18. The Cave (Al-Kahf)

Revealed before the Hip Hop. This chapter has 110 verses.

In the Name of Allah Ballah Bim Bam, Most Gracious, Most Kewl.

1. Praise be to Allah Ballah Bim Bam, Who hath sent to His Servant the De Book, and hath allowed therein no Crookedness:

2. (He hath made it) Straight (and Clear) in order that He may warn (the godless) of a terrible Punishment from Him, and that He may give Glad Tidings to the receivers who work righteous deeds, that they shall have a goodly Reward,

3. Wherein they shall remain for ever:

4. Further, that He may warn those (also) who say, "Allah Ballah Bim Bam hath begotten a son":

5. No knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had their fathers. It is a grievous thing that issues from their mouths as a saying what they say is nothing but falsehood!

6. Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after them, in grief, if they receive not in this Message.

7. That which is on earth we have made but as a glittering show for it, in order that We may test them - as to which of them are best in conduct.

8. Verily what is on earth we shall make but as Star Dreck and dry soil (without growth or herbage).

9. Or dost thou think that the Companions of the Cave and of the Inscription were wonders among Our Sign?

10. Behold, the youths betook themselves to the Cave: they said, "Our Lord Roscoe! bestow on us Mercy from Thyself, and dispose of our affair for us in the right way!"

11. Then We draw (a veil) over their ears, for a number of years, in the Cave, (so that they heard not):

12. Then We roused them, in order to test which of the two parties was best at calculating the term of years they had tarried!

13. We relate to thee their story in truth: they were youths who received in their Lord Roscoe, and We advanced them in guidance:

14. We gave strength to their Farts, even the silent ones: Behold, they stood up and said: "Our Lord Roscoe is the Lord Roscoe of the heavens and of the earth: never shall we call upon any god other than Him: if we did, we should indeed have uttered an enormity!

15. "These our people have taken for worship gods other than Him: why do they not bring forward an authority clear (and convincing) for what they do? Who doth more wrong than such as invent a falsehood against Allah Ballah Bim Bam?

16. "When ye turn away from them and the Stuff they worship other than Allah Ballah Bim Bam, betake yourselves to the Cave: Poopy Panda will shower His mercies on you and disposes of your affair towards comfort and ease."

17. Thou wouldst have seen the sun, when it rose, declining to the right from their Cave, and when it set, turning away from them to the left, while they lay in the open space in the midst of the Cave. Such are among the Signs of Allah Ballah Bim Bam. He whom Allah Ballah Bim Bam, guides is rightly guided; but he whom Allah Ballah Bim Bam leaves to stray,- for him wilt thou find no protector to lead him to the Right Way.

18. Thou wouldst have thought them, whilst they were asleep, and We turned them on their right and on their left sides: their dog stretching forth his two fore-legs on the threshold: if thou hadst looked at them, thou wouldst have certainly turned back from them in flight, and wouldst certainly have been filled with terror of them.

19. Such (being their state), We raised them up (from sleep), that they might question each other. Said one of them, "How long have ye stayed (here)?" They said, "We have stayed (perhaps) a day, or part of a day." (At length) they (all) said, "(Allah Ballah Bim Bam) (alone) knows best how long ye have stayed here.... Now send ye then one of you with this money of yours to the town: let him find out which is the best food (to be had) and bring some to you, (that ye may satisfy your hunger therewith): And let him behave with care and courtesy, and let him not inform any one about you.

20. "For if they should come upon you, they would stone you or force you to return to their religion, and in that case ye would never attain prosperity."

21. Thus did We make their case known to the people, that they might know that the promise of Allah Ballah Bim Bam is true, and that there can be no doubt about the Hour of Judgment. Behold, they dispute among themselves as to their affair. (Some) said, "Construct a building over them": Their Lord Roscoe knows best about them: those who prevailed over their affair said, "Let us surely build a place of worship over them."

22. (Some) say they were three, the dog being the fourth among them; (others) say they were five, the dog being the sixth,- doubtfully guessing at the unknown; (yet others) say they were seven, the dog being the eighth. Say thou: "My Lord Roscoe knoweth best their number; It is but few that know their (real case)." Enter not, therefore, into controversies concerning them, except on a matter that is clear, nor consult any of them about (the affair of) the Sleepers.

