The Duʿāʾ of the Prophets

The Prophets

The People of the Cave

أصحاب الكهف

Young men who withdrew to a cave rather than abandon their belief, and were kept there for years.

Qurʾān 18:9–26

His duʿāʾ

Mercy from Yourself, and right guidance

18:10 · leaving a situation without knowing where you are going · excerpt, framing dimmed

Source
Sūrat Al-Kahf
18:10

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

English · Marmaduke Pickthall When the young men fled for refuge to the Cave and said: Our Lord! Give us mercy from Thy presence, and shape for us right conduct in our plight.
Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır O gençler mağaraya sığınınca şöyle dediler: "Rabbimiz! Bize katından bir rahmet ver ve bizim için şu işimizden bir kurtuluş yolu hazırla."

From Sūrat Al-Kahf, 18:10. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.

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