سَيَقُولُونَ
ثَلَـٰثَةٌۭ
رَّابِعُهُمْ
كَلْبُهُمْ
وَيَقُولُونَ
خَمْسَةٌۭ
سَادِسُهُمْ
كَلْبُهُمْ
رَجْمًۢا
بِٱلْغَيْبِ ۖ
وَيَقُولُونَ
سَبْعَةٌۭ
وَثَامِنُهُمْ
كَلْبُهُمْ ۚ
قُل
رَّبِّىٓ
أَعْلَمُ
بِعِدَّتِهِم
مَّا
يَعْلَمُهُمْ
إِلَّا
قَلِيلٌۭ ۗ
فَلَا
تُمَارِ
فِيهِمْ
إِلَّا
مِرَآءًۭ
ظَـٰهِرًۭا
وَلَا
تَسْتَفْتِ
فِيهِم
مِّنْهُمْ
أَحَدًۭا
٢٢
[Some] say, ‘The sleepers were three, and their dog made four,’ others say, ‘They were five, and the dog made six’- guessing in the dark- and some say, ‘They were seven, and their dog made eight.’ Say [Prophet], ‘My Lord knows best how many they were.’ Only a few have real knowledge about them, so do not argue, but stick to what is clear, and do not ask any of these people about them;
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem