"Such [being their state], we raised them up [from sleep], that they might question each other. Said one of them, "How long have ye stayed [here]?" They said, "We have stayed [perhaps] a day, or part of a day." [At length] they [all] said, "Allah [alone] knows best how long ye have stayed here ... Now send ye 138 then one of you with this money of yours to the town: let him find out which is the best food [to be had] and bring some to you, that [ye may] satisfy your hunger therewith: And let him behave with care and courtesy, and let him not inform any one about you."— Yusuf Ali translation