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Muhammad Asad   
When those youths took refuge in the cave, they prayed: "O our Sustainer! Bestow on us grace from Thyself, and endow us, whatever our [outward] condition, with consciousness of what is right!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹Remember˺ when those youths took refuge in the cave, and said, “Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Yourself and guide us rightly through our ordeal.”
Safi Kaskas   
The young men retreated to a cave and said, "Our Lord, grant us Your mercy and help us see our way clear out of this ordeal."

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Arabic   
إِذۡ أَوَى ٱلۡفِتۡیَةُ إِلَى ٱلۡكَهۡفِ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَاۤ ءَاتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحۡمَةࣰ وَهَیِّئۡ لَنَا مِنۡ أَمۡرِنَا رَشَدࣰا ۝١٠
Transliteration (2021)   
idh awā l-fit'yatu ilā l-kahfi faqālū rabbanā ātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wahayyi lanā min amrinā rashada
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When retreated the youths to the cave, and they said, "Our Lord! Grant us from Yourself Mercy, and facilitate for us [from] our affair (in the) right way."

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
When those youths took refuge in the cave, they prayed: "O our Sustainer! Bestow on us grace from Thyself, and endow us, whatever our [outward] condition, with consciousness of what is right!"
M. M. Pickthall   
When the young men fled for refuge to the Cave and said: Our Lord! Give us mercy from Thy presence, and shape for us right conduct in our plight
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
Behold, the youths betook themselves to the Cave: they said, "Our Lord! bestow on us Mercy from Thyself, and dispose of our affair for us in the right way!"
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
˹Remember˺ when those youths took refuge in the cave, and said, “Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Yourself and guide us rightly through our ordeal.”
Safi Kaskas   
The young men retreated to a cave and said, "Our Lord, grant us Your mercy and help us see our way clear out of this ordeal."
Wahiduddin Khan   
When the young men sought refuge in the cave, they said, Our Lord, grant us Your special mercy and give us right guidance in our affair
Shakir   
When the youths sought refuge in the cave, they said: Our Lord! grant us mercy from Thee, and provide for us a right course in our affair
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
And when the spiritual warriors took shelter in the Cave, then, they said: Our Lord! Give us mercy from Thy Presence and furnish us with right mindedness in our affair.
T.B.Irving   
Thus the youths sought shelter in the Cave, and said: "Our Lord, grant us mercy from Your presence and furnish us with some direction in our affair."
Abdul Hye   
(Remember) when the young men fled (for refuge from their disbelieving folk) to the cave, they said: “Our Lord! Bestow on us Mercy from You and facilitate for us in our affair to the Right Way!”
The Study Quran   
When the youths took refuge in the cave, they said, “Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Thy Presence, and make us incline to sound judgment concerning our affair.
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
When they sought sanctuary in the cave, they prayed, “Our Lord, shower us with Your mercy, and arrange our affairs with wisdom.”
Talal Itani (2012)   
When the youths took shelter in the cave, they said, 'Our Lord, give us mercy from Yourself, and bless our affair with guidance.'
Dr. Kamal Omar   
(Bring to mind) when the young men moved to the cave, then they said: “Our Nourisher-Sustainer! Bestow on us mercy from Yourself and bring out for us out of our affair something commendable
M. Farook Malik   
When those young men took refuge in the cave, they said "Our Lord! Have mercy on us from Yourself and guide us out of our ordeal."
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
As the young men (Literally: the pages) took (their) abode in the cave, (and) so they said, "Our Lord, bring us mercy from very close to You, and dispose for us rectitude in our Command." (i.e., in Your Command to us; our: in our affair
Muhammad Sarwar   
When the youth sought refuge in the cave they prayed "Lord, grant us mercy and help us to get out of this trouble in a righteous way"
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
When the young men took refuge in the Cave and said, .Our Lord, bless us with mercy from Your own and provide us with guidance in our matters
Shabbir Ahmed   
As they fled for refuge to the Cave (outside Ephesus), they prayed, "Our Lord! Bestow on us Grace from Yourself and endow us with insight into the right (and wrong) of all situations
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Those young men sought refuge in the cave and said, "Our Lord! By Your grace, grant us Your mercy and resolve our affairs suitably!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
When the young men took themselves (in hiding) to the Cave: They said, "Our Lord! Grant upon us mercy from Yourself, and take care of things (in our lives) for us in the right way!"
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
[Mention] when the youths retreated to the cave and said, "Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance."
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
When the youths hid in the cave, and they said: "Our Lord, bring us a mercy from Yourself, and help us in our affair!"
Abdel Haleem   
When the young men sought refuge in the cave and said, ‘Our Lord, grant us Your mercy, and find us a good way out of our ordeal,’
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
Recall what time the youths betook themselves to the cave, then said: our Lord! vouchsafe unto us mercy from before Thee, and prepare for us in our affair a right course
Ahmed Ali   
When those young men took shelter in the cave, and prayed: "O Lord, grant us Your favour and dispose our affair aright,"
Aisha Bewley   
When the young men took refuge in the cave and said, ´Our Lord, give us mercy directly from You and open the way for us to right guidance in our situation.´
Ali Ünal   
(Events came to the point) when the young men took refuge in the cave and said: "Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Your Presence and arrange for us in our affair what is right and good!"
Ali Quli Qara'i   
When the youths took refuge in the Cave, they said, ‘Our Lord! Grant us a mercy from Yourself, and help us on to rectitude in our affair.’
Hamid S. Aziz   
When the youths fled for refuge to the cave and said, "Our Lord! Bestow on us mercy from Thee, and dispose of our affair rightly (or lead us to conduct ourselves rightly)."
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
When the youths took shelter in the cave, then they said: “Our Lord, give us mercy from Yourself and prepare for us the right way in our affair.”
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
Behold, the youths retreated to the cave. They said, “Our Lord, bestow on us mercy from Yourself, and manage our affair for us in the right way.
Musharraf Hussain   
The young men took refuge in the cave and prayed: “Our Lord be kind to us and guide us during our test.”
Maududi   
When those youths sought refuge in the Cave and said: "Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Yourself and provide for us rectitude in our affairs."
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
When the youths hid in the cave, and they said: "Our Lord, bring us a mercy from Yourself, and help us in our affair!"
Mohammad Shafi   
When the youths sought refuge in the cave, they said, "Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Thee, and facilitate for us the right course in our affair."

