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Section 3 (18-22)
18. Watahsabuhum ayqa
th
an wahum ruqoodun wanuqallibuhum thata alyameeni wathata
a
l
shshimali wakalbuhum basitun thiraAAayhi bi
a
lwaseedi lawi ittalaAAta AAalayhim
lawallayta minhum firaran walamuli/ta minhum ruAAba
n
18. Thou wouldst have deemed them awake, 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 come up on to them, thou wouldst have certainly turned back
from them in flight, and wouldst certainly have been filled with terror of them.
19. Wakathalika baAAathnahum liyatasaaloo baynahum qala qa-ilun minhum kam
labithtum qaloo labithna yawman aw baAAda yawmin qaloo rabbukum aAAlamu bima
labithtum fa
i
bAAathoo ahadakum biwariqikum hathihi ila almadeenati falyan
th
ur ayyuha
azka taAAaman falya/tikum birizqin minhu walyatalattaf wala yushAAiranna bikum
ahada
n
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
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