page_title: Cave of Seven Sleepers
hierarchical_section_title: Cave of Seven Sleepers
caption_attribution_description: English: لوحة كتب عليها (قبور بيزنطية وردت قصتهم في القرآن الكريم)، باللغتين العربية والإنجليزية
context_page_description: The Cave of the Seven Sleepers is a historical and religious site in al-Rajib, a village to the east of Amman. It is claimed that this cave housed the Seven Sleepers - a group of young men who, according to Byzantine and Islamic sources, fled the religious persecution of Roman emperor Decius. Legend has it that these men hid in a cave around 250 BC, emerging miraculously about 300 years later. Considerable debate remains concerning the exact location of this cave - various locations in Turkey including Afşin, Tarsus, and Mount Pion been suggested in addition to the al-Rajib site.
  The site is surrounded by the remains of two mosques and a large Byzantine cemetery. It is near the Sabah bus station and approximately a fifteen-minute bus ride from Amman's Wihdat Station.
context_section_description: The Cave of the Seven Sleepers (Arabic: كهف الرقيم‎, Kahf ar-Raqīm) is a historical and religious site in al-Rajib, a village to the east of Amman. It is claimed that this cave housed the Seven Sleepers (Arabic: اصحاب الكهف‎, aṣḥāb al kahf) - a group of young men who, according to Byzantine and Islamic sources, fled the religious persecution of Roman emperor Decius. Legend has it that these men hid in a cave around 250 BC, emerging miraculously about 300 years later. Considerable debate remains concerning the exact location of this cave - various locations in Turkey including Afşin, Tarsus, and Mount Pion been suggested in addition to the al-Rajib site. 
  The site is surrounded by the remains of two mosques and a large Byzantine cemetery. It is near the Sabah bus station and approximately a fifteen-minute bus ride from Amman's Wihdat Station.
caption: A sign at the Cave of the Seven Sleepers noting the site's mention in the Holy Qur'an.
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