وَکَذَلِکَ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِیَتَسَاءَلُوا بَیْنَهُمْ قَالَ قَائِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ کَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا یَوْماً أَوْ بَعْضَ یَوْم قَالُوا رَبُّکُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَابْعَثُوا أَحَدَکُمْ بِوَرِقِکُمْ هَذِهِ إِلَى الْمَدِینَةِ فَلْیَنظُرْ أَیُّهَا أَزْکَى طَعَاماً فَلْیَأْتِکُمْ بِرِزْق مِّنْهُ وَلْیَتَلَطَّفْ وَلاَ یُشْعِرَنَّ بِکُمْ أَحَد(( 19 ))

19- AND SO DID WE RAISE THEM UP IN ORDER TO ASK ONE ANOTHER.

      ONE OF THEM SAID:ِ ``HOW LONG HAVE YOU TARRIED?'' THEY SAID:ِ ``WE HAVE TARRIED A DAY, OR PART OF A DAY.''THEY SAID:ِ ``YOUR LORD KNOWS BEST HOW LONG HAVE YOU TARRIED.'' NOW SEND OUT ONE OF YOU TO THE TOWN WITH THE COIN OF YOURS, TO FIND OUT WHICH ONE HAS A CLEANER FOOD, SO AS TO BRING YOU SOME SUSTENANCE OF IT. AND HE MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO MAKE ANY ONE AWARE OF YOU.

إِنَّهُمْ إِنْ یَظْهَرُوا عَلَیْکُمْ یَرْجُمُوکُمْ أَوْ یُعِیدُوکُمْ فِی مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَنْ تُفْلِحُوا إِذاً أَبَد(( 20 ))

20- FOR, IF THEY GET ACCESS TO YOU, THEY WILL EITHER STONE YOU (TO DEATH), OR FORCE YOU BACK TO THEIR CREED; AND THEN YOU WILL NEVER PROSPER.