018.013 Y:  We relate to thee their story in truth:  they were youths who believed in their Lord, and We advanced them in guidance: 

P:  We narrate unto thee their story with truth.  Lo! they were young men who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.

S:  We relate to you their story with the truth; surely they were youths who believed in their Lord and We increased them in guidance.

018.014 Y:  We gave strength to their hearts:  Behold, they stood up and said:  “Our Lord is the Lord 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!”

P:  And We made firm their hearts when they stood forth and said:  Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth.  We cry unto no God beside Him, for then should we utter an enormity.

S:  And We strengthened their hearts with patience, when they stood up and said:  Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth; we will by no means call upon any god besides Him, for then indeed we should have said an extravagant thing.

018.015 Y:  “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?”

P:  These, our people, have chosen (other) gods beside Him though they bring no clear warrant (vouchsafed) to them.  And who doth greater wrong than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah?

S:  These our people have taken gods besides Him; why do they not produce any clear authority in their support?  Who is then more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah?

018.016 Y:  “When ye turn away from them and the things they worship other than Allah, betake yourselves to the Cave:  Your Lord will shower His mercies on you and disposes of your affair towards comfort and ease.”

P:  And when ye withdraw from them and that which they worship except Allah, then seek refuge in the Cave; your Lord will spread for you of His mercy and will prepare for you a pillow in your plight.

S:  And when you forsake them and what they worship save Allah, betake yourselves for refuge to the cave; your Lord will extend to you largely of His mercy and provide for you a profitable course in your affair.

018.017 Y:  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:  He whom Allah, guides is rightly guided; but he whom Allah leaves to stray,- for him wilt thou find no protector to lead him to the Right Way.

P:  And thou mightest have seen the sun when it rose move away from their cave to the right, and when it set go past them on the left, and they were in the cleft thereof.  That was (one) of the portents of Allah.  He whom Allah guideth, he indeed is led aright, and he whom He sendeth astray, for him thou wilt not find a guiding friend.