then we draw over their ears for a number of years in the cave then we roused them in order to test which of the two parties was best at calculating the term of years they had tarried!
فضربنا على آذانهم في الكهف سنين عددا ثم بعثناهم لنعلم أي الحزبين أحصى لما لبثوا أمدا