Surah Al Kahf- Ayah No 27

Assalam o Alaikum. Juma Mubarak. On this blessed day, let's seek protection of Allah swt from our open and eternal enemy. Al Kahf (The Cave) of protection also gives protection from Fitn of Dajjal. Its recitation on Juma keep us protected till next Juma. But being thinking Muslims, please don't just count on the ritualistic aspects of worship (Ibadaat عبادات) and remembrance (Zikr ذکر الله). We must be able to develop deeper understanding of The Book and shall be able to relate physical dimensions of religion with metaphysical. Otherwise, the same Dajjal from whom we seek Allah's protection generation after generation, will deceive us before we know it.

Often, the questions are asked about timings of Al Kahf's recitation. For this click on the link below:

http://asadjamal32.blogspot.com/2015/06/timing-for-recitation-of-al-kahf-on-juma.html?m=1

 In today's Ayah, Allah swt addressing Nabi SAW emphasises the value of recitation of Quran. Let's examine how this text (of Al Quran) can do miracles for its acoustics. For this, little flavour of Quantum Physics may help. Real objects including us humans are both particles and waves. Properly speaking, the objects described by quantum physics are neither particles nor waves, but a third category that shares some properties of waves (a characteristic frequency and wavelength, some spread over space) and some properties of particles (they’re generally countable and can be localized to some degree). So we are partly particles and partly waves which can be affected by nature of wavelengths we encounter. Without going into tedious details of Quantum Physics, our moods are determined by the wavelengths of our encounters. Like many 'educated' and science savvy minds, reciting few verses of Quran in a particular mental or physical illness never made sense to my ignorant mind as well. But it does now. So for example, if we listen to Ar Rehman in the voice Qari Abdul Basit, has miraculous healing powers including depression, heart conditions and cancers. It's wavelength synchronises with our souls' divine and our bodies' temporal wavelengths and helps us recover. This is why our Creator and Best Friend keeps emphasising about recitation of Al Quran. Imagine, if somehow, we understand this Book, how will it affect our waveleghts and the waveleghts across the universe which itself (universe) is gliding over cosmic waves. I guess, enough of science for today.

Let's go to the second part of this Ayah, wherein Allah swt assures us that no one can (dare) change its (Quran's) words/ wordings. Why is there a need of this assurance? In order for someone (like dajjal) to deceive us, he will alter the message in this book. He has to sound eloquent, appear sincere and make sense out of the same text. Remember, mini dajjal Mirza Ghulam Ahmad  had all those traits and he did influence some of Muslims. But the question is how do we know that someone is trying to manipulate Quran? Only through study and understanding of it.

The greatest fitn is upon us and our only hope is Al Quran. May Allah give us strength to hold tight to His rope (Al Quran). Ameen