اصحاب

aṣḥāb, s.m. pl. (of صاحب ṣāḥib), Lords, masters, possessors; grandees; companions, disciples (of Moḥammad), apostles, friends:—aṣḥāb-i-`ilm, s.m. Learned men, the learned:—aṣḥāb-i-kibār, The great companions (of Moḥammad), the four Khalifs immediately succeeding Moḥammad:—aṣḥābi-guzīn, The chosen companions (of the Prophet)=aṣḥāb-i-kibār:—aṣḥāb-i-kahf, The companions of the Cave, the Seven Sleepers (famed in Oriental romance).