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The Seven Sleepers (Greek: ἑπτὰ κοιμώμενοι, romanized: hepta koimōmenoi; [2] Latin: Septem dormientes), also known in Christendom as Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, and in Islam as Aṣḥāb al-Kahf (اصحاب الکهف, aṣḥāb al-kahf, lit. Companions of the Cave), [3] is a late antique Christian legend, and a Qur’anic ...
This cave was identified with the Qur'anic record due to the name of the nearby village, al-Rajib, which is etymologically similar to the word al-Raqīm mentioned in al-Kahf. Some also argue the site's correspondence with the Surat al-Kahf based on the finding of a dog's skull near the cave door. [12]
Al-Kahf (Arabic: الكهف, lit. 'the Cave') is the 18th chapter ( sūrah ) of the Qur'an with 110 verses ( āyāt ). Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation ( asbāb al-nuzūl ), it is an earlier Meccan surah , which means it was revealed before Muhammad's hijrah to Medina, instead of after.
MS 18 contains the first half of the Qurʾān, from the beginning to the end of Sūrat al-Kahf. Manuscript 4116 holds the second half, from the middle of Sūrat Tāhā to the end. For ease of reference across the unified codex, pages of manuscript 18 are denoted with an “A” preceding the page number, while manuscript 4116 pages are ...
The story of Dhu al-Qarnayn is related in chapter 18 of the Qur'an, al-Kahf, revealed to Muhammad when his tribe, Al-Quraysh, sent two men to discover whether the Jews, with their superior knowledge of the scriptures, could advise them on whether Muhammad was truly a prophet of God. The rabbis told the Quraysh to ask Muhammad about three things ...
Alexander was also the one most frequently identified with Dhu al-Qarnayn (Arabic: ذو القرنين; lit. "The Two-Horned One"), a figure that appears in Surah Al-Kahf in the Quran, the holy text of Islam, which greatly expanded the attention paid to him in the traditions of the Muslim world.
Dajjal, the Qur'an, and Awwal Al-Zamaan: The Antichrist, The Holy Qur'an, and The Beginning of History. Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US. ISBN 978-1989450000. Hosein, Imran Nazar (2015). In Search of Khidr's Footprints In Ākhir Al-Zamān. Hosein, Imran Nazar (2014). The Qur'anic Method of Curing Alcoholism and Drug Addiction.
It also presents a distinctive eschatological reading of the Qur'an, applying many of its prophecies to the present times, as per Ahmadiyya beliefs, such as with reference to Surah 18 (al-Kahf) and especially the latter chapters of the Quran. [4]