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  2. Seven Sleepers - Wikipedia

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    The Seven Sleepers (Greek: ἑπτὰ κοιμώμενοι, romanized: hepta koimōmenoi; [2] Latin: Septem dormientes), also known in Christendom as Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, and in Islam as Aṣḥāb al-Kahf (اصحاب الکهف, aṣḥāb al-kahf, lit.

  3. Cave of the Seven Sleepers - Wikipedia

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    Some argue that the Cave of Seven Sleepers is the location referred to in Surah al-Kahf of the Qur'an. [10] The surah is named after the Cave – al-Kahf – in honor of the alleged piety of the seven sleepers. [11]

  4. List of legends in the Quran - Wikipedia

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    Several parables or pieces of narrative appear in the Quran, often with similar motifs to Jewish and Christian traditions which may predate those in the Quran. [1]Some included legends are the story of Cain and Abel (sura al-Ma'idah, of Abraham destroying idols (sura al-Anbiya 57), of Solomon's conversation with an ant (sura an-Naml), the story of the Seven Sleepers, and several stories about ...

  5. Qitmir (dog) - Wikipedia

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    In Islamic tradition, Qitmir (Arabic: قطمير) was the dog that guarded the People of the Cave and stood by them all through their long sleep. [1] [2] His name, Qitmir, in Arabic is the name of a small membrane on separating a date from its seed.

  6. Eshab-ı Kehf Cave - Wikipedia

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    The cave is named after the Persian word اصحاب کهف ("Ashāb-i Kahf") itself from the Arabic "aṣḥāb al-kahf", "people of the cave", for the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, a belief in Christian and Islamic tradition. The cave is about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) to Tarsus and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) to Mersin, at the foot of a small hill ...

  7. List of characters and names mentioned in the Quran

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    The baqarah (Arabic: بَقَرْة, cow) of the Israelites [3]; The dhiʾb (Arabic: ذِئب, wolf) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph, and who was blamed for his disappearance [22] [23]

  8. Al-Kahf - Wikipedia

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    7-8 Earth's adornment to be reduced to dust; 9-22 The story of the companions of the cave; 23-24 Muhammad is warned by God not to intend to do anything without saying "Insha-Allah" (Arabic: إن شاء الله, lit. 'if God wills'). 25 The sleepers of the cave have slept 300 solar years and 309 lunar years; 26 Times and seasons are in God's ...

  9. Karamat - Wikipedia

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    As the Quran referred to the miracles of non-prophetic saintly people like Khidr (18:65–82), the disciples of Jesus (5:111–115), and the Seven Sleepers (18:7–26), amongst many others, many prominent early scholars deduced that a group of venerable people must exist who occupy a rank below the prophets and messengers but who are ...