وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِ ۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوا۟ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌۭ لَّن يَجِدُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوْئِلًۭا. (That is the interpretation of those (things) over which you could not be patient.) (Do you disbelieve in Him Who created you out of dust…) This is a denunciation, pointing out the seriousness of his rejection of his Lord Who created and formed man out of dust — that is, refering to Adam — then made his offspring from despised liquid, as Allah says: (How can you disbelieve in Allah Seeing that you were dead and He gave you life) ﴿2:28﴾ meaning, how can you reject your Lord and His clear signs to you, which every one recognizes in himself, for there is no one among His creatures who does not know that he was nothing, then he came to be, and his existence is not due to himself or any other creature. Al-Bukhari recorded from `Amr that Mus`ab who said: “I asked my father — meaning Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas — about Allah’s saying. 1 (English Translation)", "Sourate Al Kahf, Pt. Surah Imran 4. So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the town, and let him find out which is the Azka food, and bring some of that to you. Allah says: (Had you happened upon them, you would certainly have turned back from them in flight, and would certainly have been filled with awe of them.) (He has made it) straight to give warning of a severe punishment from Him, and to give good news to the believers, who do righteous deeds, that they shall have a fair reward.) He will fill Hell with the disbelievers and those who have been disobedient. Surah Munafiqun 64. (So they (Ya’juj and Ma’juj) could not scale it or dig through it.) (Verily, you have committed a thing Nukr!) What sort of Book is this that leaves neither a small thing nor a large thing, but has recorded it with numbers!” And they will find all that they did, present, and your Lord treats no one with injustice.). 2. For, if they come to know of you, they will stone you) means, `if they find out where you are,’. Surah Al Falaq 114. فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتَىٰهُ ءَاتِنَا غَدَآءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِن سَفَرِنَا هَـٰذَا نَصَبًۭا, Falammaa jaawazaa qaala lifataahu aatinaa ghadaaa’anaa laqad laqeena min safarinaa haazaa nasabaa62. “Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds.”) (105. This proves what we say, and it is clear to anyone who thinks about the matter and has some knowledge of astronomy and the paths of the sun, moon and stars. He was one of the Jinn;) meaning, his original nature betrayed him. Wa man azlamu mimman zukkira bi ayaati Rabbihee fa-a’rada ‘anhaa wa nasiya maa qaddamat yadaah; innaa ja’alnaa ‘alaa quloobihim akinnatan any yafqahoohu wa feee aazaanihim waqraa; wa in tad’uhum ilal hudaa falany yahtadooo izan abadaa57. (86. (And these towns, We destroyed them when they did wrong.) ﴿10:28-30﴾. And say: “The truth is from your Lord.” Then whosoever wills, let him believe; and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve. Allah says: (Surely, Allah wrongs not even of the weight of a speck of dust, but if there is any good, He doubles it.) ﴿35:45﴾. for deeds that were done for the sake of Allah, their reward is good and their consequences are all good. means, He will judge between His creatures for all of their deeds, and He will not treat any of His creatures with injustice. meaning, in the world. (and when it set, turning away from them to the left,) meaning, it entered their cave from the left of its entrance, which means from the west. When. He said, “Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention.”, فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا ۖ قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا إِمْرًۭا, Fantalaqaa hattaaa izaa rakibaa fis safeenati kharaqahaa qaala akharaqtahaa litughriqa ahlahaa laqad ji’ta shai’an imraa71. (The young men said to one another:) “And when you withdraw from them, and that which they worship, except Allah, then seek refuge in the cave; your Lord will open a way for you from His mercy and will make easy for you your affair.”), Their Belief in Allah and their Retreat from their People, From here Allah begins to explain the story in detail. And (remember) the Day He will say: “Call those (so-called) partners of Mine whom you claimed.” Then they will cry unto them, but they will not answer them, and We shall put Mawbiq between them.) Bestow on us mercy from Yourself,) meaning, `give us Your mercy and conceal us from our people.’. (that they shall have a fair reward.) (that they might know that the promise of Allah is true, and that there can be no doubt about the Hour. [18:1] (Es ist) frei von Widersprüchen, damit es Seine strenge Strafe androhe und den … ٱلَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًا, Allazeena dalla sa’yuhum fil hayaatid dunyaa wa hum yahsaboona annahum yuhsinoona sun’aa104. It has been revealed to me that your God is One God. Those that recognize one another will come together, and those that do not recognize one another will turn away from each another). Then they start the next phrase with Al-Walayah; (Al-Walayah will be for Allah, the True God.) ﴿20:105-107﴾ Allah tells us that He will cause the mountains to vanish and be levelled, and the earth will be left as a smooth plain, a level surface with nothing crooked or curved therein, no valleys or mountains. So they both proceeded, till, when they boarded the boat, he (Khidr) damaged it. )” It was also recorded in the Two Sahihs. Al-Khidr said to Musa, “My knowledge and your knowledge, in comparison to Allah’s knowledge, is like what this bird has taken out of the sea.” Then they both disembarked