Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) their story with truth:

{诚然,他们是信仰其主的少年,我使他们更加得到引导。我坚固了他们的心,(以对安拉的信仰之光坚定他们的心,并赐予他们忍耐,使其能够承受与亲族和居所分离的痛苦。)当时他们挺身而出,说:"我们的主是天地的主,我们绝不祈求祂之外的任何安拉以外的神灵(神明);若我们那样做,就真是说了违背信仰的大逆之言。"这些是我们的people(族人),他们舍弃祂(安拉)而崇拜别的神明(伊拉哈)。他们为何不为此拿出明确的证据呢?谁比捏造谎言诬蔑安拉的人更不义呢?(少年们彼此说道):"你们既然离开他们和他们所崇拜的,只除安拉之外,那就去投奔洞穴吧;你们的主会从祂的慈恩中为你们开辟道路,并为你们使事情变得容易(即赐予你们所需的给养和住所)。"你若看见太阳升起时,从他们的洞穴向右偏斜;落下时,则从他们身旁向左转去,而他们却躺在洞穴的宽敞处。这是安拉的迹象(证据、征兆)之一。安拉引导的人,才是得到正道的人;而祂使其迷误的人,你绝找不到能引导他走上正道的守护之友。你会以为他们醒着,其实他们在睡眠中。我们使他们翻身,一会儿向右,一会儿向左,他们的狗则在洞口伸出两只前腿(作为看守洞门的守卫)。你若看见他们,必定会掉头逃跑,并且必定会对他们充满敬畏。同样,我们唤醒了他们(让他们从长久的深睡中醒来),使他们彼此询问。他们中一位发言者说:"你们在这里停留了多久?"他们说:"我们大概停留了一天或一天的一部分。"} 他们说:"你们的主最知道你们停留了多久。所以你们中的一人可以带着你们的这枚银币到城里去,让他看看哪里有好的合法食物,然后带一些回来给你们。他要小心,不要让任何人知道你们的情况。"因为,如果他们发现你们,就会用石头砸死你们(或者虐待和伤害你们),或者迫使你们回到他们的宗教;那样的话,你们就永远不会成功了。"这样,我使他们的情况为人所知(让人们知道),使他们知道真主的应许是真实的,而且关于末日毫无疑问。(记住)当他们(城里的人)就他们的事情彼此争论时,他们说:"在他们上面建一座建筑吧,他们的主最了解他们。"(于是)那些占了上风的人(很可能是不信道者)说:"我们一定要在他们上面建一座礼拜场所。"(有人)说他们是三个人,狗是第四个;(也有人)说他们是五个人,狗是第六个,这是对隐秘之事的猜测;(还有人)说他们是七个人,狗是第八个。你说:"我的主最知道他们的数目,除了少数人,没有人知道他们。"所以,你不要就他们的数目与人争论,除非依据明确的证据(即我启示给你的证据)。

