Surah Al Kahf - Ayah No 79

Assalam o Alaikum. Shab-e-Juma Mubarak. Let's wear flak jacket of Al Kahf and beef up our defences against our invisible enemy at large. 

Just to recap. There are four major stories in Al Kahf which can have life altering effects on thinking minds and conscious souls. First: the story of our Heroes, The Kahf Boys who stood up for Tauheed and made eternal by Allah swt in this Surah. Second: 'Men of Two Gardens', a story about human love of material possessions and consequent hubris. Third: story of Musa & Khizar AS about human impatience and lack of knowledge. We are heading towards the end of this story in  next three Ayahs i.e. by Ayah No 82. Fourth: The story of Zulqarnain which is about power and establishment of Islam's writ on earth. All four stories are relevant to our world today. 

1. Tauheed is under attack by Atheism and other isms. 

2. Rat race in relentless pursuit of material possessions has nearly blinded humanity. 

3. We as specie are under false impression that we know but in reality we know not. 

4. Fourth and final stage of establishing writ of Islam is about to begin. Appearance of Dajjal, Al Mehdi, descending of Christ and Gog Mgog are to follow to take this amazing story of human sojourn to its climax. Armageddon has to be the fitting end of the story authored by The Master Planner, Architect and Storyteller, Allah swt who taught our perceptions how to conceive a story and nurtured our imaginations to adapt to the craft of story telling.

Now to today's Ayah No 79. To recap, three incidents took place during eventful journey took on  by Musa & Khizar AS. Musa AS couldn't keep up with terms of the journey and they had to call it off. However, Khizar AS promised to explain the wisdom behind all three incident that took place enroute. 

First was damaging a ship with people on board (Ayah No 71). Reason was that a tyrant king at the other bank was confiscating all the ships in good condition. But little damage to the ship would save those poor people their source of income. Without further explanation, I leave it your imagination to recall those countless incidents in your life where you suffered little loss of time, money or physical injury and felt bad about it. First of all, seek Allah's mercy for those few moments of ingratitude. Secondly, thank Allah that He saved you much much greater damage or loss by inflicting a smaller injury or minor loss.

Subhan Allah. 

Alhamdolillah.