from the boat, and while they were walking on the shore, Al-Khidr saw a boy playing with other boys. So they left and fled to the cave where they sought refuge. In this Ayah there is a proof that the word Qaryah (village) may be used to refer to a city (Madinah), because Allah first says. Shall we then pay you a tribute”) Ibn Jurayj reported from `Ata’ from Ibn `Abbas that this meant a great reward, i.e., they wanted to collect money among themselves to give to him so that he would create a barrier between them and Ya’juj and Ma’juj. (those who won their point said: “We verily, shall build a place of worship over them.”) Those who said this were the people of power and influence, but were they good people or not There is some debate on this point, because the Prophet said: (Allah has cursed the Jews and the Christians who took the graves of their Prophets and righteous people as places of worship) Warning against what they did. ﴿43:36﴾ And here Allah says: (and they could not bear to hear (it). ) And they take My Ayat and that which they are warned for jest!). For none can punish as He punishes and none is stronger or more reliable than Him. (Then whosoever wills, let him believe; and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve.) meaning, they had no buildings or trees to cover them and shade them from the heat of the sun. As for the idea of his reaching the place in the sky where the sun sets, this is something impossible, and the tales told by storytellers that he traveled so far to the west that the sun set behind him are not true at all. ﴿101:5﴾. However, this view is open to debate, because when the People of the Book said that they stayed in the cave for three hundred years, without the extra nine, they were referring to solar years, and if Allah was merely narrating what they had said, He would not have said. And We made firm their hearts when they stood up and said, “Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. It was recorded by `Abdullah the son of Imam Ahmad, and there are corroborating narrations through other routes. (till when they came to the people of a town,) Ibn Jarir narrated from Ibn Sirin that this was Al-Aylah. They said: `but by saying that they are lying transgressors.’ It was said that when they called their king to believe in Allah, he refused, and warned and threatened them. (Remember) when they (the people) disputed among themselves about their case, ) meaning, about Resurrection. (but when the promise of my Lord comes) means, when the true promise comes. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for [one’s] hope.” Surah Kahf Ayat 46, Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Raheem In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful, ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَا ۜ. So Allah has told us about the features of the cave, but He did not tell us where it is, and He said, (And you might have seen the sun, when it rose, declining from their cave.) Surah Ibrahim 15. So He says: (Verily, we have made that which is on earth an adornment for it, in order that We may test which of them are best in deeds.) Innal lazeena aamanoo wa ‘amilus saalihaati innaa laa nudee’u ajra man ahsana ‘amalaam30. (Remember) when they (the people) disputed among themselves about their case, they said: “Construct a building over them; their Lord knows best about them,” (then) those who won their point said: “We verily, shall build a place of worship over them.”), How the People of the City came to know about Them; building a Memorial over the Cave, (And thus We made their case known,) means, `We caused the people to find them.’, (that they might know that the promise of Allah is true, and that there can be no doubt about the Hour.) There (on the Day of Resurrection), Al-Walayah will be for Allah (Alone), the True God. You have left what you were given behind your backs and We do see not with you your intercessors whom you claimed were your partners. “So we intended that their Lord should exchange him for them for one better in righteousness and nearer to mercy.”). There are other Ayat refering to the same thing. Verily, you are a mad man! They say they were three, the dog being the fourth among them; and they say they were five, the dog being the sixth, guessing at the unseen; and they say they were seven, and the dog being the eighth. And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. They said: “Our Lord! Musa said to him, “These people gave us a free ride, yet you have broken their boat so that its people will drown! He was one to whom Allah had given knowledge that He had not given to Musa, just as He had given Musa knowledge that He had not given to Al-Khidr. (54. Well done for five things! This is why Allah says: (and has not placed therein any crookedness.) These are the righteous good deeds that last, which will remain in Paradise for those who do them for as long as heaven and earth remain.” Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas: “They are good words.” `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam said, “They are all righteous deeds.” This was also the view chosen by Ibn Jarir, may Allah have mercy on him. Then he followed (another) way,) (93. Surah Adh Dhariyat 52. وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًۭا تَذْرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحُ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ مُّقْتَدِرًا. Some read Haqqu (True) refering to Al-Wilayah, as in the Ayah; (The sovereignty on that Day will be the true (sovereignty), belonging to the Most Gracious (Allah), and it will be a hard Day for the disbelievers) ﴿25:26﴾. It was recorded in the Two Sahihs that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said: (Sulayman bin Dawud (peace be upon them both) said: “Tonight I will go