Surah Al Kahf - Ayah No 73

Assalam o Alaikum. Shab-e-Juma Mubarak. Time to talk about Al Kahf. Al Kahf is full of Sci-fi adventures. Unlike Hollywood Sci-fi concepts, Al Kahf presents true stories of time travel, portals, intergalactic movement, suspension of laws of physics and confluence of physical & metaphysical world. For example if you recall, in the same story, a fried fish carried by Musa AS and his associate made its way to the water. Laws of physics were suspended. Metaphysical phenomenon took over. It had to be a portal through which a fried fish could travel and may be (fearfully daring to assume) the same portal brought down Khizar AS from another galaxy. Likewise, our Heroes, Al Kahf Boys slept for three centuries and woke up like they took a nap or overnight's sleep. In following story of Zulqarnain, time travel shall be common factor. Interesting, intriguing and captivating stuff. Btw for those intereeted in time travel stuff in Quran shall find it in Surah Bani Israel ( also called Al Isra) and Surah Mariyam.

Moving on to today's Ayah No 73 wherein Musa AS had to give reason of violating terms of the journey according to which he had to observe quietly and not to question. One can only admire the clarity of though process and quality of logical discourse. Instead of arguing like us the commoners, Musa AS said that he shouldn't be blamed for something he forgot. Two important lessons come out of this. One, Allah swt tiltled his beloved specie Insaan (انسان) which means forgetful. So, if a Prophet as great as Musa AS can forget something, all of us can forget anything. Two, we must always keep room for an honest mistake. 

Next important thing is that if an  honest mistake is committed, need not give lengthy explanations. Just make admission of the omission and move on. Lastly, as mentioned in the last part of Ayah, need not be harsh with someone who committed an honest mistake and gave forgetfulness as reason of omission. 

Amazing how conversation between two special men of Allah swt can leave us with so much to learn, adopt and benefit till the end of times.