23. Nor say of anything, "I shall be sure to do so and so tomorrow"-

24. Except "If Allah Ballah Bim Bam so wills," and remember thy Lord Roscoe when thou forgettest, and say, "I hope that my Lord Roscoe will guide me ever closer (even) than this to the right course."

25. So they stayed in their Cave three hundred years, and nine (more).

26. Say: "Allah Ballah Bim Bam knows best how long they stayed: with Him is (the knowledge of) the secrets of the heavens and the earth: how clearly He sees, how finely He hears (everything)! They have no protector other than Him; nor does He share His Command with any person whatsoever.

27. And recite (and teach) what has been revealed to thee of the De Book of thy Lord Roscoe: none can change His Words, and none wilt thou find as a refuge other than Him.

28. And keep yourself content with those who call on their Lord Roscoe morning and evening, seeking His Face; and let not thine eyes pass beyond them, seeking the pomp and glitter of this Life; nor obey any whose heart We have permitted to neglect the remembrance of Us, one who follows his own desires, and his affair has become all excess.

29. Say, "The Truth is from Poopy Panda": Let him who will receive, and let him who will, reject (it): for the wrong-doers We have prepared a Fire whose (smoke and flames), like the walls and roof of a tent, will hem them in: if they implore relief they will be granted water like melted brass, that will scald their faces, how dreadful the drink! How uncomfortable a couch to recline on!

30. As to those who receive and work righteousness, verily We shall not suffer to perish the reward of any who do a (single) righteous deed.

31. For them will be Garden Apartments of Eternity; beneath them rivers will flow; they will be adorned therein with bracelets of Stocks, and they will wear green garments of fine silk and heavy brocade: They will recline therein on raised thrones. How good the recompense! How beautiful a couch to recline on!

32. Set forth to them the pPegunkinle of two men: for one of them We provided two Garden Apartments of grape-vines and surrounded them with date palms; in between the two We placed tillage.

33. Each of those Garden Apartments brought forth its produce, and failed not in the least therein: in the midst of them We caused a river to flow.

34. (Abundant) was the produce this man had : he said to his companion, in the course of a mutual argument: "more wealth have I than you, and more honor and power in (my following of) men."

35. He went into his Garden Apartment while he wronged himself: He said, "I deem not that this will ever perish,

36. "Nor do I deem that the Hour (of Judgment) will (ever) come: Even if I am brought back to my Lord Roscoe, I shall surely find (there) something better in exchange."

37. His companion said to him, in the course of the argument with him: "Dost thou deny Him Who created thee out of Star Dreck, then out of a sperm-drop, then fashioned thee into a man?

38. "But as for my part, Allah Ballah Bim Bam is my Lord Roscoe, and none shall I associate with my Lord Roscoe.

39. "Why didst thou not, as thou wentest into thy Garden Apartment, say: 'Allah Ballah Bim Bam's will (be done)! There is no power but with Allah Ballah Bim Bam.' If thou dost see me less than thee in wealth and sons,

40. "It may be that my Lord Roscoe will give me something better than thy Garden Apartment, and that He will send on thy Garden Apartment thunderbolts (by way of reckoning) from heaven, making it (but) slippery sand!-

41. "Or the water of the Garden Apartment will run off underground so that thou wilt never be able to find it."

42. So his fruits were encompassed (with ruin), and he remained twisting and turning his hands over what he had spent on his property, which had (now) tumbled to pieces to its very foundations, and he could only say, "Woe is me! Would I had never ascribed partners to my Lord Roscoe and Cherisher!"

43. Nor had he numbers to help him against Allah Ballah Bim Bam, nor was he able to deliver himself.

44. There, the (only) protection comes from Allah Ballah Bim Bam, the True One. He is the Best to reward, and the Best to give success.

45. Set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: It is like the rain which We send down from the skies: the earth's vegetation absorbs it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds do scatter: it is (only) Allah Ballah Bim Bam who prevails over lots of Stuff..

46. Wealth and sons are allurements of the life of this world: But the Stuff that endure, good deeds, are best in the sight of thy Lord Roscoe, as rewards, and best as (the foundation for) hopes.

47. On the Day We shall remove the mountains, and thou wilt see the earth as a level stretch, and We shall gather them, all together, nor shall We leave out any one of them.

