Surah Al Kahf - Ayah No 31

Assalam o Alaikum 

Shab-e-Juma Mubarak. Blessed Day of Juma begins and let's gather Max Pro Blessings by connecting with Al Kahf (The Cave) which opens the portals to the unseen. A polite reminder to recite whole or part of Al Kahf this Juma and if possible make sense of the message therein. 

Today's sign post (Ayah 31) marks the end of 4th Rukuh or should we call it 4th speech of Al Kahf. With this, ends the everlasting story of our Heroes, The Kahf Boys. What makes this story eternal is their unwavering faith in Allah. This Ayah depicts rewards for them and those who tow their line.

Talking about those who believed and did good deeds in previous Ayah, Allah swt sketches their final destination in magnificent fashion. They will have gardens of perpetual residence. Notice the words gardens and rivers. Also gold bracelets, silk, barocade and reclining chairs like those on beeches. Keep in mind that this was revealed 1500 years ago. Put all this together, the concept of luxury couldn't go beyond this imagery despite evolution of thousands of years. 

Our best undersranding of luxury living is owning an estate, farm house, chateau, castle or mansion with orchards either along a river, on a beech or having indoor swimming pools, jacuzzi, steam, suana, spa etc. Luxury lifestyle is synonymous to expensive jewellery of gold and ornaments along with Chinese silk, colored brocade silk fabric and high end designer furniture. 

Above is maximum human imagination could make of luxury. Hence, Allah just shared that type of luxury which our minds are used to or maximum our imagination could stretch. In actual, it would be way above and beyond our imagination. Difference would the same as we experience in online shopping. Things always turn out to be much less than what we see in those fancy adverts. In case of Jannah, it would be exactly the opposite, word of The King of Heavens and Earth must be fulfilled more than He promised in this Ayah and multiples times in other Ayahs of The Holy Quran.

May we keep the faith and get that excellent reward and good resting place. Ameen