Surah Al Kahf- Ayah No 15

Assalam o Alaikum 

Juma Mubarak. Al Kahf Time. A gentle reminder for recitation and understanding of this amazing Surah or part of it.

All praises to Allah swt who taught us speech. Ability to process information and speak is the greatest gift and miracle of Allah. It was so important to Him that He swt took time to teach our Father Adam AS the art of speech all by Himself. Then to prove superiority of this masterpiece (finest of creatios(Al Teen 4:95)), He swt asked Adam AS to speak infront of Angels and Jinn. Angels submitted, Iblees' ego failed him. Like Iblees, any shade of his sunnah i.e. ego fails us rather relegates us to the lowest of the low (Al Teen 5:95).

Now let's connect dots as to why so much emphasis on importance of speech and its relevance to today's Ayah No 15. Pondering on the Ayah it crossed my mind that The Book was written way before any other creation except pen. Which means this Ayah and these words uttered by our heroes, The Kahf Boys, were written in Loh-e-Mahfooz before the World of Creation (عالم خلق)right after the World of Order(عالم امر). So these words about Oneness of Allah, were taught by Allah swt, uttered by His favourite Boys written in His best and final Book, could not be ordinary speech. It has to be extra special. 

Before we look at Ayah 15, let's see the quality of literature we are discussing. People of literary sense could appreciate it Like high octane drama, the scenes keep shifting back and forth. Two Ayahs before, The Boys went to sleep and woke up wondering where they were and how long did they sleep? Scene changes in previous Ayah (14) and we see them standing in the court of polythiest tyrant. But they don't budge. In this Ayah, they are wondering why their people have taken deities as gods. Also feel the compassion they express by asking their people to give evidence of their claims. They seem sincerely poised to do good to their people. They wish to bring them into the fold of Tauheed. They also exclaim in last part of the Ayah by remarks that there was no greater injustice than associating lies with Allah swt.

These finest words were infact taught and registered way before our creation and they trickle down like mountain spring and seamlessly fuse into next line with pearls of logic and wisdom. May we never keep ourselves long from uttering these words. May Allah swt make us speak what He swt would like to hear. Ameen