May this blessed day bring all the good things your way. Al Kahf is not just a Surah tiltled 'The Cave' rather a Cave of Hope amidst chaos of deceit and despair. Everyday, we knowingly invite well-dressed, well informed swindlers and eloquent tricksters through our fancy handsets and get misled by their bag full of tricks. Al Kahf is the firewall against all such jiggery-pokery out there. For better results, we need to develop deeper understanding of this Surah to beef up our defences against the ruthless enemy.
Today's Ayah No 70 is continuation of conversation between two great men Musa and Khizar AS. In previous Ayahs, Khizar AS expressed his reservations that how could Musa be patient about things he didn't know about. In last Ayah, Musa AS assured Khizar AS that he would abide by all instructions if Allah willing. In this Ayah No 70, Khizar AS took assurances from the great Prophet and set the rules of the game. He told Musa AS only two things. One, to follow him. Two, to observe quietly until asked to give his input.
These four Ayahs 67-70 are very important for things to come. The Greatest Storyteller (Allah swt) spared four Ayahs for this purpose. In first Ayah 67 & 68, Khizar AS, Allah swt's special man with special knowledge pointed towards human limitation of impatience. In next Ayah 69, ProphetMusa AS assured him of his patience and conditioned it to Allah's will. In the process, Musa AS also accepted Khizar AS as his master on quest for knowledge for the reason that he had been appointed by none other than Allah swt himself. Note that the whole adventure of great men is about knowledge not some treasure buried somewhere. It nullifies our quests of lives limited to lay hands on material treasures but we have been deceived by our enemy and our desires.
Current Ayah No 70 is about the rules of the game. Now that the stage is set, three amazing incidents shall follow in coming Ayahs/ weeks which we shall discuss Ayah by Ayah & week by week.
May we learn to benefit from lessons of life kept in treasures of Al Kahf. Ameen
سبحان اللہ
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