وَکَذَلِکَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَیْهِمْ لِیَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ وَعْدَ اللهِ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ لاَ رَیْبَ فِیهَا إِذْ یَتَنَازَعُونَ بَیْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ فَقَالُوا ابْنُوا عَلَیْهِمْ بُنْیَاناً رَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ قَالَ الَّذِینَ غَلَبُوا عَلَى أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَیْهِمْ مَّسْجِد(( 21 ))

21- AND SO DID WE DISCLOSE THEM TO PEOPLE, THAT THEY MAY KNOW ALLAH'S PROMISE IS TRUE, AND THAT THERE IS NO DOUBT IN THE HOUR (RESURRECTION AND FINAL JUDGEMENT).

      WHEN PEOPLE WERE DISPUTTING AMONG THEMSELVES

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ABOUT THEM: THEN THEY SAID:ِ ``BUILD A BUILDING (OF MONUMENT) UPON THEM. THEIR LORD KNOWS THEM BEST (THAT WHO ARE THEY). BUT THOSE WHO PREVAILED ON THEIR MATTER SAID:ِ ``WE WILL BUILD A MOSQUE OVER THEM.

سَیَقُولُونَ ثَلاَثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمْ کَلْبُهُمْ وَیَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ کَلْبُهُمْ رَجْماً بِالْغَیْبِ وَیَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ کَلْبُهُمْ قُلْ رَبِّی أَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِمْ مَّا یَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلاَّ قَلِیلٌ فَلاَ تُمَارِ فِیهِمْ إِلاَّ مِرَاءً ظَاهِراً وَلاَ تَسْتَفْتِ فِیهِمْ مِّنْهُمْ أَحَد(( 22 ))

22- SOON THEY WILL SAY; ``THEY WERE THREE, AND THEIR DOG WAS THE FOURTH OF THEM. AND (SOME OTHER) WILL SAY:ِ ``THEY WERE FIVE, AND THE SIXTH OF THEM WAS THEIR DOG.'' A CASTING STONE AT THE UNSEEN. (SHOOTING IN THE DARK) AND OTHERS SAY; SEVEN, AND THEIR DOG WAS THE EIGHT OF THEM.

      SAY:ِ ``MY LORD KNOWS BEST THEIR NUMBER. NO ONE KNOWS THEM EXCEPT A FEW. SO, DO NOT DISCUSS ABOUT THEM EXCEPT WITH EVIDENCE (i.e.THAT WHICH IS REVEALED TO YOU), AND ASK NO ONE (LIKE THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS) ABOUT THEM.

وَلاَ تَقُولَنَّ لِشَاْىْء إِنِّی فَاعِلٌ ذَلِکَ غَد(( 23 ))

23- AND DO NOT SAY OF ANYTHING; I WILL DO IT TO-MORROW.

إِلاَّ أَنْ یَشَاءَ اللهُ وَاذْکُرْ رَبَّکَ إِذَا نَسِیتَ وَقُلْ عَسَى أَنْ یَهْدِیَنِ رَبِّی لاَِقْرَبَ مِنْ هَذَا رَشَد(( 24 ))

24- EXCEPT, (ADDING) ``IF ALLAH WILLS=IF GOD SPEEDS'' AND WHEN YOU FORGOT (SAYING THAT), REMEMBER YOUR LORD, AND SAY:ِ ``MAY MY LORD GUIDE ME TO SOMETHING NEARER THAN THIS, TO RECTITUDE.