The Cave 18:12

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Arabic English Morphology
ثُمَّ thumma
Then Prep
We raised them up V
that We make evident V
أَىُّ ayyu
which Noun
(of) the two parties Noun
أَحْصَىٰ aḥṣā
best calculated Noun
لِمَا limā
for what Noun
(they had) remained V
(in) time Noun

Then We woke them so that We could make clear which of the two parties was better able to work out how long they had been there

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

ثُمَّ بَعَثۡنَـٰهُمۡ لِنَعۡلَمَ أَیُّ ٱلۡحِزۡبَیۡنِ أَحۡصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوۤا۟ أَمَدࣰا ۝١٢

thumma baʿathnāhum linaʿlama ayyu l-ḥiz'bayni aḥṣā limā labithū amada