Surah Al Kahf - Ayah 1

Assalam o Alaikum. Shab-Juma Mubarak. 

When we are talking and other person is not paying attention let alone heed, it is annoying. We can't stand being ignored. But what is our locus standi in front of Al Mighty Allah, The King of The Worlds? How bad is it that he sent down an open letter and wished to communicate with us and we missed the point. Through Quran, He (swt) is talking to us and we are not listening. How magnanimous (never felt a word fitting so well as magnanimous for Allah swt) is He? We continue to ignore His message and knowingly or unknowingly continue to disobey Him and He continues to give us everything. I don't know what else one should ask for after being honored with life. Having been chosen to come and enjoy the privilege of being the best of the creation. Having this head start of being puffed Rooh from the Rooh of Allah. Having freewill to decide and Aqal(dormant consciousness) to guide and Tauba to return. All these blessings for free. No cost whatsoever. Just have to restrain from less than ten things and rest of the whole world, entire universe is laid out for us to enjoy. What a package? Only a magnanimous King can design such package. Above everything, His love for us. His desire for us to avoid being Zalameen and enjoy His blessings in this life and unending afterlife. However, He wishes us to earn the bounties of the world ahead, so that we thank him for His mercy and He goes on to tell us, 'No no, you earned it'. What a love story, where mercy takes the central theme, however, anger for deterrence and justice to maintain a fine balance can also be seen. 

Let's take advantage of your attention on this Mubarak day of Juma today and talk about first ayah of Al Kahf. 

It starts with word Alhamdolillah which means all praise is to Allah and second meaning is in terms of gratitude. Gratitude and praise for sending down His word. So that we could understand purpose of life (where we came from, what is our relation with our surroundings and where are we headed?) and get connected to the Source i.e. Allah, His Book and His Messenger PBUH. He told us things about unseen on need to know basis to make it easy for us. Those who wish to know more, may try their luck because if approved, they can go beyond realms of physics. Why word Abd or Servant is used for the Prophet PBUH because in subsequent ayahs, Allah swt conveys His anger over how some have taken His beloved Prophet Isa Ibn Maryam  AS (Jesus Christ) as His son. How could human intellect fail to distinguish between finite and The Infinite, the creation and The Creator? And in final part of the same ayah, Allah swt makes a claim full of conviction about His Book that there is no deviance in it. It is also a challenge posed to thinking human mind of today to question, challenge and explore. Good thing about Quran is that it satisfies the quest for the Truth. And for those who don't accept the Truth despite knowing it well shall continue to raise petty lame objections and instead of finding deviance in Quran, they might go totally astray. May ALLAH keep us among those whom he favored. Ameen

Only ALLAH knows the whole truth.