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Part 2.1-Cause-of-Revelation, Dr-Yasir-Qadhi
Recap:
-The primary theme of this Surah is to show that Allah swt protect all those who turn to him for protection.
-It has many blessings in it.
Discussing the name of Surah:
-The name Kahf is mentioned by Prophet Muhammad SAW .
- And, it has similarity with the theme.
-Cave symbolically represent protection. It is where Allah swt protected Prophet Muhammad SAW & it is where Quran revealed.
-And,it is similar to theme(Protection) that Allah swt has discussed in the Surah .
Narration From Tafseer:
Ibn Kathir has mentioned the reason for the Surah to be revealed is that....
-Quraish never heard even a word from the book of people till Prophet Muhammad SAW started to preach.
-Hence, when they consulted with the elders, the elders advised them to go to Jews from Yathrib, and to ask from them on ...
1) what is Prophet?
2) And, how we will know on who is the Prophet. What are the signs of true Prophet?
-So,they went all the way to Yathrib which is medinah. And, they told them that there is a man from them who claim to be a nabi and inquire them on how to find out if he is telling the truth or not.
-They informed them to test Prophet Muhammad SAW with three questions:
1) What is the story of young men who fled with seeking protection of Allah.
2) What is the story of the King who Alah blessed with east to west( all the parts of the world)?
-The story of Dhul Qarnain
3) What is ru'uh(soul)?
They said that the third question is a trick question. And, they said that anybody answers it, is not the Prophet.
They informed that first two questions, he should know about it but not the third question. The reason is that nobody knows what is ru'uh.
So, delegates went to Quraish and informed them. And, they all went to Prophet and told him to answer to all this questions if he was truly a Prophet.
Prophet Muhammad SAW is accustomed to Jibreel(as) coming in a certain time of a week to inform him about the revelation. And, the time of the week ,was the next day .Hence, Prophet Muhammad SAW was expecting for Jibreel(as) and informed them to wait till the next day.
Prophet Muhammad SAW did not say 'In Shaa Allah', he was confident that it is going to happen.
-Instead, of next day, it was delayed. Some records says that it was delayed for 3 days, while some says 15 days.
-And, Quraysh were happy because Prophet Muhammad SAW promised to tell them next day, but nothing is happening.
-And, then Jibreel came with Surah Kahf and Surah Israa
-And, the answers for this questions were given in those Surahs.
1) Question about young men
-The answer lies in the first part of Surah Kahf.
2) Question about Dhul Qarnain
-The answer is in the end of Surah Kahf
3) Question about Ru'uh
-Surah Israa , we can learn it from the Bani Israel
-"They ask you about Ru'uh"
-"Say, this Ru'uh is from Allah’s command and you have not been given any knowledge except for a small amount"
-Meaning that , we don't know about ru'uh.
-And, scientifically till today, when they talk about ru'uh, scientists will say that it is beyond human understanding.
Part 2.2 -Surah-Al-Kahf-Part-2-Theme--Cause-of-Revelation---Dr-Yasir-Qadhi:
Interesting things about Surah Kahf:
1) If we have to count the words of Quran(some scholars, MashAllah have done that), Surah Kahf is in the middle of Quran.
-And , the words that are in the middle ,
"Be lat'eef"
lat'eef it has many meanings...
-being discreet,merciful, kind
2) It begins with the same things as the first part of Quran, that is ALHAMDULLILAH. The beginning & middle part of Quran begins with ALHAMDULLILAH
Al-Kahf : 1
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ عَلٰى عَبْدِهِ الْكِتٰبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَا ۜ
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, who has sent down upon His Servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance.
Al-Faatiha : 2
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِينَ
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds
3) At the end of Surah Israa , we can see that story is linked with the beginning of Surah Kahf.
At, the end of Surah Israa. ....
Al-Israa : 111
وَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِى لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌ فِى الْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّ مِّنَ الذُّلِّ ۖ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًۢا
And say, "Praise to Allah, who has not taken a son and has had no partner in [His] dominion and has no [need of a] protector out of weakness; and glorify Him with [great] glorification."
While, the beginning of the Surah Kahf begins by ...
Al-Kahf : 1
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ عَلٰى عَبْدِهِ الْكِتٰبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَا ۜ
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, who has sent down upon His Servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance.
Both is saying to praise Allah swt,and they are linked together.
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Al-Kahf : 1
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ عَلٰى عَبْدِهِ الْكِتٰبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَا ۜ
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, who has sent down upon His Servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance.
Al-Kahf : 2
قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِر
َ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا
[He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward
Alhamdu:
-It is a beautiful word.
-There is other words in Arabic used for thank you, shukr etc.
-However, this word has specific meanings.
Madeha:
-The word madhee-ha means flatter. And, most of the time madheha is used in a false sense , to impress someone.
-Madhe-ha can be done for truth and falsehood.
-Madeha can be done to get favour from the one you are doing Madeha to.
-Madeha could be lie , false or could be truth.
Shukr:
-This is only done if something good has been done to you.
-If, somebody does good to you, you say "shukran".
-Shukran is an exchange.
Alhamdu:
-As, for Alhamdu it has nothing to do with shukr.
-You are praising someone because they are worthy of praise.
-So, hamdu is broader and specific
-Hamdu is broader because it does not matter to what goodness you have received.
-Hamdu is specific as you have to praise only the one is worthy of receiving praise.
-It is because of the other person/one & not because of you.
