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Al-Kahf (The Cave) · Ayah 12

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَىُّ ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓا۟ أَمَدًا 12

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.

ثُمَّthummaThen

بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْbaʿathnāhumWe raised them up

لِنَعْلَمَlinaʿlamathat We make evident

أَىُّayyuwhich

ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِl-ḥiz'bayni(of) the two parties

أَحْصَىٰaḥṣābest calculated

لِمَاlimāfor what

noun

لَبِثُوٓا۟labithū(they had) remained

أَمَدًۭاamadan(in) time

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