at a time in sebuan country named Ephesians live 7 youth in the middle of the community musrik and the King of cruel. their everyday Pagan and activities in violation of the rules of Allah like drinking, gambling and adultery. diqyanus the King of cruel deliberately invite people to worship God in addition to Allah. if they don't stick with it, it will be punished with torment weight and even killed. most of the people were forced to follow what ordered the King.
However, following the many followers of the king there are 7 pious young men who still believe and believe in Allah SWT. The seven young men were named Tamlikha, Maksalmina, Martunis, Nainunis, Sarbunis, Falyastatyunis and Dzununis. They try to improve the condition of the surrounding community and invite them back to believe in Allah SWT.
For seven years the youth had invited people to believe, but no one wanted to. The seven young men even got insulted and berated, even threatened to be killed.
One day there was news of the seven young men in the ears of King Diqyanus. The king was furious and angry. He considered the seven pious youths to insult him for not following his rules. He directly ordered the special forces of the kingdom to capture and kill them.
"Capture the 7 young men alive, or bring his head to me!" Cried the king.
Hearing the news about to be killed, eventually the seven young men left his country with a dog to save themselves. In the middle of the journey they meet a cave that is large enough. Because they were exhausted after being chased, then they fell asleep in the cave.
Apparently Allah swt affection to the 7 godly young men. Allah removes all traces of their footsteps to the cave so that there is no sign of life in them. Allah SWT protects and watches them day and night. Then God made them fall asleep for a very long time.
1 year passed. 5 years. 50 years. 100 years. After the 309th year Allah swt woke them up. The 7 young men felt their bodies quite fresh. Then they asked each other about the length of their sleep. One of them said that they slept for just a few hours. But others say they sleep half a day. There are others who say that they fell asleep for 1 day and one night.
Soon some of them were sent to town to buy food, because they all felt hungry. They left with a bag of silver coins. Along the way they were always on guard against the royal messengers who wanted to kill them.
Arriving in town, the young man bought food. When he was about to pay for the merchant's food, he said that the money the young man spent was long gone. The young man was also surprised. Then he told his story to the food vendor. Hearing the story the food merchant screamed and hugged him while pointing,
"My brother's attention. Here are 7 youth Ashabul Kahf whose stories you listen often, they're back! "Said the food trader.
All the traders and buyers in the market were surprised and astonished. They all approached, gathered around the boys while praising the power of God Almighty.
After 309 years of sleep the country of Ephesus has changed. The cruel King Diqyanus was dead. Now the whole community has faith in Allah SWT. How pleased are the 7 youths Ashabul Kahf. They return to their land with a loving dog and work righteous deeds with a calm heart.
The original story is in Al-Quran Surah Al-Kahf. This story is intentionally added to build the values of the taste and the living atmosphere.