[1] In this way the youths slept during this long period in...

[1] In this way the youths slept during this long period in which happened all that God wanted to happen. Light of the [1] Surah Kahf 18:17 sun kept entering their cave from the right at sunrise and from the left at sunset. Its heat made them change sides in sleep, which in turn kept blood flowing in their veins. When these youths woke up from their long sleep one of them asked the others: For how long have we slept here? All said: Maybe for a day or for some hours. Only God knows the best.

But it is certain that we slept for quite a long time. But then they felt hungry and they put off the questioning about sleeping and said: Let one…