Truly they were young men who believed in their Lord (Allah), and We increased them in guidance. And We made their hearts firm and strong (with the light of Faith in Allah and bestowed upon them patience to bear the separation of their kith and kin and dwellings.) when they stood up and said: "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, never shall we call upon any llah (god) other than Him,' if we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity in disbelief."These our people have taken for worship alihah (gods) other than Him (Allah). Why do they not bring for them a clear authority? And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allah. (The young men said to one another): "And when you withdraw from them, and that which they worship, except Allah, then seek refuge in the Cave; your Lord will open a way for you from His Mercy and will make easy for you your affair (i.e. will give you what you will need of provision, dwelling)." And you might have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the right from their Cave, and when it set, turning away from them to the left, while they lay in the midst of the Cave. That is (one) of the Ayat (proofs, evidences, signs) of Allah. He whom Allah guides, he is the rightly guided,' but he whom He sends astray, for him you will find no Wali (guiding friend) to lead him (to the Right Path). And you would have thought them awake, whereas they were asleep. And We turned them on their right and on their left sides, and their dog stretching forth his two forelegs at the entrance [of the Cave or in the space near to the entrance of the Cave (as a guard at the gate)]. Had you looked at them, you would certainly have turned back from them in flight, and would certainly have been filled with awe of them. Likewise, We awakened them (from their long deep sleep) that they might question one another. A speaker from among them said: "How long have you stayed (here)?" They said: "We have stayed (perhaps) a day or part of a day." They said: "Your Lord (Alone) knows best how long you have stayed (here). So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the town, and let him find out which is the good lawful food, and bring some of that to you. And let him be careful and let no man know of you. "For, if they come to know of you, they will stone you (to death or abuse and harm you) or turn you back to their religion; and in that case you will never be successful." And thus We made their case known (to the people), that they might know that the Promise of Allah is true, and that there can be no doubt about the Hour. (Remember) when they (the people of the city) disputed among themselves about their case, they said: "Construct a building over them,. their Lord knows best about them,." (then) those who won their point said (most probably the disbelievers): "We verily shall build a place of worship over them." (Some) say they were three, the dog being the fourth among them; and (others) say they were five, the dog being the sixth, guessing at the unseen; (yet others) say they were seven, and the dog being the eighth. Say (0 Muhammad (Peace be upon him)): "My Lord knows best their number; none knows them but a few." So debate not (about their number) except with the clear proof (which We have revealed to you).

并且不要向他们(指有经典的人,即犹太教徒和基督教徒)中的任何人询问关于洞穴中人的事情。也不要对任何事情说:"我明天会做某某事。"除非(说):"如果真主意欲!"当你忘记时,应当记念你的主,并说:"或许我的主会引导我走向比这更接近正道的途径。"他们在他们的洞穴中停留了三百个太阳年,又加了九年(即太阴年)。你说:"真主最清楚他们停留了多久。天地的幽玄只有祂知道。祂看得多么清楚,听得多么真切!除祂之外,他们没有任何监护者,祂也不让任何人与祂分享祂的决断和主权。"(《洞穴章》,9-26节)

And consult not any of them (people of the Scripture -Jews and Christians) about (the affair on the people of the Cave. And never say of anything, "I shall do such and such thing tomorrow." Except (with the saying), "if Allah will!" And remember your Lord when you forget and say: "It may be that my Lord guides me unto a nearer way of truth than this." And they stayed in their Cave three hundred (solar) years, adding nine (for lunar years). Say: "Allah knows best how long they stayed. With Him is (the knowledge on the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. How clearly He sees, and hears (everything)! They have no Wali (Helper, Disposer of affairs, Protector) other than Him, and He makes none to share in His Decision and His Rule."(Al-Kahf, 9-26)

据穆罕默德·伊本·伊斯哈格在其《先知传》中记载，启示这些经文以及讲述祂勒盖尼（Dhul-Qarnain）故事的经文，其背景是：古莱氏人派人去见犹太人，请他们提出一些问题来考验先知（愿主福安之）。犹太人说：你们问他关于过去消失、无人知晓其情况的一群人；关于一位周游大地的人；以及关于灵魂（Ar-Ruh）。于是，至能的安拉降示祂的话语：{人们将问你（穆罕默德啊，愿主福安之）关于灵魂的事，你说：“灵魂是我主的命令，你们所得的知识极其有限。”}（《夜行》，85），以及{人们将问你关于祂勒盖尼的事。}

The reason behind the revelation of these verses and those relating the story of Dhul-Qarnain was cited by Muhammad Ibn Ishaq in his biography of the Prophet: that the people of Quraish sent to the Jews asking them for things to test the Prophet (Peace be upon him) with. The Jews said: ask him about a group of people who disappeared in the past and none has any knowledge about them; about a man who traveled through the land; and about Ar-Ruh (the Spirit). Thereupon, Almighty Allah revealed His Statement, {And they ask you (0 Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) concerning the Ruh (the Spirit); Say: "The Ruh (the Spirit) is one of the things, the knowledge of which is only with my Lord. And of knowledge, you (mankind) have been given only a little"} (Al-Isra', 85) and, {And they ask you about DhulQarnain.

