People of the Cave

The Quran recounts that the youths of the cave fled to it and prayed to Allah for mercy and right guidance, and He sealed their hearing for years.

The Quran states that the sun passed over them without touching them, they appeared awake but slept, and they remained in the cave for three hundred years plus nine.

The Quran states that people will say the youths were three, or five, or seven, and that the precise count is known only to Allah.

The Quran recounts the youths awakening not knowing how long they had slept, sending one to buy food, and their story becoming a sign for the people of the city.

The Quran contrasts a man who was given two gardens and became arrogant, denying resurrection, with his believing companion who warned him; the garden was destroyed.

The Quran recounts that Dhul-Qarnayn traveled to the ends of the earth and built a barrier of iron and copper to hold back Gog and Magog.

The Quran recounts Musa seeking a man of special knowledge at the junction of two seas, who performed three acts each carrying divine wisdom Musa could not perceive.

The Quran instructs not to say of anything 'I will do it tomorrow' without adding 'if Allah wills,' and to remember your Lord when you forget.

The Quran records the prayer of the cave youths asking Allah for mercy and to arrange their affair rightly, showing complete reliance on Him.

The Quran likens the life of this world to rain that causes vegetation to flourish then wither, while righteous deeds are better in reward with your Lord.

The Quran states that if the sea were ink for the words of Allah, it would be exhausted before His words were, even if an equal sea were added.

The Quran describes how the arrogant garden owner's crops were destroyed overnight, leaving him to say he wished he had not associated anyone with his Lord.