The People of the Cave · leaving a situation without knowing where you are going
Mercy from Yourself, and right guidance
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Sūrat Al-Kahf
18:10 - Extent
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إِذْ أَوَى ٱلْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةًۭ وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًۭا
Rabbanā ʾātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wa-hayyiʾ lanā min ʾamrinā rashadan
When and why it was said
From Sūrat Al-Kahf, 18:10. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.
Qurʾān 18:10
Commentary — Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
Mention when the youths took refuge in the Cave fitya ‘youths’ is the plural of fatā and denotes a mature young man fearing for their faith from their disbelieving people they said ‘Our Lord! Give us mercy from Yourself and remedy for us our affair through rectitude’ through Your guidance.
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, al-Maḥallī and al-Suyūṭī. Translated by Feras Hamza. altafsir.com