"说（穆罕默德ﷺ啊）：‘我将向你们讲述他们的一些故事。’"{（《洞穴》，83）}，而在这里他说：{你以为洞穴的同伴和"Ar-Raqim"（铭文，即洞穴同伴的消息或名字）是我的迹象中的奇事吗？}，也就是说，他们并不比我们赐予你的重大消息、令人惊叹的迹象和宏大的奇迹更加令人惊异。然而，洞穴是山中的一个洞。舒艾卜·贾巴伊提到：他们的洞穴被称为"Haizam"。至于"Ar-Raqim"，伊本·阿拔斯（愿真主喜悦他）说：我不知道它是什么意思！一些学者，如伊本·贾里尔等人说：它是记录，其中写有他们的消息和名字。也有人说：它是他们洞穴所在山的名字。关于此事还有许多其他说法，但其真正的知识只属于全能且最知晓的真主！舒艾卜·贾巴伊说：他们的狗名叫"Himran"。

Say (0 Muhammad (Peace be upon him)): "I shall recite to you something of his story"} (Al-Kahf, 83) and here He says: {Do you think that the people of the Cave and "Ar-Raqim" the Inscription (the news or the names of the people of the Cave) were a wonder among Our Signs?}, i.e. they are not more amazing than what We have given you of the great news, astonishing signs and gigantic wonders. However, a cave is a hole in the mountain. Mentioned Shu' aib Al-Jiba'i: their cave was called "Haizam". As for "Ar-Raqim", Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I do not know what it means! Some scholars such as Ibn Jarir and others said: it is the recordwhere their news and names are written thereafter. It was also said: it is the name of the mountain their cave was in. However, many other things were said pertaining to this, but the knowledge thereof rests only with Allah the Almighty Who knows the best! Shu'aib Al-Jiba'i said: their dog was called "Himran".

犹太人知晓这些人的事迹，这一点就足以否定某些注释者的说法，即他们是追随耶稣（愿主赐他平安）的人，是基督徒。然而，很明显，他们的people是拜偶像的民族。许多注释者和历史学家说，他们生活在一位名叫“迪基亚努斯”的国王在位时期，他们是某些贵族或国王的儿子。他们在一个节日相聚，看见本族人在崇拜偶像时所进行的仪式。就在这一刻，安拉揭开了他们心中的面纱，他们意识到本族人是行不义者。于是，他们舍弃了本族人的宗教，转而只崇拜安拉。还有一说：

The fact that the Jews knew about them nullifies the claim of some interpreters that they were after Jesus (Peace be upon him) and that they were Christians. However, it is clear that their people were idol-worshippers. Many interpreters and historians said that they lived during the lifetime of a king called "Diqyanus" and that they were sons of some nobles or kings. They met on a feast day and saw the rituals their people were performing in Norship of the idols. At this very moment, Allah removed the veils from their hearts and they realized hat their people were wrong-doers. Consequently, hey deserted the religion of their people and resorted to the worship of Allah Alone. It is also laid:

并且每一位蒙受真主引导归信真正的宗教时,都离开了自己的族人,他们恰好聚集在一处。伊玛目穆斯林在其《沙希赫》中辑录了一段支持这一含义的圣训:"艾卜·胡莱赖(愿真主喜悦他)转述:真主的使者(愿主赐他平安)说:灵魂是聚集成群的军队,那些在天堂中彼此熟悉的灵魂,在世间会相互亲近;而那些在天堂中彼此相悖的灵魂,在世间也会互相背离。"于是他们彼此商议自己的事情,并一致决定离弃族人,带着真正的宗教出走。至高的真主说:{我们将他们的故事据实讲述给你(穆罕默德啊,愿主赐他平安)。他们确是一些信仰主的青年,我们增加了他们的正道。我们使他们的心坚定而有力量(以信仰真主之光,并赐予他们忍受与亲族和家园分离的耐心)。当他们站起来说:"我们的主是天地的主,我们绝不会祈求主以外的任何神灵;如果我们那样做,就确实说出了背信的大逆之言。"这些是我们的族人,他们舍弃主而崇拜别的神灵。他们为何不为这些神灵提出明确的证据呢?}

