SURAH AL KAHF

الكهف سورة

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Ruku No 1:• The properties & Merits of Surah Kahf --- (Hifz First and Last ten Ayahs, Friday Recitation,

Protection from Dajjal) ---- 70,000 angels bring the Surah at once.

• The cause of Revelation --- Three questions of unbelievers in Makah

• Characteristics of Quran ---- No crookedness, criterion, straight, protector, warner, tidings

• Exaggeration of devotees ---- Ignorance ---- Creating partners to Allah

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• Characteristic of Rasolallah as Daee --- Well wisher ( Trying to save us from fire: Hadith) --- Do we

have this sympathy for others?

• Embellishments of this world = Test

• Story of the people of Cave --- Good company is the solution when faith/ deen is in danger/trial.

Trial of Faith• Not to Worship Allah

Alone• Survival through Good

companion ship

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• Supplication --- Ayah 10 --- Asking for Mercy and guidance , rectitude in affairs

• Search for good company(collectivity), sanctuary in cave (striving), Supplication (Trust on Allah)

• Who are our company ? Our kids company?

د�ا  ش� ش� شا ر� م شا م� ر ش�ا ش�ـ م� ر�� ش� �� ش د� ش� م� ش� ش� م د� �� ش م� ر ش�ا �ر اا اا ش� � ش ش�

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Ruku No 2:• When the people of Cave selected the way of faith, Allah(SWT) made their hearts firm , their faith

increases and strengthen.

• Gave preference to leaving life of luxury, family, house & community rather than saying words of

Kufr ---- Allah give them guidance ---- Rukhsah or Azimah

• Ask Allah for His mercy & Allah’s mercy covers them.

• Allah’s almightiness ----- Putting them to sleep for centuries.

• Whoever resolute on guidance, Allah made the way easy for them.

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Ruku No 3:• Long, continuous sleep, changing sides on right and left, eyes open during sleep, no direct

sunlight on the cave, dog sitting at entrance, an awe for over looker - All super natural

arrangements from Allah(SWT)

• The quarrels about life after death at that time when they wake up from sleep.

• Center of Quran ---- !م ش�" ش# ش$ ش� ش�م� ----- Must be polite and cautious --- Islam is Deen e Fitrat and Ummat

is Ummat e Wast.

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• Building mosques and shrines over grave --- Polytheist tradition --- Forbiddance in Hadith

• Avoid long drawn unnecessary argumentations(waste of time and energy, danger of mutual

bickering) --- Satan’s way --- Number of people or how much they slept --- We are also fond of

religious argumentations and become critiques.

• Calling to Allah

• Remembering Here After

Survival from

Fitna of Dajjal

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Ruku No 4:• Saying Inshallah on doing something in future or when promising --- Don’t use it as shield.

• No compromise b/w Truth and Falsehood on give and take basis -- No change in Allah’s words

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• Three instructions for safety and protection at time of Fitna:

1. Attachment with good company – who are busy in His remembrance, seeking His pleasure –

but avoid company of those who are negligent of Allah’s remembrance and follow their lusts

and desires and break all limits --- Treatment / medicine with precautions

2. Dawa --- Proclaim the truth --- convey the message

3. Be connected with Quran at all times.

• Hope and fear --- Admonition and motivation --- Hell and Paradise.

Good Company

Connection w/Quran

Dawah

Hope

Fear

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Ruku No 5:• Story of two gardens --- Comparison between poor believer & rich unbeliever.

• Trials of wealth and children ---- Reality of life and lasting for brief time

• Prosperity in this life is not surety of Allah’s pleasure. Similarly adversity is not wrath. Be patient

at hardships and thankful at abundance.

• Saying Mashallah for Allah’s blessings for being Thankful - Every skill and blessing is Allah’s

blessedness.

Trial of wealth and children• Materialism• Survival is Knowing the

Reality of Life

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• Punishment of arrogance and pride --- gardens were destroyed & resentfulness on attitude

• Don’t be mean to others or treat them as they are of lesser status – Use skills, wealth, time,

children and time in proper use.

• How the poor beliver was sincere to his friend and doing dawa

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Ruku No 6:• Transient pleasures of this world --- Example of vegetation(spring and fall) ---

Human life( childhood, adolescence, old age and death)

• Fitna of Wealth and children --- Solution is Remembrance of Hereafter and knowing the reality of

life, remembrance of Allah

• Ever lasting virtues -- %د ا& ر# ا�' ا� د% ا� ر) ا( م� ش�ا - Embellishment of Hereafter - How we can collect them?

• Scene from the day of judgment --- A record to include all affairs big or small

• Calling to Allah

• Remembering Here After

Survival from

Fitna of Dajjal

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Ruku No 7:• Trial of religion, wealth and children is discussed, then in the middle the story

of Iblis, one who pulls the strings of fitna, our enemy.

• Crime of Iblis -- Disobedience of Allah(SWT), arrogance & rejecting Allah’s commands

• Admonition to human’s to only obey Allah and keep away from deviation and be aware of

seductions of Satan and his followers.

• Enmity between polytheist and their idols at the day of judgment.

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Ruku No 8:• Contentious /quarrelsome nature of humans --- Using Allah’s will or destiny as an excuse

• Accepting guidance = believing = repentance

• Attitude of unbelievers toward messenger and message ---- ridiculous arguments, quarrels, effort to

put Truth down, stubbornness and non seriousness

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Ruku No 9:• Story of Musa(AS) and Khidhr.

• Unlimited knowledge of Allah --- Human knowledge is limited

• Why Musa felt tired? - going beyond your destination - Check ourselves Why we are always tired?

• Three incidents and their Hikma(wisdom) --- boat, the boy and the wall

Trial of KnowledgeDivine Wisdom

Survival is Humility & Humbleness

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Ruku No 10:• Etiquettes of acquiring knowledge and respect to teachers.

• Seeming/apparent aspect of events are mostly different than reality. Everything works under

Allah’s will ---- Khidr did everything according to Divine commandments.

• The benefits of the righteousness of parents reaches children and their children.

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• Our knowledge is limited, we cannot understand wisdom behind all what Allah wills.

• Allah is All wise and Almighty --- Wisdom behind all His wills

• Fitna of knowledge --- Protection is Humility

• Be happy with your fate ---- Good can come out of bad and bad out of good.

• Importance of patience and determination in establishment of Deen.

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Ruku No 11:• Story of Dhu al- Qarnayn

• Trial of authority ---- Solution is sincerity and remembrance of Hereafter

• Using Allah’s blessing and resources in proper way.

• Dhu al Qarnayn used his resources to help people, spreading good & justice.

Trial of Power and Authority• Remembrance of Here

After• Survival through Sincerity

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• What kind of resources we have and how we can spent them?

• Gog and Maggog --- Building wall/dam and then thanking Allah(SWT) for the accomplishment.

• Able to put to work the strength of a people who could hardly understand a word.

• Remembrance of Hereafter ---- using the opportunity to do dawa

• Escape of Gog and Maggog at end of times.(Hadith)

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Ruku No 12:• Efforts of unbelievers will not be weighed at day of judgment.

• Show off --- Shirk

• Memorize last three Ayahs.

• The marvelous works, the excellences and the wonders of Allah’s Power and Wisdom.

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