Overall meaning : Allah Almighty says, summing up the story of the People of the Cave: Do you think, Muhammad, that the Companions of the Cave and the Tablet on which their names were inscribed were among our wondrous signs?! Not so, for some of Our signs are much more wondrous! When these youths sought refuge in the cave to escape the oppression and persecution of their unbelieving people, they prayed, saying, ‘Our Lord, bestow upon us your grace with which you keep us steadfast in our faith, and provide us with means to all that is pleasing to You.’ Therefore, We caused them to fall into a deep sleep for many years. Then We awakened them to make known to people—according to Our foreknowledge—which of the parties that differed as to the time they had spent in the cave could best tell the length of their stay.