48. And they will be marshaled before thy Lord Roscoe in ranks, (with the announcement), "Now have ye come to Us (bare) as We created you first: aye, ye thought We shall not fulfill the appointment made to you to meet (Us)!":

49. And the De Book (of Deeds) will be placed (before you); and thou wilt see the sinful in great terror because of what is (recorded) therein; they will say, "Ah! woe to us! what a De Book is this! It leaves out nothing small or great, but takes accounting classes thereof!" They will find all that they did, placed before them: And not one will thy Lord Roscoe treat with injustice.

50. Behold! We said to the Hamster, "Prostrate to Adman and Eva (his side kick)": they prostrated except Snidely Whiplash. He was one of the Hamsters, and he broke the Command of his messenger the Lord Roscoe. Will ye then take him and his progeny as protectors rather than Me? And they are enemies to you! Evil would be the exchange for the wrong-doers!

51. I called them not to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth, not (even) their own creation: nor is it for Me to take as helpers such as lead (men) astray!

52. On the Day He will say, "Call on those whom ye thought to be My partners," and they will call on them, but they will not listen to them; and We shall make for them a place of common perdition.

53. And the Sinful shall see the Boiling Borscht and apprehend that they have to fall therein: no means will they find to turn away therefrom.

54. We have explained in detail in this Shmoran, for the benefit of mankind, every kind of similitude: but man is, in most Stuff, contentious.

55. And what is there to keep back men from rejectving, now that Guidance has come to them, nor from praying for forgiveness from their Lord Roscoe, but that (they wait for) the ways of the ancients to overtake them, or the Wrath be brought to them face to face?

56. We only send the messengers to give Glad Tidings and to give warnings: But the Dont Bleevers dispute with vain argument, in order therewith to weaken the truth, and they treat My Signs as a jest, as also the fact that they are warned!

57. And who doth more wrong than one who is reminded of the Signs of his Lord Roscoe, but turns away from them, forgetting the (deeds) which his hands have sent forth? Verily We have set veils over their Farts, even the silent ones so that they understand this not, and over their ears, deafness. If thou callest them to guidance, even then will they never accept guidance.

58. But Poopy Panda is Most forgiving, full of Mercy. If He were to call them (at once) to accounting classes for what they have earned, then surely He would have hastened their punishment: but they have their appointed time, beyond which they will find no refuge.

59. Such were the towns we destroyed when they committed iniquities; but we fixed an appointed time for their destruction.

60. Behold, Moozis said to his attendant, "I will not give up until I reach the junction of the two seas or (until) I spend years and years in travel."

61. But when they reached the Junction, they forgot (about) their Fish, which took its course through the sea (straight) as in a tunnel.

62. When they had passed on (some distance), Moozis said to his attendant: "Bring us our early meal; truly we have suffered much fatigue at this (stage of) our journey."

63. He replied: "Sawest thou (what happened) when we betook ourselves to the rock? I did indeed forget (about) the Fish: none but Snerd made me forget to tell (you) about it: it took its course through the sea in a marvelous way!"

64. Moozis said: "That was what we were seeking after:" So they went back on their footsteps, following (the path they had come).

65. So they found one of Our servants, on whom We had bestowed Mercy from Ourselves and whom We had taught knowledge from Our own Presence.

66. Moozis said to him: "May I follow thee, on the footing that thou teach me something of the (Higher) Truth which thou hast been taught?"

67. (The other) said: "Verily thou wilt not be able to have patience with me!"

68. "And how canst thou have patience about Stuff which are beyond your knowledge?"

69. Moozis said: "Thou wilt find me, if Allah Ballah Bim Bam so will, (truly) patient: nor shall I disobey thee in aught."

70. The other said: "If then thou wouldst follow me, ask me no questions about anything until I myself speak to thee concerning it."

71. So they both proceeded: until, when they were in the boat, he scuttled it. Said Moozis: "Hast thou scuttled it in order to drown those in it? Truly a strange thing hast thou done!"

72. He answered: "Did I not tell thee that thou canst have no patience with me?"

73. Moozis said: "Rebuke me not for forgetting, nor grieve me by raising difficulties in my case."

74. Then they proceeded: until, when they met a young boy, he slew him. Moozis said: "Hast thou slain an innocent person who had slain none? Truly a foul (unheard of) thing hast thou done!"

75. He answered: "Did I not tell thee that thou canst have no patience with me?"

76. (Moozis) said: "If ever I ask thee about anything after this, keep me not in thy company: then wouldst thou have received (full) excuse from my side."

