Surah Al-Kahf, ayah 12
ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَىُّ ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓا۟ أَمَدًا
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.
Al-Kahf · 18:12
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- ثُمَّthummaThen
- بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْbaʿathnāhumWe raised them up
- لِنَعْلَمَlinaʿlamathat We make evident
- أَىُّayyuwhich
- ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِl-ḥiz'bayni(of) the two parties
- أَحْصَىٰaḥṣābest calculated
- لِمَاlimāfor what
- لَبِثُوٓا۟labithū(they had) remained
- أَمَدًۭاamadan(in) time
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