Assalam o Alaikum. Juma Mubarak. A polite reminder for reciting Al Kahf or first and last Rukuh on this blessed day.
All signs of Allah swt are amazing but story of ‘Men of The Cave’ is wonderfully awesome. Unfortunately, we have totally lost sight of our real heroes i.e. Wonder Boys of The Cave’. Our plight is that we are only familiar with crappy Hollywood wonder girls and boys. We have learnt to believe fictional stories crafted by human minds inspired by the devil to prepare them for the arrival of Dajjal. We have an obligation towards fighting this indoctrination through awareness. Refreshing this remarkable story told by no one else but The King of heavens and earth himself - Allah swt, is extremely important. This story is about standing up for oneness of Allah in times of raging polytheism and deviation in deen of Allah.
In year 250 AD, adoption of Christianity by Polytheist Romans commissioned a newer yet deadly variant of religion wherein beloved Prophet Isa (Jesus Christ) Alaihe Salam was declared son of God or God incarnate. The concept is so confusing to fathom: if Jesus is God then who was perched in heavens when Isa AS came down. And if they are two, the God and the son, then Oneness is already compromised. Thank Allah swt for giving us gift of Surah Alkhlas which settled this confusion once and for all.
Firstly, the relevance of story with our religion: Chronology is important to understand the whole matter and its relevance with our religion, present times and end of times. Men of The Cave slept for 300 years which means they got up around year 550 AD. So, the stage was set for humanity to revert back to its lost heritage i.e. Oneness of Allah. It just needed one last logical manual to stick to it till the end of times. And our Beloved Prophet Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him graced this world in year 571 AD. A time when Arabs were mired in the plague of polytheism.
Secondly, the resemblance of story with our times: Look around Godlessness is rampant. Catholic Church has tightened its clutches around Christianity. New sects of Christianity continue to emerge. Except Orthodox Christianity, all of them are misleading humanity from its real course i.e. Oneness of Allah. The only difference from year 250 AD is that sicne second half of 20th Caentury, polytheism has joined hands with atheism. Check out the consistency of Oneness against changing ‘isms’ of devil. Take for example, growing gender identity crisis and Woke culture. Dajl (Deceit) has been able to take strong roots. Confusion has never been so captivating that despite having full and free access to the Truth (The Book), we get sucked in to uncertainty and fictitious falsifications. Access to unnecessary information through media and internet are fundamental reasons.
Thirdly, relevance of this story with the end of times. There are four stages to the end of times in same order in which all four stories appear in Al Kahf. We shall build our case as the Surah progresses.
Only Allah knows the whole Truth
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