that each one of them when guided by Allah to he True Religion, abandoned his people and they coincidentally gathered in one place. Imam Muslim transmitted in his Sahih the following Prophetic Hadith which supports that meaning: "Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) as saying: Souls are troops collected together and those who familiarized with each other (in the heaven from where these come) would have affinity, with one another (in the world) and those amongst them who opposed each other (in the Heaven) would also be divergent (in the world)." That, they asked one another about their affair and hence, they agreed on deserting and abandoning their people and fleeing with their true religion. Allah the Almighty says: {We narrate unto you (0 Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) their story with truth: Truly they were young men who believed in their Lord (Allah), and We increased them in guidance. And We made their hearts firm and strong (with the light of Faith in Allah and bestowed upon them patience to bear the separation )f their kith and kin and dwellings.) when they stood up and said: "Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, never shall we call upon any Ilah (god) other than Him; if we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity in disbelief. "These our people have taken for worship alihah (gods) other than Him (Allah). Why do they not bring for them a clear authority?

{谁比捏造谎言攻讦真主的人更不义呢？}（《洞穴章》13-15）此处的"明证"指明显的证据或凭据。{谁比捏造谎言攻讦真主的人更不义呢？（那些青年彼此说）："当你们离开他们和他们所崇拜的（偶像），而只崇拜真主时，……}（《洞穴章》15、16）即当你们舍弃他们以及他们舍真主而崇拜的偶像时。我们的先知易卜拉欣（愿主赐其平安）说：{当时，易卜拉欣对他的父亲和他的族人说：}

And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allah}. (AlKahf, 13-15) "Clear authority" here means obvious evidence or proof. {And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allah. (The young men said to one another): "And when you withdraw from them, and that which they worship, except Allah,} (Al-Kahf, 15, 16) i.e. when you deserted them and their idols that they used to worship others instead of Allah the Almighty. Our Prophet Ibrahim (Peace be upon him) said: {And (remember) when Ibrahim (Abraham) said to his father and his people:

"我确实与你们所崇拜的无关，只有那位创造我的主除外（即我只崇拜安拉，不崇拜任何其他的）；他必将引导我。"}（《祖赫鲁弗》，26、27节）因此，这些年轻人中有人说：既然你们离开了本民族的宗教，你们也应当离开他们，无论是身体上还是外形上，以免他们的恶行触及你们，{你们就去洞中避难吧，你们的主会从他的慈悲中为你们开辟一条道路，并为你们使你们的事情变得容易（即会给你们所需的给养和住所）}。（《山洞》，16节）即安拉会为你们遮蔽，保护你们，并以最好的回报酬劳你们。随后，安拉描述了他们栖身的那个山洞，说明其洞门朝北，并说：{你会看见太阳升起时，从他们的洞口向右偏斜；太阳落下时，又从他们的洞口向左转离}，即太阳从他们山洞的西面升起，然后向其右侧偏斜。而当太阳落下时，其光芒则从东面射向山洞。

"Verily, I am innocent of what you worship, except Him (i.e. Allah Alone I worship none) Who did create me; and verily He will guide me "}. (Az-Zukhruf, 26, 27) Thus, some of these young men said: as you did desert your people's religion, you should also desert them in body and figure so as to be safe from the possibility that their evil may touches you, {then seek refuge in the Cave,. your Lord will open a way for you from His Mercy and will make easy for you your affair (i.e. will give you what you will need of provision, dwelling)}, (Al-Kahf, 16) i.e. Allah will draw on you His cover, protect you and reward you with the best of all rewards. Then, Allah described the cave to which they resorted stating that its door is to the north saying: {And you might have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the right from their Cave, and when it set, turning away from them to the left}, i.e. the sun rises on the western side of their cave, then it declines to the right side thereof. And, when it sets its rays come towards the cave from its eastern side.

