ٱلْكَهْف : ١٨

  • وَتَحۡسَبُهُمۡ And you (would) think them
  • أَيۡقَاظٗا awake
  • وَهُمۡ while they
  • رُقُودٞۚ (were) asleep
  • وَنُقَلِّبُهُمۡ And We turned them
  • ذَاتَ to
  • ٱلۡيَمِينِ the right
  • وَذَاتَ and to
  • ٱلشِّمَالِۖ the left
  • وَكَلۡبُهُم while their dog
  • بَٰسِطٞ stretched
  • ذِرَاعَيۡهِ his two forelegs
  • بِٱلۡوَصِيدِۚ at the entrance
  • لَوِ If
  • ٱطَّلَعۡتَ you had looked
  • عَلَيۡهِمۡ at them
  • لَوَلَّيۡتَ you (would) have surely turned back
  • مِنۡهُمۡ from them
  • فِرَارٗا (in) flight
  • وَلَمُلِئۡتَ and surely you would have been filled
  • مِنۡهُمۡ by them
  • رُعۡبٗا (with) terror
And you would think them awake, while they were asleep. And We turned them to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. If you had looked at them, you would have turned from them in flight and been filled by them with terror.
And you would have supposed them - had you seen them - awake, that is, conscious, because their eyes were open (ayqaaz, 'awake', is the plural of yaqiz), though they were asleep (ruqood is the plural of raaqid). And We caused them to turn over to the right and to the left, lest the earth consume their flesh, and their dog [lay] stretching its forelegs, his paws, on the threshold, at the opening of the cave: whenever they turned over it would turn over just like them, both during sleep and consciousness. If you had observed them you would have turned away from them in flight and you would have been filled (read la-mulli'ta or lamuli'ta) with awe because of them (read ru'ban or ru'uban, 'awe'): [it was] through this awe that God protected them from anyone entering upon them.