And you may think they are awake, whereas they are asleep; and We turn them over to the right and the left – and their dog is on the threshold of the cave, with its paws outstretched; O listener, were you to look at them closely, you would turn back running away from them, and be filled with their dread.
و مى‌پندارى كه ايشان بيدارند، در حالى كه خفته‌اند و آنها را به پهلوى راست و چپ مى‌گردانيم، و سگشان بر آستانه [غار] دو دست خود را دراز كرده [بود]. اگر بر حال آنان اطلاع مى‌يافتى، گريزان روى از آنها برمى‌تافتى و از [مشاهده‌] آنها آكنده از بيم مى‌شدى.