Quran 18 : 9

Or you think that (the) companions (of) the cave and the inscription were, among Our Signs, a wonder?
أَمْ
Aam
حَسِبْتَ
Ḥasibta
أَنَّ
Aanna
أَصْحَٰبَ
Aaṣḥaāba
ٱلْكَهْفِ
Alkahfi
وَٱلرَّقِيمِ
Waarraqīmi
كَانُوا۟
Kānūa
مِنْ
Min
ءَايَٰتِنَا
ʾĀyaātinā
عَجَبًا
ʿAjabana

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Did you perceive that the dwellers of the cave and the numbers related were of Our wondrous signs?

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the Inscription were wonders among Our Sign

Wahiduddin Khan

Do you think that the Men of the Cave and the Inscription were one of Our wondrous signs

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder

The Wise Quran

Or did you think the men of the cave and Ar Raqim were a wonder among Our signs?

The Study Quran

Dost thou reckon that the Companions of the Cave and the Inscription are a marvel among Our signs

Talal Itani (2012)

Did you know that the People of the Cave and the Inscription were of Our wondrous signs

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Do you consider the people of the Cave and the Inscription as among Our extraordinary miracles?

T.B.Irving

Have you considered how the Companions in the Cave and with the Tablet were such marvelous signs of Ours?

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Do you think that the companions of the Cave (located near the town of Aylah) and of the Writings (on a stone Tablet) were wonders among Our Signs

Sher Ali

Dost thou think that the Companions of the Cave and the Inscription were a wonder among Our Signs

Shakir

Or, do you think that the Fellows of the Cave and the Inscription were of Our wonderful signs

Shabbir Ahmed

Do you think that the Dwellers of the Cave, the Upholders of Raqeem (the Inscribed Gospel) (were some supernatural beings) more wondrous than Our other signs? (Nay, strange legends became famous about them)

Samy Mahdy

Or you assumed that the Cave’s companions and (Al-Raqeem) the Inscription were, from Our verses, a wonder?

Safi Kaskas

Or did you think that the fellows of the cave and [their devotion to] the scriptures were among our amazing signs?

Rashad Khalifa

Why else do you think we are telling you about the people of the cave, and the numbers connected with them? They are among our wondrous signs.

N J Dawood 2014

Did you think the Sleepers of the Cave¹ and Al-Raqīm² a wonder among Our signs

Mustaqim

Or do you consider the companions of the cave and the inscription amongst Our amazing signs?

Mustafa Khattab 2018

Have you ˹O Prophet˺ thought that the people of the cave and the plaque were ˹the only˺ wonders of Our signs?

Musharraf Hussain

Messenger, did you know the People of the Cave and Al-Raqim were our amazing signs?

MunirMezyed2023

Do you think that the Companions of the Cave and the Stone Tablet were the only marvel of Our Signs?

Munir Mezyed

Do you think that the people of the ‘Cave’ and the inscription (the stone tablet inscribed with their names) are a marvel (comparing with other) signs (of Allâh’s power & glory)?

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Do you think that the People of Kahf (the Cave) and Raqim (inscription) were unusual out of Our signs

Muhammad Sarwar

Do you not think that the story of the Companions of the Cave and the Inscription was one of Our marvelous miracles

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

Or deemest thou that the People of the Cave and the Inscription are a wonder among Our portents

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Or even do you reckon that the Companions of the Cave and Ar-Raqim (It is the name of a leaden plate, on which were written the names of the seven sleepers) were among Our signs a wonder

Muhammad Asad

[AND SINCE the life of this world is but a test, dost thou [really] think that [the parable of] the Men of the Cave and of [their devotion to] the scriptures could be deemed more wondrous than any [other] of Our messages

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

Or (have) you thought/supposed that (E) the cave's and The Book's/inscription's owners/company , were (in) astonishment/amazement from Our verses/signs/evidences? (Did you think that the cave's and The Book's people were strange or amazing?

Mohammad Shafi

Did you perchance consider the Men of the Cave and the story about them as among Our extraordinary signs

Mir Aneesuddin

Or do you think that the companions of the cave and the inscription were a wonder from among Our signs,

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or, thinkest thou that the companions of the Cave and the Inscription were of Our wonderful signs

Maududi

Do you think that the people of the Cave and the Inscription were one of Our wondrous signs

Linda "iLham" Barto

Will you reflect whether [the story of] the companions of the cave and the inscription [later marking the cave] were wonders among Our signs?

John Medows Rodwell

Hast thou reflected that the Inmates of THE CAVE and of Al Rakim were on our wondrous signs

Irving/Hegab

Have you considered how the Companions in the Cave and with the Tablet were such marvelous signs of Ours?

Hilali - Khan

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

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Or, do you think the companions of the Cave and the tomb stone were a wonder among Our signs

Hamid S. Aziz

Have you considered that the Fellows of the Cave and of the Inscription are a wonder amongst Our Signs

George Sale

Dost thou consider that the companions of the cave, and Al Rakim, were one of our signs, and a great miracle

Fode Drame

Or do you count that the companions of the cave and of the wall to be a marvel among Our signs?

Faridul Haque

Did you know that the People of the Cave and People close to the Woods, were Our exceptional signs

Edward Henry Palmer

Hast thou reckoned that the Fellows of the Cave and Er-raqim were a wonder amongst our signs?

Dr. Munir Munshey

Do you regard the companions of the cave and the inscription tablet (upon the cave) as exceptional marvels among Our signs

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Have you thought of it (how) wondrous a sign of the signs (of Our might) were the People of the Kahf and the Raqim (i.e., the People of Cave and the Cave Tablet or the Raqim valley)

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Hast thou assumed that the Companions of the Cave and the Bearers of Inscription had been a wonder among Our signs?

Dr. Kamal Omar

Have you assessed that the people of the cave and the Inscription (Stele) were a wonder among Our Signs

Corpus.Quran

Or have you thought that (the) companions (of) the cave and the inscription were among Our Signs a wonder

Bilal Muhammad 2018

Do you reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the Inscription were wonders among Our signs

Bijan Moeinian

Whey then do you think I am reading the story of the “People of the Cave and people of Inscription” to you? They were among My greatest miracles

Bakhtiari Nejad

Did you think that inhabitants of the cave and the inscription were among Our amazing signs?

Arthur John Arberry

Or dost thou think the Men of the Cave and Er-Rakeem were among Our signs a wonder

Amatul Rahman Omar

Do you think that the People of the Place of Refuge and of the Inscriptions were a wonder among Our signs

Ali Ünal

Or do you reckon the People of the Cave and the Inscription as something strange among Our signs (manifesting the truth, and too extraordinary to believe)

Ali Quli Qara'i

Do you suppose that the Companions of the Cave and the Inscription were among Our wonderful signs

Aisha Bewley

Do you consider that the Companions of the Cave and Ar-Raqim were one of the most remarkable of Our Signs?

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Did you know that the men of the cave and of the forest's, side were of Our a wonderful sign?

Ahmed Hulusi

Or did you think that (only) the Ashab-al Kahf (companions of the cave) and the inscription (on stone) were among Our wondrous signs?

Ahmed Ali

Do you think the men of the cave and Ar-Raqim were so strange among Our signs

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Deemest thou that the people of the cave and the inscription were of Our signs a wonder

Abdul Hye

Do you think that the people of the cave and the inscription (news or name writing of the people of the cave) were a wonder among Our Signs?

Abdel Haleem

[Prophet], do you find the Companions in the Cave and al-Raqim so wondrous, among all Our other signs