这里的智慧在于，太阳在升起和落下时照进他们的洞穴，以便时常使洞中的空气得以更新。{当他们在山洞里躺着的时候。那是安拉的迹象之一（证据、凭证、征象）}，也就是说，他们长时间处于这种不吃不喝的状态，正是安拉的迹象之一，也是祂伟大能力的证明。{安拉所引导的人，他才是正确引导的人；而祂使其迷误的人，你绝找不到为他引路的保护者（引导的朋友）去引领他走上正道。你会以为他们醒着，其实他们是睡着的}，因为他们的眼睛睁开着，以便保持完好。{我们使他们向右侧翻身，也向左侧翻身}，有人说：他们每年翻身一次。然而，翻身的次数只有至知一切的全能安拉才知道！全能的安拉说：{他们的狗伸开两条前腿趴在洞口（或在洞口附近的空地上，充当门卫）}，也就是说，当他们离开自己的族人时，陪伴他们的那条狗并没有和他们一起进入洞穴，而是伸开两条前腿守在洞口。这是因为它极为守规矩，也是对他们的一种尊崇，因为天使不进入有狗的房屋。因此，这条狗因与他们为伴而蒙受了福佑。然而，关于这条狗的名字和毛色，人们编造了许多故事和传说。

Here, the wisdom is that the sun enters their cave on its rising and setting in order to refresh the air from time to time. {While they lay in the midst of the Cave. That is (one) of the Ayat (proofs, evidences, signs) of Allah}, i.e. their stay on this state for a very long period of time without eating and drinking is one of the Signs of Allah and a proof of His Magnificent Ability. {He whom Allah guides, he is the rightly guided,. but he whom He sends astray, for him you will find no Wali (guiding friend) to lead him (to the Right Path). And you would have thought them awake, whereas they were asleep}, for their eyes were open in order to be kept sound. {And We turned them on their right and on their left sides}, it was said: they used to be turned from one side to the other once every year. However, the number of the turnings is known only to Allah the Almighty Who knows best! Allah the Almighty says: {And their dog stretching forth his two forelegs at the entrance [of the Cave or in the space near to the entrance of the Cave (as a guard at the gate)]}, i.e. their dog which accompanied them when they abandoned their people did not enter the cave with them, instead, it stayed at the entrance stretching forth his two forelegs thereat. This is for it was highly disciplined and also as a sign of honor to them because the angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog. Thus, the dog was blessed because he was in their company. However, many tales and narrations were invented with regard to the dog's name and color.

学者们对这个山洞的位置存在分歧。有些人说：它位于艾拉地区（即耶路撒冷）。另一些人说：它位于尼尼微之地。还有人说：它位于沙姆（叙利亚地区），这更为恰当，真主至知！8

Scholars differed on the location of this cave. Some of them said: It is in the land of Aylah (i.e. Jerusalem). Others said: It is in the land of Ninawa. And others said: it is in the Sham (Syrian territories) which is more proper and Allah knows best!8

在安拉至尊至大描述了他们完美而完整的形象，并使我们仿佛亲眼见到他们之后，祂说：{假如你看见他们，你必定转身逃跑，并且必定会对他们充满敬畏}，即因为他们外貌的尊贵与崇高。这里所指的"你"，不仅是先知穆罕默德ﷺ，也包括全人类，因为人的天性就是在看见雄伟或尊贵的事物时心生敬畏。随后，安拉至尊至大在三百零九年的长眠之后将他们唤醒；于是他们中的一位发言者说：{"你们在此停留了多久？"他们说："我们停留了一天，或者一天的一部分。"他们说：}

After Allah the Almighty gave us perfect and complete description of them and made us as seeing them, He said: {Had you looked at them, you would certainly have turned back from them in flight, and would certainly have been filled with awe of them}, i.e. because of the dignity and loftiness of their appearance. The addressed her is not only Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) but also all mankind because it is a human nature to feel awe when seeing a magnificent or dignified thing. Then, Allah the Almighty awakened them (from their long deep sleep) after three-hundred and nine years; then a speaker from among them said: {"How long have you stayed (here)?" They said: "We have stayed (perhaps) a day or part of a day." They said:

