The Cave
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[18:63]
Said [the servant]: "Wouldst thou believe it? When we betook ourselves to that rock for a rest, behold, I forgot about the fish – and none but Satan made me thus forget it! – and it took its way into the sea! How strange!"

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* v.63 : Lit., “Didst thou see?” Although formulated as a question, this idiomatic phrase often expresses – as does its modern equivalent, “Would you believe it?” – no more than a sudden remembrance of, or surprise at, an unusual or absurd happening.
* Lit., “made me forget it lest I remember it.”