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Al-Kahf (The Cave) · Ayah 19

وَكَذَٰلِكَ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِيَتَسَآءَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ۚ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَٱبْعَثُوٓا۟ أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمْ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَنظُرْ أَيُّهَآ أَزْكَىٰ طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْتِكُم بِرِزْقٍ مِّنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا 19

And similarly, We awakened them that they might question one another. Said a speaker from among them, "How long have you remained [here]?" They said, "We have remained a day or part of a day." They said, "Your Lord is most knowing of how long you remained. So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the city and let him look to which is the best of food and bring you provision from it and let him be cautious. And let no one be aware of you.

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd similarly
noun
بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْbaʿathnāhumWe raised them
لِيَتَسَآءَلُوا۟liyatasāalūthat they might question
بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbaynahumamong them
قَالَqālaSaid
قَآئِلٌۭqāiluna speaker
مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
noun
كَمْkamHow long
noun
لَبِثْتُمْ ۖlabith'tumhave you remained
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
لَبِثْنَاlabith'nāWe have remained
يَوْمًاyawmana day
أَوْawor
بَعْضَbaʿḍaa part
يَوْمٍۢ ۚyawmin(of) a day
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
رَبُّكُمْrabbukumYour Lord
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
علم'-l-madjective
بِمَاbimāhow long
noun
لَبِثْتُمْlabith'tumyou have remained
فَٱبْعَثُوٓا۟fa-ib'ʿathūSo send
أَحَدَكُمaḥadakumone of you
بِوَرِقِكُمْbiwariqikumwith this silver coin of yours
هَـٰذِهِۦٓhādhihiwith this silver coin of yours
noun
إِلَىilāto
ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe city
فَلْيَنظُرْfalyanẓurand let him see
أَيُّهَآayyuhāwhich is
أَزْكَىٰazkāthe purest
طَعَامًۭاṭaʿāmanfood
فَلْيَأْتِكُمfalyatikumand let him bring to you
بِرِزْقٍۢbiriz'qinprovision
مِّنْهُmin'hufrom it
noun
وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْwalyatalaṭṭafand let him be cautious
وَلَاwalāAnd let not be aware
يُشْعِرَنَّyush'ʿirannaAnd let not be aware
بِكُمْbikumabout you
noun
أَحَدًاaḥadananyone
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