سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 13
نَّحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَـٰهُمْ هُدًى ﴿13﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
We narrate unto you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) their story with truth: Truly they were young men who believed in their Lord (Allâh), and We increased them in guidance.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
نَّحْنُ
naḥnu
We
نَقُصُّ
naquṣṣu
narrate
عَلَيْكَ
ʿalayka
to you
نَبَأَهُم
naba-ahum
their story
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ
bil-ḥaqi
in truth
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed, they (were)
فِتْيَةٌ
fit'yatun
youths
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
who believed
بِرَبِّهِمْ
birabbihim
in their Lord
وَزِدْنَـٰهُمْ
wazid'nāhum
and We increased them
هُدًۭى
hudan
(in) guidance
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.
13. 1. Now, after brevity, detail is being given. These young men, some say, were followers of Christianity, and some say their era was before the time of ‘Isa (Jesus) ؑ. Hafiz Ibn Kathir has preferred this latter opinion. It is said there was a king, Daqyanus, who encouraged people to worship idols and offer vows in their names. Allah Almighty inspired the hearts of a few of these young men that only Allah alone is worthy of worship, who is the Creator of the heavens and the earth and the Lord of the universe. فِتْیِۃ is a plural of paucity, from which it is understood that their number was nine or even less. They separated themselves and worshipped Allah alone at a certain place. Gradually, news of their belief spread among the people, and the matter reached the king. He summoned them to his court and questioned them, and there they openly declared the oneness of Allah. Eventually, out of fear of the king and their polytheist people, to save their religion, they took refuge in a cave on a mountain far from the settlement, where Allah Almighty cast sleep upon them, and they slept there for three hundred and nine (309) years.
