Secrets of Surah Al Kahf

Surah Al Kahf is the 18^th chapter of the Quran, the chapter from the Quran that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) asked us to recite every Friday.

 

WAKE UP TO BELIEVING AND BELIEVERS

The first story is about believers who hid in a cave to get away from people who did not believe.  Later on they woke to a world of believers. There is a time for everything including being among those who believe. 

 

CUSTODIANSHIP
At most we are custodians of what we have. We may think we own things but the reality is that they can disappear in an instant for many reasons.  A custodian has charge over something for a period of time and that is the reality of what we have.

Never forgot to thank your creator for what you have because if you don’t then what you have may be destroyed.  But a thankful heart will see the blessings in everything. 

Sadly the owner of two beautiful gardens forgot this lesson and regretted after the destruction. Regret is not thankfulness either.  

 

WHO IS THE FASTER DRAW?
When I was younger I used to watch cowboy films about the Wild West of America.  I learnt that however good you are there will always be a faster draw. In gun fights who could draw their gun the fastest would win the fight but all the fighters knew that sooner or later they would meet a faster draw and that would be the end of them. 

Likewise with knowledge, however much we learn there will always be someone who knows more or who has a better interpretation.That is exactly what happened to Musa (aka Moses).  Perhaps we should get away from fairy tales of who is the most beautiful of them all and accept the reality of life that we should develop ourselves to the best and not compare ourselves with others in an arrogant way.  

Moses also had to learn that Divine Wisdom can sometimes be disguised in matters that we perceive as bad. It is another lesson that we need to have greater understanding and we must be patient until we have reached that level of greater understanding. 

Divine Wisdom from Surah Al Kahf.

1. Keep good company.   “And keep they soul content with those who call on their Lord morning and evening.“
2. Reality of life: “Set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: It is like the rain which we send down from the skies: the earth’s vegetation absorbs it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds do scatter: it is (only) Allah who prevails over all things” (Surat Al-Kahf, verse 45)