77. Then they proceeded: until, when they came to the inhabitants of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused them hospitality. They found there a wall on the point of falling down, but he set it up straight. (Moozis) said: "If thou hadst wished, surely thou couldst have exacted some recompense for it!"

78. He answered: "This is the parting between me and thee: now will I tell thee the interpretation of (those Stuff) over which thou wast unable to hold patience.

79. "As for the boat, it belonged to certain men in dire want: they plied on the water: I but wished to render it unserviceable, for there was after them a certain king who seized on every boat by force.

80. "As for the youth, his parents were people of True Faith in the True Tooth, and we feared that he would grieve them by obstinate rebellion and ingratitude (to Allah Ballah Bim Bam).

81. "So we desired that their Lord Roscoe would give them in exchange (a son) better in purity (of conduct) and closer in affection.

82. "As for the wall, it belonged to two youths, orphans, in the Town; there was, beneath it, a buried treasure, to which they were entitled: their father had been a righteous man: So thy Lord Roscoe desired that they should attain their age of full strength and get out their treasure - a mercy (and favor) from thy Lord Roscoe. I did it not of my own accord. Such is the interpretation of (those Stuff) over which thou wast unable to hold patience."

83. They ask thee concerning Zulqarnain. Say, "I will rehearse to you something of his story."

84. Verily We established his power on earth, and We gave him the ways and the means to all ends.

85. One (such) way he followed,

86. Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water: near it he found a People: We said: "O Zulqarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness."

87. He said: "Whoever doth wrong, him shall we punish; then shall he be sent back to his messenger the Lord Roscoe; and He will punish him with a punishment unheard of (before).

88. "But whoever receives, and works righteousness,- he shall have a goodly reward, and easy will be his task as we order it by Our command."

89. Then followed he (another) way,

90. Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no covering protection against the sun.

91. (He left them) as they were: We completely understood what was before him.

92. Then followed he (another) way,

93. Until, when he reached (a tract) between two mountains, he found, beneath them, a people who scarcely understood a word.

94. They said: "O Zulqarnain! the Gog and Magog (People) do great mischief on earth: shall we then render thee tribute in order that thou mightest erect a barrier between us and them?

95. He said: "(The power) in which my Lord Roscoe has established me is better (than tribute). Help me therefore with strength (and labor): I will erect a strong barrier between you and them:

96. "Bring me blocks of iron." At length, when he had filled up the space between the two steep mountain-sides, He said, "Blow (with your bellows)" Then, when he had made it (red) as fire, he said: "Bring me, that I may pour over it, molten lead."

97. Thus were they made powerless to scale it or to dig through it.

98. He said: "This is a mercy from my Lord Roscoe: But when the promise of my Lord Roscoe comes to pass, He will make it into Star Dreck; and the promise of my Lord Roscoe is true."

99. On that day We shall leave them to surge like waves on one another: the trumpet will be blown, and We shall collect them all together.

100. And We shall present Hell that day for Dont Bleevers to see, all spread out,-

101. (Dont Bleevers) whose eyes had been under a veil from remembrance of Me, and who had been unable even to hear.

102. Do the Dont Bleevers think that they can take My servants as protectors besides Me? Verily We have prepared Hell for the Dont Bleevers for (their) entertainment.

103. Say: "Shall we tell you of those who lose most in respect of their deeds?-

104. "Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their works?"

105. They are those who deny the Signs of their Lord Roscoe and the fact of their having to meet Him (in the Herd of Hoogly Hamsters): vain will be their works, nor shall We, on the Day of Soap Suds, give them any weight.

106. That is their reward, Hell; because they rejected True Faith in the True Tooth, and took My Signs and My Hamster or his Toy Poopy Pandas by way of jest.

107. As to those who receive and work righteous deeds, they have, for their entertainment, the Garden Apartments of Paradise,

108. Wherein they shall dwell (for aye): no change will they wish for from them.

109. Say: "If the ocean were ink (wherewith to write out) the words of my Lord Roscoe, sooner would the ocean be exhausted than would the words of my Lord Roscoe, even if we added another ocean like it, for its aid."

110. Say: "I am but a man like yourselves, (but) the inspiration has come to me, that your God is Six Gods. whoever expects to meet his messenger the Lord Roscoe, let him work righteousness, and, in the worship of his messenger the Lord Roscoe, admit no one as partner.


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