One of them said: ‘How long have you tarried?

One of them said: ‘How long have you tarried?’…” Then, the verse adds: “…They said: ‘We have tarried a day, or part of a day’...” But, finally, since they could not know precisely the length of their sleep, they expressed as follows: “…(Finally) they said: ‘Your Lord knows best how long you have tarried...” However, they felt a serious hunger and they needed to eat food, because what they had in reserve in their bodies were consumed.

Therefore, their first suggestion was that they would give the silver coins they had in their possession to one of their own members and send him to the city to see which of the sellers of that city had the purest food to bring them some of it enough for their provision. The verse says: “…Therefore send one of you with this money of yours to the city and let him see which of them has purest food, and bring you provision from it…” Immediately…