The Cave
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[18:95]
He answered: "That wherein my Sustainer has so securely established me is better [than anything that you could give me]; hence, do but help me with [your labour’s] strength, [and] I shall erect a rampart between you and them!

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* v.95 : It is generally assumed that the phrase “that wherein my Sustainer has so securely established me (makkannī)” refers to the power and wealth bestowed on him; but it is much more probable – and certainly more consistent with the ethical tenor of the whole parable of Dhu ’l-Qarnayn – that it refers to God’s guidance rather than to worldly possessions.