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
When those youths took refuge in the cave and said, 'O our Lord, 'grant to us mercy from yourself and provide for us guidance in our affair.
Rashad Khalifa   
When the youths took refuge in the cave, they said, "Our Lord, shower us with Your mercy, and bless our affairs with Your guidance."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
When the youths sought refuge in the Cave, they said: 'Lord give us from Your Mercy and furnish us with rectitude in our affair.
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
When the youths sought refuge in the Cave, they said: Our Lord, grant us mercy from Thyself, and provide for us a right course in our affair
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
When the youths/servants took shelter/refuge to (in) the cave , so they said: "Our Lord give/bring us from at You mercy and prepare/make possible for us from our matter/affair (a) correct/right guidance."
Bijan Moeinian   
When those youth took refuge in the cave (probably fleeing a persecution), they implored: “Lord, please have mercy on us and relieve us from our troubles.”
Faridul Haque   
When the young men took refuge in the Cave - then said, “Our Lord! Give us mercy from Yourself, and arrange guidance for us in our affair.”
Sher Ali   
When the young men betook themselves to the Cave for refuge they said, `Our Lord, bestow on us mercy from Thyself, and furnish us with right guidance in our affair.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
(Call to mind the time) when a few youths took refuge in the cave. They said: ‘O our Lord, bestow upon us mercy from Your presence and provide (means of) guidance in our affair.
Amatul Rahman Omar   
(Recall the time) when the young men betook themselves to the Place of Refuge and said (in prayer), `Our Lord! grant us mercy from Yourself and provide for us right course in our affair (setting all things right for us).
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
(Remember) when the young men fled for refuge (from their disbelieving folk) to the Cave, they said: "Our Lord! Bestow on us mercy from Yourself, and facilitate for us our affair in the right way!"

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
When the youths took refuge in the Cave saying, 'Our lord, give us mercy from Thee, and furnish us with rectitude in our affair.
George Sale   
When the young men took refuge in the cave, they said, O Lord, grant us mercy from before thee, and dispose our business for us to a right issue
Edward Henry Palmer   
When the youths resorted to the cave and said, 'O our Lord! bring us mercy from Thee, and dispose for us our affair aright!
John Medows Rodwell   
When the youths betook them to the cave they said, "O our Lord! grant us mercy from before thee, and order for us our affair aright."
N J Dawood (2014)   
When the youths sought refuge in the cave, they said: ‘Lord, have mercy on us and guide us through our ordeal.‘

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
When the youth retired to the cave and they said, “O our Lord! Give us a mercy from your presence and prepare for us a guidance [to the right way] from our affair.”
Munir Mezyed   
And (mention) when the young men sought refuge in the Cave, they said: ‘Our Lord, bestow upon us Mercy from Yourself and simplify our affair for us in the right way!’
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
When the youths sought refuge in the cave and said: our Lord, give us mercy from You and grant us righteousness in our affair.
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
The [Christian] youths [of Ephesus] settled in a cave. They said, “Our Lord, bestow upon us Your mercy and dispose of our affair [of religious persecution] in the best way.”
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
Recall when the young men took shelter in the cave, then said, “Our Lord, bring us mercy from Yourself and furnish us with prudence in our affair.”
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
Thus the youths sought shelter in the Cave, and said: "Our Lord, grant us mercy from Your presence and furnish us with some direction in our affair."
Samy Mahdy   
When the guys sheltered toward the cave. So, they said, “Our Lord, give us from Your presence, a mercy, and accommodate for us from our matter a righteous guidance.”
Sayyid Qutb   
When those youths took refuge in the cave, they said: 'Our Lord! Bestow on us Your grace, and provide for us right guidance in our affair.'
Ahmed Hulusi   
And when the youths retreated to the cave and said “Our Rabb (the Name composition comprising our essential reality), grant us a grace (a blessing with your favor) from Yourself (Your ladun) and form within us a state of perfection in this matter.”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
When the youths sought refuge unto the Cave,then they said: 'Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Your Presence,and provide for us in our affair a right course'
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
A group of young (Christian) men resolved to escape persecution*; they betook themselves to the Cave -in a mountain near by- where they expressed their invocatory prayer: "O Allah, our Creator". they prayed, "extend to us of Your mercy what will help us endure our tribulation, and direct us to a course of action determining what You commend for us of future events"
Mir Aneesuddin   
when the young men sought refuge in the cave and said, “Our Fosterer! give us mercy from Yourself and shape for us the right way in our affair?”

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
Behold, the youths betook themselves to the Cave: they said, "Our Lord! bestow on us Mercy from Thyself, and dispose of our affair for us in the right way!"
OLD Literal Word for Word   
When retreated the youths to the cave, and they said, "Our Lord! Grant us from Yourself Mercy, and facilitate for us [from] our affair (in the) right way.
OLD Transliteration   
Ith awa alfityatu ila alkahfi faqaloo rabbana atina min ladunka rahmatan wahayyi/ lana min amrina rashadan