"你们的主(独自)最知道你们停留了多久。所以你们中间派一人带着你们这枚银币到城里去吧;他们当时的银币叫作"Dafsus"。{让他去查看哪些是善良合法的食物,然后带一些来给你们},即让你们吃。这是他们虔诚和敬畏神的表现。{让他小心}进入那座城时,{不要让任何人知道你们的事。因为如果他们知道你们,就会用石头打死你们(或者辱骂、伤害你们),或者让你们回到他们的宗教中;那样的话,你们将永远不会成功}。即如果你们在安拉至尊赐予拯救之后又回到他们的宗教中。这一切都是因为他们以为自己只睡了一天或一天的一部分,并没有想到自己睡了三百多年。这段时期里几乎一切都已改变,他们的那一代已经过世,其他世代已经居住在这片土地上。于是,当他们中的一人去城里买食物时,他担心人们认出他,便进行了伪装。

"Your Lord (Alone) knows best how long you have stayed (here). So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the town} the coins they had were called "Dafsus". {And let him find out which is the good lawful food, and bring some of that to you}, i.e. to eat thereof. This is a sign of their piety and godfearing. {And let him be careful} during entering that town {and let no man know of you. For, if they come to know of you, they will stone you (to death or abuse and harm you) or turn you back to their religion; and in that case you will never be successful}, i.e. if you turn back to their religion after you are saved by Allah the Almighty. All this because they thought they slept a day or part of a day, and they did not imagine to have slept for more than three-hundred years. The period in which almost everything have changed and their generation passed away and other generations inhabited the land. Thus, when one of them went to the town to get the food, he feared that the people would recognize him, so he disguised.

然而,城里的人和居民都觉得他是个陌生人,担心他可能是间谍,或者会以任何方式伤害他们。有学者说,他从他们那里逃走了。但也有人说:他把事情告诉了他们,并带他们到洞穴去见他的同伴。他们走近洞穴时,他进入洞中,把他的同伴们在洞里沉睡的整个时期都告诉了他们,他们承认这是全能的真主的天命。有人说:他们一直沉睡着;也有人说:他们全都死去了。

Instead, the town and its people found him to be a stranger and feared that he might be a spy or that he could harm them in any way. Some scholars said that he escaped from them. But, others said: he informed them with the news and took them to the cave to see his companions. When they approached the cave, he entered it and told his companions all about the period they spent sleeping in the cave and they confessed it to be the Divine Decree of Allah the Almighty. It was said: They went on sleeping; and others said: They all fell dead.

至于城中的人们,据说他们看不到洞穴中那些人的所在,或者因为怯懦,或者因为感到自身的尊贵而不敢进入洞穴。然而,他们(城中的人们)就此事相互争论。其中一些人说:{在他们上面建一座建筑物},即封住洞穴的入口,以防他们走出来,也防止任何人加害于他们。但是,那些占了上风的人说:这将是有福的,因为它靠近这些正直敬虔的人。这种做法在先前的时代和穆罕默德ﷺ之前的各个时期很普遍。但是,伊斯兰教拒绝这种行为(在任何人的坟墓上建造礼拜场所,即使他是一位先知):先知ﷺ说:

As for the people of the city, it was said that they could not see their place in the cave. Or, they could not enter the cave because of their cowardice, or feeling their lofty dignity. However, they (the people of the city) disputed among themselves about their case, some of them said: {Construct a building over them}, i.e. block the cave's gate to prevent them from getting out or anyone from touching them with harm. But, those who won their point said: that will be blessed because its nearness to these righteous and godly people. This was common in the previous eras and periods prior to Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). But, Islam rejects this deed (building places of worship over the graves of anyone even if it is a Prophet): the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said:

"愿真主诅咒犹太人和基督徒，因为他们把他们先知的坟墓当作礼拜场所。"先知ﷺ是在警告（穆斯林）不要效仿前代民族对待其虔诚之人坟墓的做法。

"May Allah curse the Jews and Christians for they built the places of worship at the graves of their Prophets." The Prophet (Peace be upon him) was warning (Muslims) against what the previous nations used to do with the graves of their pious people.

