سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 12
ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَىُّ ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓا۟ أَمَدًا ﴿12﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ
baʿathnāhum
We raised them up
لِنَعْلَمَ
linaʿlama
that We make evident
أَىُّ
ayyu
which
ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِ
l-ḥiz'bayni
(of) the two parties
أَحْصَىٰ
aḥṣā
best calculated
لِمَا
limā
for what
لَبِثُوٓا۟
labithū
(they had) remained
أَمَدًۭا
amadan
(in) time
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
12. 1. By these two groups are meant the people who differed. These were either the people of that era among whom there was disagreement about them, or the believers and disbelievers of the time of the Messenger are meant, and some say that these are the People of the Cave themselves who became two groups. One said that we slept for such a long period, the other denied this and mentioned a period more or less than the first group.
