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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 18:12 | |
| < 18:13 18:11 > |
| Transliteration | Thumma baAAathnahum linaAAlama ayyu alhizbayni ahsa lima labithoo amadan |
| Literal | Then We sent/resurrected/revived them to know which (of) the two groups/parties (is) more counting/controlling to what time they remained/waited . |
| Yusuf Ali | Then We roused them, in order to test which of the two parties was best at calculating the term of years they had tarried! |
| Pickthal | And afterward We raised them up that We might know which of the two parties would best calculate the time that they had tarried. |
| Arberry | Afterwards. We raised them up again, that We might know which of the two parties would better calculate the while they had tarried. |
| Shakir | Then We raised them up that We might know which of the two parties was best able to compute the time for which they remained. |
| Sarwar | Then We roused them to find out which of the party had the correct account of the duration of their sleep in the cave. |
| Khalifa | Then we resurrected them to see which of the two parties could count the duration of their stay therein. |
| Hilali/Khan | Then We raised them up (from their sleep), that We might test which of the two parties was best at calculating the time period that they had tarried. |
| H/K/Saheeh | Then We awakened them that We might show which of the two factions was most precise in calculating what [extent] they had remained in time. |
| Malik | and then awakened them to find out which of the two parties (believers and nonbelievers who were arguing about the fact of life after death) could best tell the length of their stay.[12] |
| QXP | And then We caused them to rise (out of the Cave). We let them know for themselves which of the two groups, (the young men with their friends in town, or their opponents), had better availed the time. (The Dwellers of the Cave had maintained secret communication with like-minded people in Ephesus). |
| Maulana Ali | Then We raised them up that We might know which of the two parties was best able to calculate the time for which they remained. |
| Free Minds | Then We sent them to know which of the two groups had remained for as long as they stayed. |
| Qaribullah | and thereafter We revived them to find out which of the two parties could best calculate the length of their stay. |
| George Sale | Then We awaked them, that We might know which of the two parties was more exact in computing the space which they had remainded there. |
| JM Rodwell | Then we awaked them that we might know which of the two parties could best reckon the space of their abiding. |
| Asad | and then We awakened them:` [and We did all this] so that We might mark out [to the world]" which of the two points of view showed a better comprehension of the time-span during which they had remained in this state. ' |
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