安拉至高无上说:{这样,我使人们得知(这些青年的事迹),以便他们知道安拉的许诺是真实的,而复活的时辰是毫无疑问的},意即让人们知道复活是真实的,而且如果他们知道这些青年沉睡了三百多年之后仍然保持原样地醒来,那么复活的时辰就毫无疑问。因此,那使他们在那漫长的岁月中保持这种状态的主,有能力在尸体腐烂之后使死者复活并重新赋予生命。诚然,信士们对此丝毫不会怀疑:{他的命令,只要他要成就一件事物,他只对它说一声“有!”它就有了}。(雅辛章,82)

Allah the Almighty says: {And thus We made their case known (to the people), that they might know that the Promise of Allah is true, and that there can be no doubt about the Hour}, i.e. to let the people know that resurrection is true and that there can be no doubt about the Hour if they know that these young men slept for more than three hundred years then they were awaken unchanged. So, He Who kept them in this state all that period, is capable to resurrect and give life again to the dead bodies after they undergo decomposition. Really, the believers do not doubt this in the least: {Verily, His Command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, ‘Be!’ -and it is!}. (Ya-Sin, 82)

然后，祂说：{（有些人）说他们是三个人，狗是第四个；（另有人）说他们是五个人，狗是第六个，这是对隐秘之事的臆测；（还有人）说他们是七个人，狗是第八个}，因为真主引述了人们之间关于他们人数的争议。祂提到了三种说法，前两种被祂驳斥，第三种则被祂陈述，这表明第三种说法是正确的。

Then, He says: {(Some) say they were three, the dog being the fourth among them,' and (others) say they were five, the dog being the sixth, guessing at the unseen,' (yet others) say they were seven, and the dog being the eighth}, as Allah cited the dispute of the people among themselves as to their number. He cited three sayings, the first two He refuted and the third He stated, a matter which indicates that the third is the true one.

然而,真主引导祂的先知ﷺ遵循这种情况下应有的良好礼仪:应当说"真主至知!"为此,至高无上的真主说:{我的主最知道他们的人数}。

However, Allah guided His Prophet (Peace be upon him) to the good manners to be followed in such a case: that one should say "Allah knows best!" For this, Allah the Almighty says: {My Lord knows best their number}.

他的言论:{除了少数人之外,没有人知道他们}——即在人群之中。({所以你不要就他们的数目与人争论,除非是依据明证(即我启示你的那些)},即轻松的争论,不要在这类事情上费力。){也不要向他们中的任何人(有经典的人——犹太教徒和基督教徒)询问关于洞穴中人的事情},因为祂从故事的一开始就隐瞒了他们的数目,祂说:{他们确是一些信仰主的青年}。

His Statement: {None knows them but a few}, from among the people. (So debate not (about their number) except with the clear proof (which We have revealed to you)}, i.e. an easy debate and do not exert yourself in such matters. {And consult not any of them (people of the Scripture -Jews and Christians) about (the affair oj) the people of the Cave}, as He concealed their number from the very beginning of the story, saying: {Truly they were young men who believed in their Lord (Allah)}.

