Surah Al Kahf- Ayah No 20

Assalam o Alaikum.Shab-e-Juma Mubarak. Time to spare few moments for Al Kahf. And the time we spare for this doesn't add value to Al Kahf rather our lives.

Let's get straight into Ayah of today. Previous Ayah leaves us with the lesson of being discreet and polite. This Ayah is continuation of the same cautious approach. The scene is amazing. Us the readers know that the Boys slept for three centuries. But them, the Boys were unaware of the duration they had slept for. By taking shelter in the Cave, they had evaded persecution, however, after waking, like, one wakes up after deep slumber, they felt urge for food. One of them going to the local market could blow their cover (which he eventually did by Allah's accord). Imagine if someone today walks into roadside Dhaba with 18th Century Rupiya of Bank of Hisdostan. It will definitely go viral on social in no time. What kind of sensation would that news generate? Pretty much like those Hollywood's time travelling movies. Though this isn't a movie. We know for sure, it is a supernatural story of time travel. This is what makes it super amazing. The Only True Witness of the story is the Storyteller who is actually the Creator of the scene, the story and the characters. And the story itself was written in The Book of the Books, way before the World of Creation (عالم المر)۔ This has to be the truest and the best ever piece of work.

Back to Ayah, before the one assigned to bring food left the Cave, he was warned about implications of breaking cover. Either they would stone them to death or would ask them to return to polythiest religion. Accepting polytheism would mean denouncing Oneness of Allah which would mean no success for them forever. It is mesmerising how difficult were the choices and how clear headed were our heroes. Would they have denounced Tauheed if they had to choose between death by stonning or living as polythiests? Moral inter alia loads of morals is that most intelligent people would recognise Onenes of Allah irrespective of their circumstances and they would not denounce it even if it cost them their lives. Why? Because human success in this  world and the next, hinges on accepting, following and sticking to the concept of Tauheed.

There is not god but Allah. Jazak Allah.