Monday, September 10, 2012

[18].Surah Al-Kahf [The Cave]: Ayat 11-12


 
Ayat 11. Therefore We covered up their (sense of) hearing (causing them, to go in deep sleep) in the Cave for a number of years.
Ayat 12. Then We raised them up (from their sleep), that We might test which of the two parties was best at calculating the time period that they had tarried.
[Tafseer] Drew (a veil) over their ears: i.e., sealed their ears so that they heard nothing. As they were in the Cave they saw nothing. So they were ompletely cut off from the outer world. It was as if they had died, with their knowledge and ideas remaining at the point of time when they entered the Cave. It is as if watch stops at the exact moment of some accident, and any one taking it up afterwards can precisely fix the time of the accidents. Roused them: or raised them up from their sleep or whatever condition they had fallen into, so that they began to perceive the things around them, but only with the memories of the time at which they had ceased to be in touch with the world. 


Hazrat Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH)said, "A person will be summoned with the one whom he loves".
[Al-Bukhari Book 08, Chapter 73, Hadith # 191].
Another narration is: The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) was asked; "What about a person who loves a people but cannot be with them?'' (i.e., either he cannot attain their lofty position of righteousness or that he has not met with them in this life). The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) replied, "A person will be in the company of those whom he loves".
 
Lesson : as mentioned above in Besides bringing to eminence the high merit of entertaining the love for the pious persons, this Hadith tells us about the Mercy and Blessings of Allah which He will shower upon those who love the pious people. Because of this love, Allah will elevate even the inferior people and include them among those whom He loves. This Hadith also serves a warning that association and love with the impious people is extremely dangerous as one can meet the same bad end which is inevitable for them. May Allah save us from it.

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