were [coins from] the king from whom they had fled. They said: 'This is a man who found a treasure.' When he feared for himself that he would be tortured, he revealed the location of his companions. The king said to them: 'Allah has made clear to you that over which you differed, for He has informed you that people shall indeed be resurrected in their bodies.' So the king and the people with him rode out until they came to the cave. The man went ahead of them until he entered upon his companions, and he saw them, and they saw him, [then] they died, because their appointed times had arrived. The people said: 'What shall we do with them?' 'So they said: Build over them a structure.' 'Those who prevailed over their affair'—meaning their leaders and nobles—'We will surely build a place of worship over them.'
دَرَاهِمُ الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي فَرُّوا مِنْهُ؛ فَقَالُوا: هَذَا رَجُلٌ وَجَدَ كَنْزًا، فَلَمَّا خَافَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَنْ يُعَذَّبَ أَطْلَعَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمُ الْمَلِكُ: قَدْ بَيَّنَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ مَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيهِ، فَأَعْلَمَكُمْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ ليُبْعَثُونَ فِي أَجْسَامِهِمْ، فَرَكِبَ الْمَلِكُ وَالنَّاسُ مَعَهُ؛ حَتَّى أَتَوْا إِلَى الْكَهْفِ وَتَقَدَّمَهُمُ الرَّجُلُ حَتَّى إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَرَأَهُمْ وَرَأَوْهُ مَاتُوا؛ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَتْ أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ آجَالُهُمْ، فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ: كَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ بِهَؤُلَاءِ؟! ﴿فَقَالُوا ابْنُوا عَلَيْهِم بنيانا﴾. ﴿قَالَ الَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا عَلَى أَمْرِهِمْ﴾ رُؤَسَاؤُهُمْ وَأَشْرَافُهُمْ ﴿لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مَسْجِدًا﴾.
