أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْكَهْفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا۟ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا عَجَبًا
Am hasibta anna Ashaabal Kahfi war Raqeemi kaanoo min Aayaatinaa 'ajabaa
کیا تم خیال کرتے ہو کہ غار اور لوح والے ہمارے نشانیوں میں سے عجیب تھے
Or did you think that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among our signs, a wonder?
The question arrives right after the earth's whole adornment has been promised to barren ground, and that sets the scale — measured against it, a group of sleepers is a modest sign. Al-raqīm has never been settled; commentators proposed an inscribed tablet, the name of a valley, the town, even the dog, and the surah lets that obscurity stand while it tells the story.