Translation, Commentary & Explanation of Chapter 18 The Cave.
Literal Translation of verse 14.
And We strengthened their hearts at the time they were standing and then they said,
"Our Lord is the Lord ofthe heaven and Earth. We will never call upon other than Him, as God. Verily, if we do that, we had said something far from the Truth."
Commentary by Jalalain.
We strengthened their hearts to hold on to the words of Truth, when they were standing
infront of their king who were forcing them to worship idols. Then they said,
"Our Lord is the Lord of the heaven and Earth. We will never call upon other than Allah, as God. Certainly, if we do that, we had said something far from the Truth."
If we call upon God other than Allah then those are extreme words and very sinful
Commentary by Muhammad Asad.
And We endowed their hearts with strength, so that they stood up and said to one another,
"Our Sustainer is the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth. Never shall we invoke any deity other than Him. If we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity".
They stood up to their mis-guided fellowmen and rulerswho persecuted the believers.
Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Given the strength the youths were not afraid to speak out the Truth openly in public against the tyrant Roman Emperor. After that, they fled to the cave.
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Literal Translation of Verse 15
Literal Translation of Verse 15
They, our people, had taken other than Him as gods.Why didn't they provide, for what they were doing,a clear proof. Who is more unjust than those who innovate falsehood against God.
Commentary by Jalalain.
They, our people, had made other than Him as gods.Why didn't they justify what they worship. Thereis none more unjust than those who attribute partnersto Allah.
Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali.
Besides the heathen gods, the cult of the Emperorsalso became fashionable in the Roman Empire in thefirst 3 centuries of the Christian Era. The statueof Diana (Artemis) at Ephesus had been one of the wonders of the ancient world. The city was a great sea port and the capital of the Roman Asia. The heathen cults had flourished there. St Paul spent 3 years preaching there, but was mobbed, assaultedand compelled to leave (Acts 19:1-41).
In the book "Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire" Edward Gibbon, wrote that due to the persecutionsby a Roman Emperor Decius in 249 to 251 AD, 7 Christianyouths of Ephesus left the town and hid in a cave, where they fell asleep. When they woke up, one of them went back to the town to buy provisions. He found out that Christianity had became the State religion and not persecuted anymore, and that the current Roman Emperor was Theodosius II (who reign from 408 to 450 AD).
Ephesus was a famous city on the West Coast of Asia Minorabout 50 miles south of Smyrna, now probably a coastaltown of Lebanon or Turkey. Caliph Wathiq in 842 to 846 ADsent an expedition to examine and identify the locality.
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