Cave

Posted on 03/22/2012 by marina

CAVE, The Companions of the (Arabic Ashabu ‘l-kahf) or the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, form the subject of one of the chapters of the Quran, Surah xviii. 6. [ASHABU 'L-KAHF]

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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