-It is different from Madeha, as madeha can be used so that you could receive something from the person.
-Alhamdullilah, used only for the one who is worth of worship.
So, why do we praise him here?
-It is because he is the one who have revealed upon his Abd, the Quran.
-Quran is so powerful of miracle and Allah swt is worthy of praise due to Quran.
-Just because we have Quran , we should say Alhamdulillah.
-This is the most beautiful blessing that Allah swt blessed the world with & we are thanking , praising Allah for sending the Quran.
-Allah swt has mentioned in other verses as well
"All blessings to the one who has revealed Furqan"
-So , we praise Allah for revealing the book.
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Al-Kahf : 1
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ عَلٰى عَبْدِهِ الْكِتٰبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَا ۜ
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, who has sent down upon His Servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance.
Ala Abdihi:
-Allah swt mentions the recipient of the book.
Abd:
-it is commonly translated as a slave.
-However, the real meaning of Abd is not slave. The real meaning of Abd is worshipper.
-The reason is that highest praise of any human will be worshipping Allah. No human will be exalted unless he humbles in front of Allah.
-The more you humble in front of Allah,the more honoured you are.
-The one who has achieved the height of humble in front of Allah, it is our Prophet Muhammad SAW.
-So, when Allah says my Abd, this is highest praise that Allah can give to any creation. He is saying this is my worshipper, he has worshipped like no one has worshipped me.
-And, if you noticed , our Prophet(saw) is being referred as Abd in the most honoured places of Quran.
-For example , in Surah Baqarah, our Prophet saw is being defended .When Allah swt praises him with the greatest gift given , Israa Mi'raj, he uses the word Abd to refer Prophet Muhammad SAW.
-When , defending , raising the status, talking about the Maqam of Prophet Muhammad SAW , in all of this places, Allah uses the word ,Abd.
Kitaab:
-It has two meanings.
1) It is book
2) Katb with sukoon means large amount. Kateeba means large group of men who are on expedition.
The meanings of Kitaab, this book has alot of wisdom, information. This book has been written down.Both of this meanings apply to Quran. The Kitaab that has been recited and written down..
Walam Yajaallahu iwaja:
-There is no crookedness in the book.
-This give us proof that the book and risala of Prophet Muhammad SAW are linked together.
-Why?
Allah is saying that I have sent this book to my Abd. How we will know that this is the book that was sent to Abd?
-We have to examine the book..
-The book is the credentials of the rasool (saw)
How, we will know whether Islam is true? The miracle of Prophet Muhammad?
-Look at the book.
What is the sign of the book?
-There is nothing strange about this book.
Al-Kahf : 2
قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا
[He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward
Qayyima:
-It means straight and making other straight
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Al-Kahf : 2
قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا
[He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward
Qayyima:
-The book is straight and it make others straight.
-This is similar to the beginning of Surah Baqarah.
Al-Baqara : 2
ذٰلِكَ الْكِتٰبُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah -
First negect the evil and then affirm the positive. Quran has no evil, and there is only positive.
This book is going to warn the severe punishment from Allah and give glad tidings, good news to the ones who do good deeds , and they will have much more greater reward.
What is this reward?
-It is not explicitly mentioned but the next verse clarifies it.
Al-Kahf : 3
مّٰكِثِينَ فِيهِ أَبَدًا
In which they will remain forever
-They shall live in it ever. Therefore, the reward is Jannah.
Notice that in these verses, Allah swt combines three fundamentals of Islam:
1) Taweed
2) Risala
3) Akhira
1) Tawheed:
-Allah swt praises himself
2) Risala:
-For revealing the book to the Prophet
3) Akhira:
-The ones who rejects the truth will be punished while the ones who accepts the truth will be rewarded.
How concisely in a verse that is less than half , three fundamentals of Islam has been summarised.
Also, do notice that three pilars of Eeman has been referred.
What are three pilars of Eeman?
1) Loving Allah
2) Fearing Allah
3) Hoping in Allah
In a verses that is less than a half, Allah swt has summarised three pillars of Eeman.
Loving Allah:
Alhamdullilah, as he is worthy of worship. We love Allah swt.
Fearing Allah:
And, Quran , has warned about punishment, and we are scared about the punishment.
Hoping in Allah:
Quran talks about glad tidings so we hope for Allah’s rewards.
Hence , Tawhid, Risala , Akhira , Loving Allah, Fearing Allah, Hoping in Allah are combined in a verse that is less than a half.
Another point to take note:
-Allah swt never threatens except that he always give glad tidings as well. Never that Allah swt threatenes with punishment except that in the same context, he has good news.
The Quran always have both of these together.
-Taghrif( to make scared ), Tabsheer ( to give good news). Quran combines both of these, and we should learn as well that Islam always bring about two emotions. We call it as a carrot and stick. We need the carrot which is the incentive and the stick which is the punishment. Quran combines between both of these.
Final Point:
Allah swt mentions about Quran being the ultimate criterion of him , the Prophet, risala, Qiyamah. All are linked to Quran.
Another reminder that we Muslims always forget and need to be reminded:
The Quran is the ultimate proof of our religion. If , somebody ask how we know Islam , Prophet is the truth?
-Our response should be immediately to state that it is the Quran. Quran is the living miracle and it is a miracle in every sense.. in terms of its recitation, hearing, memorization, understanding, implementation. Quran is the ultimate proof. And, Surah Kahf will bring this up over and over again.
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