（《洞穴》，13）因此，如果提及他们的人数有任何益处，安拉至尊必定从一开始就启示我们了！安拉至尊说：{你绝不要对任何事说："我明天要做某件事。"除非（说）"如果安拉意欲"。当你忘记时，你应当记念你的主，并说："或许我的主会引导我走上比这更接近正道的途径。"}这是安拉至尊所教导的一项伟大而崇高的道德教训：当任何人想要做某事时，他应当说"如果安拉意欲"，因为人无法知道安拉为明天或未来所隐藏的事。艾布·胡莱赖（愿安拉喜悦他）传述，安拉的先知ﷺ说："素莱曼·本·达吾德（愿他平安）——安拉的使者——说：我今夜要与七十位妻子同寝，她们每一位都会生下一个将为安拉之道而战的男孩。他的同伴或天使对他说：你说'如果安拉意欲'。但他没有这样说，而且他忘记了。"

(Al-Kahf, 13) So, if there was any benefit in mentioning their number, Allah the Almighty would certainly revealed it to us from the very beginning! Allah the Almighty says: {And never say of anything, "I shall do such and such thing tomorrow." Except (with the saying), "if Allah will!" And remember your Lord when you forget and say: "It may be that my Lord guides me unto a nearer way of truth than this "}, this is a great and high moral lesson taught by Allah the Almighty that when anyone wishes to do something, he should say "If Allah wills", because man cannot know what is hidden with Allah for tomorrow or for the future. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Prophet (Peace be upon him) as saying that "Sulaiman lbn Dawud, the Messenger of Allah, observed: I will have an intercourse with seventy wives during the night; all of them will give birth to a male child who will fight in the cause of Allah. His companion or the angels said to him: Say, "If Allah wills." But he (Sulaiman) did not say so, and he forgot it.

他的妻子中没有一人生下孩子，只有一人生下了一个早产的孩子。安拉的使者ﷺ说：“如果他说了‘如果安拉意欲’（因沙安拉），他就不会失败，他的愿望也会实现。”安拉至高无上说：{你忘记的时候，你应当记念你的主}，因为遗忘可能是由恶魔造成的，而记念安拉可以把恶魔从人心中驱逐出去，于是人便想起了自己所忘记的事。{你应当说：“或许我的主引导我走上比这更接近正道的途径”}，即如果对某件事存在争议和纷争，就应当求助于安拉，因为祂能够使之成就，并使其变得如此容易。随后，安拉至高无上说：

And none of his wives gave birth to a child, but one who gave birth to a premature child. Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) said: Had he said lnsha'Allah (if Allah so willed), he would not have failed and his desire would have been materialized. " Allah the Almighty says: {And remember your Lord when you forget}, for forgetting may be caused by the Devil, and remembering Allah gets the Devil out of one's heart and thus he remembers what he has forgotten. {And say: "It may be that my Lord guides me unto a nearer way of truth than this"}, i.e. if there were controversies and disputes about something, one should resort to Allah Who can facilitate it and make it so easy. Then, Allah the Almighty says:

{他们在洞中住了三百年,又加九年},即以阴历年计算。{你说:真主最知道他们住了多久}，即如果有人问你这件事而你不确切知道答案，你应当把此事归于至高无上的真主。{天地的幽玄,只有他知道}，即他知晓幽玄之事，除非他所意欲者，不把其中的知识赐予他的受造物。{他的洞察多么明澈,他的听闻多么周遍!}，即

{And they stayed in their Cave three hundred (solar) years, adding nine}, i.e. for lunar years. {Say: Allah knows best how long they stayed}, i.e. if you are asked about this and you do not know exactly the answer, you should only attribute the matter to Allah the Almighty {With Him is (the knowledge on the Unseen of the heavens and the earth}, i.e. He knows the Unseen and gives knowledge thereof to none but Whom He wishes from among His creatures; {How clearly He sees, and hears (everything)!}, i.e.

他凭借其完满的知识与公正，将万物安置于其应在之处。

He puts everything in its proper place with His Perfect Knowledge and Justice.

然后，祂说：{除了祂以外，他们没有任何监护者（Wali，即辅助者、管理事务者、保护者），祂也不让任何人分享祂的决定和统治}，即祂是唯一的事务管理者，祂是统御万物的君王。

Then, He says: {They have no Wali (Helper, Disposer of affairs, Protector) other than Him, and He makes none to share in His Decision and His Rule}, i.e. He is the only Disposer of affairs and He is the King Who rules over everything.