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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Kahf 18:16

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وَإِذِ ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَأْوُۥٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقًا

[The youths said to one another], "And when you have withdrawn from them and that which they worship other than Allāh, retreat to the cave. Your Lord will spread out for you of His mercy and will prepare for you from your affair facility."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وحين فارقتم قومكم بدينكم، وتركتم ما يعبدون من الآلهة إلا عبادة الله، فالجؤوا إلى الكهف في الجبل لعبادة ربكم وحده، يَبْسطْ لكم ربكم من رحمته ما يستركم به في الدارين، ويسهل لكم من أمركم ما تنتفعون به في حياتكم من أسباب العيش.

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