The Muslims said: Build over them a mosque, because they are people of our religion | The polytheists said: Build over them a building, because they are from our tradition, said Ibn Abbas |
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1250H — all said the people who built the mosque over the graves of Ashab al-Kahf were the believers | the believers: We verily shall build a place of worship over them because they are followers of our religion; their difference being about this point |
It probably just means that those who built the mosque were enemies of those who argued in wanting to construct a building.
15The commentators of the Quran — d | The Muslims said: Build over them a mosque, because they are people of our religion |
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the disbelievers said: Build over them a building a church because they are followers of our religion; their Lord knoweth best concerning them | Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-Arabi d |