12733 - From Mujahid regarding His saying: "it passes them by," he said: "It leaves them," and regarding "while they were in a spacious place thereof," he said: "The inner area."

His saying: "While they were in a spacious place thereof."

12734 - From Sa'id ibn Jubayr regarding His saying: "While they were in a spacious place thereof," he said: "He means by the spacious place: the emptiness of the land. He means by the emptiness: the open area of the land."

His saying: "And you would think them awake, while they were asleep."

12735 - From Qatadah: "And you would think them, O Muhammad, awake, while they were asleep."

His saying: "And We turned them to the right and to the left."

12736 - He says: "In their first sleep, 'And We turned them to the right and to the left.'" He said: "And this turning was in their first sleep; they were turned once every year."

12738 - From Ibn Abbas regarding His saying: "And We turned them to the right and to the left," he said: "Six months on one side, and six months on the other side."

12739 - From Ibn 'Iyad regarding His saying: "And We turned them to the right and to the left," he said: "Twice every year."

12740 - From Mujahid regarding His saying: "And We turned them," he said: "In the nine years, not at any other time."

His saying: "And their dog."

12741 - From Mujahid regarding His saying: "And their dog," he said: "The name of their dog is Qatmur."

12742 - From al-Hasan, he said: "The name of the dog of the People of the Cave is Qatmir."

12743 - From Ibn Jurayj, he said: "I said to a man of knowledge: 'They claim that their dog was a lion.' He said: 'By Allah, it was not a lion, but it was a red dog they took out with them from their houses; it is called Qatmur.'"

12743 - Through the path of Sufyan, he said: "A man in Kufa named 'Ubayd, who was not accused of lying, said: 'I saw the dog of the People of the Cave; it was red as if it were an Anbijani cloak.'"