Assalam o Alaikum. Shab-e-Juma Mubarak and Alvida Ramadan. May Allah accept your fasting and shower His blessings upon you and your family. Ameen
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) asked us to recite Surat Al-Kahf every Friday for its rich content, lessons and protection against every possible trial in life and in testing times ahead.
This surah has four stories in it, having some morals, lets see them and understand what they are saying to us:
1. The people of the cave
It's the story of young men who lived in a disbelieving town, so they decided to migrate for the sake of Allah and run away. Allah rewards them with mercy in the cave and protection from the sun - they woke up and found the entire village believers.
Moral: trial of faith
2. The owner of two gardens
A story of a man whom Allah blessed with two beautiful gardens, but the man forgot to thank the one who blessed him with everything and he even dared to doubt Allah regarding the afterlife. So his garden was destroyed - he regretted ,but was too late and his regret did not bene?t him.
Moral: trial of wealth
3. Musa(as) and Khidr(as)
When musa(as) was asked-“who’s the most knowledgeable of the people of earth?”” Musa(as) said: me…,but Allah revealed to him that there’s someone who knows more than him. Musa(as) traveled to the man and learned how the divine wisdom can sometimes be hidden in matters which we perceive as bad.
Moral: trial of knowledge
4. Zulqarnain
It's a story of the great king that was given knowledge and power and was going around the world,helping people and spreading all that’s good. He was able to overcome the problem of Yajooj-Majooj and build a massive dam with the help of people whom he could not even understand.
Moral: trial of power
In the middle of the surah Allah mentions iblees as the one who stirs these trials:
Behold! we said to the angels “bow down to adam”: they bowed down except iblis. he was one of the jinns, and he broke the command of his lord. will ye then take him and his progeny as protectors rather than me? and they are enemies to you! evil would be the exchange for the wrongdoers!
Now let us see what’s the relationship between surat al-kahf and the dajjal (anti-christ)?
Dajjal will appear before day of judgement with the 4 trials:
1. He’ll ask people to worship him and not Allah: trial of faith.
2. He’ll be given powers to start/stop rain and tempt people with his wealth: trial of with his wealth.
3. He’ll trial people with the “knowledge” and news he gives them: trial of knowledge.
4. He’ll control huge parts of the earth: trial of power.
May Allah help us prepare for the trials to come. Ameen
Credits: Khurram Taj
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