Assalam o Alaikum
Shab-e-Juma Mubarak. Time to thank Allah for letting us see another Friday. Allah swt made us with limitation of error, yet it is His mercy that He swt taught us how to return (توبہ) to Him. Likewise, He swt created devil and evil's worst form i.e. the fitn of dajjal and gave them additional powers, yet He swt didn't leave us at their mercy. He swt gave us the gift of Al Kahf for protection. Here, we see a fine balance, no one can complain of injustice.
Ayah of today itself is a comprehensive lesson on how to approach certain issues. Lets refresh our memory, Jews of Medina tipped off Kuffar of Mecca to ask Prophet PBUH about Al Kahf (along with other two stories of Zulqarnain and Al Rooh) as a test case. He swt exactly knew the next move of obstinate Meccans that they would question the numbers of The Boys. It turned out that numbers were irrelevant. Whether, they were 3 Boys and a dog or 5 Boys and a dog, these were all wild guesses. However, the way 7 Boys and a dog is mentioned it pretty much confirmed the Biblical account of The Seven Sleepers. Argument on numbers is pointless unless we take away the most important lesson from this story i.e. Tauheed. What difference otherwise the numbers would make if we fail to identify the right lesson from the story.
And He swt categorically forbade to get into futile arguments such as numbers and instructed to reply that Allah swt knew better. If we do that in arguments like these, we can achieve two major benefits. One that we save time and energy to be wasted in useless arguments. Two that we put all our faith in Allah's knowledge and win His favour. Total win-win.
How amazing is the wisdom of Allah. How amazing were The Boys that their story keeps benefitting the humanity till this day and in times to come.
May Allah keep us among His favoured people. Ameen
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