around to seventy women ﴿according to some reports, it was ninety or one hundred women﴾ so that each one of them will give birth to a son who will fight for the sake of Allah.” It was said to him, ﴿according to one report, the angel said to him﴾ “Say: `If Allah wills'”, but he did not say it. Sourate Al Kahf (La Caverne) - Abdul Rahman Al Sudais - Traduite en Français. If your water were Ghawran, who then can supply you with flowing water”) ﴿67: 30﴾ meaning, water that flows in all directions. Then (in another narration) Al-Bukhari recorded a similar account which says: (…then Musa set out and with him was his boy-servant Yusha` bin Nun, and they had the fish with them. Qaala amaa man zalama fasawfa nu’azzibuhoo summa yuraddu ilaa Rabbihee fa yu ‘azzibuhoo azaaban nukraa87. (27. (keep me not in your company, you have received an excuse from me.) (How can I relax when the one with the Horn has put the Horn in his mouth and has knelt down, listening out for the command to be given to him) They said, “What should we say” He said: (Say: “Allah is Sufficient for us and the best Disposer of affairs, in Allah have we put our trust.”), (and We shall collect them (the creatures) all together.) They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and will wear green garments of fine silk and brocade, reclining therein on adorned couches. Chapter Al Kahf (The Cave) - Abdul Rahman Al Sudais - English translation. ” Ibn Jurayj also narrated that `Ata’ Al-Khurasani narrated from him, “I am one of those referred to in this Ayah,” and he would say: “Their number was seven.” Ibn Jarir recorded that Ibn `Abbas said: (none knows them but a few.) Surah Maidah 6. Intercession with Him profits not except for him whom He permits.) The following is in the Sahih, (If you ask Allah for Paradise, then ask Him for Al-Firdaws, for it is the highest part of Paradise, in the middle of Paradise, and from it spring the rivers of Paradise.). Surah Yunus 11. (No knowledge have they of such a thing, ) meaning, this thing that they have fabricated and made up. Then We raised them up, that We might test which of the two parties was best at calculating the time period they tarried.). (Verily, We established him in the earth,) means, `We have given him great power, so that he had all that kings could have of might, armies, war equipment and siege machinery.’ So he had dominion over the east and the west, all countries and their kings submitted to him, and all the nations, Arab and non-Arab, served him. He is best in reward and best in outcome. he could not understand their speech, because they were so isolated from other people. Imam Ahmad recorded from Abu Ad-Darda’ that the Prophet said: (Whoever memorizes ten Ayat from the beginning of Surat Al-Kahf will be protected from the Dajjal.) means, a beautiful reward from Allah. The first one of them to move away on his own went and sat in the shade of a tree, then another came and sat with him, then another came and sat with them, then four more followed suit one by one. Proclaim (the Message) which has been sent down to you from your Lord. Sourate Al Kahf, Pt. And Allah is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability. “La ilaha illallah, Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah, and Al-Hamdu Lillah,” and a righteous son who dies and his parents seek the reward of Allah.) 1 (Warch - Moratal), Sourate Al Kahf, Pt. Beware of (the beguilements of) this world and beware of women, for the first affliction that Children of Israel suffered from was that of women.) According to the Hadith; (When they came there, the people of the town were mean.) Say, [O Muhammad], “My Lord is most knowing of their number. Verily, We have prepared for the wrongdoers, a Fire whose walls will be surrounding them. The question about the Ruh was answered in the Ayah; (And they ask you concerning the Ruh (the spirit); say: “The Ruh…”) ﴿17:85﴾. Abu Maslamah narrated from Abu Nadrah from Abu Sa`id that the Messenger of Allah said: (This world is sweet and green, and Allah makes you generations succeeding one another, so He is watching what you will do. “And I do not think the Hour will ever come, and if indeed I am brought back to my Lord, I surely, shall find better than this when I return to Him.”), The Example of the Rich Idolators and the Poor Muslims. SURAT AL ANAAM [full … (And on the Day when We shall gather them all together, then We shall say to those who joined partners, “Stop in your place! وَمَآ أَظُنُّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةًۭ وَلَئِن رُّدِدتُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى لَأَجِدَنَّ خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهَا مُنقَلَبًۭا, Wa maaa azunnus Saa’ata qaaa’imatanw wa la’ir rudittu ilaa Rabbee la ajidanna khairam minhaa munqalabaa36. (and you will see the criminals, fearful of that which is therein.) This World is the Place of Trial Then Allah tells us that He has made this world a temporary abode, adorned with transient beauty, and He made it a place of trial, not a place of settlement. (58. ﴿88:5﴾, (They will go between it (Hell) and the fierce boiling water.) Alhamdu lillaahil lazeee anzala ‘alaa ‘abdihil kitaaba wa lam yaj’al lahoo ‘iwajaa 1. (with bracelets of gold,) Allah says elsewhere: (and pearls and their garments therein will be of silk) ﴿22:23﴾. (for the wrongdoers,) meaning those who disbelieve in Allah, His Messenger and His Book. (till when they came to the people of a town (Qaryah)) ﴿18:77﴾, but here He says: (it belonged to two orphan boys in the town (Al-Madinah);) This is like the Ayat: (And many a town (Qaryah), stronger than your town which has driven you out We have destroyed) ﴿47:13﴾ and; (And they say: “Why is not this Qur’an sent down to some great man of the two towns (Al-Qaryatayn)”)﴿43:31﴾ meaning Makkah and At-Ta’if.