Pernah dengar lirik lagu Jumu'ah dalam cover Friday yang Rafi nyanyi tak? Perasan tak dia ada sebut recite suratul-kahfi? Surah al-kahfi biasanya dibaca pada setiap hari Jumaat. Panjang? Yes, memang panjang. Strategi untuk habiskan? Baca 22 ayat setiap kali selepas solat fardu. Ada 5 solat fardu yang wajib dikerjakan, so, 5 darab 22 sama dengan 110 ayat. So, lengkaplah satu surah penuh untuk satu hari. Hendak seribu daya, tak nak seribu dalih. If you can finish 10 episodes of korean drama which last about 10 hours per day, I think to complete 110 ayat in one day is just like a peanut matter and surely can be accomplished, right? I'm reminding myself too not to forget about this though.
Try to say it loud, is not kahf sounding similar to cave? After finishing surah Yusuf, we are now proceeding for surah al-Kahf which means The Cave.
The Prophet Muhammad pbuh was once asked by the locals about three questions which were originally given by the Jews. The Jews gave such questions to The Prophet pbuh as they thought he might not be able to answer those. The Prophet prayed to Allah and Allah gave the answers through this surah.
This surah contains 3 stories:
- The story of the people of the Kahf
- The story of Musa AS
- The story of Ruth
which covers 4 different aspects i.e spiritual, intellectual, social and wealth. By reading this surah, insyaAllah we're protected from the slander of Dajjal laknatullah. and, now you are going to start questioning. By how, what aspect this can be done? What is fitnah dajjal by the way? There is one analogy called materialism. Dajjal laknatullah separates spiritual and those three earth-prone aspects i.e. intellectual, social, and wealth. If you are not balancing those 4 aspects in yourself, you may have been badly influenced by this. By saying that, we have to put Allah as number one in your heart, and the rest will follow accordingly insyaAllah... I may not be the perfect person to convey this but as The Prophet Muhammad SAW, tell a knowledge from me though it is only an ayat, I'll try my best to write what I learn from the happy circle.
The first story of this surah is about the cave itself. Allah starts the story from the 9th ayat of the surah. At long time ago, at the very far far away land, (oh, it's becoming fairy-tale like story) there was a community which had not believed in Allah. We are not told in which years they are living but what matters the most is about the value of the story. However, it has surely happened before the official arising of Islam as this surah is conveyed to The Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him during his hard time to get the locals trust of being His Messenger. At that time, it does not matter what sort of name of religion it is called. As long as you believe in the existence of Allah, and have faith in Him, insyaAllah you will be always under His guidance. In order to protect their faith, there was a group of men brought themselves away from the community. They intended to change the perspective of the people and tried to work out an act. They took rest in a cave and fell asleep. With Allah's greatness, they woke up only after 309 years yet they thought they just slept for a day. They felt hungry and one of them went to the nearest town to get food. Obviously the community itself, after 309 years was curious about the man who showed up from nowhere and gave an old coin to purchase food. He was brought to meet the king. Alhamdulillah the community by then had stronger belief in Allah and the king believed him.
And thus did We make (men) to get knowledge of them that they might know that Allah's promise is true and that as for the hour there is no doubt about it. When they disputed among themselves about their affair and said: Erect and edifice over them -- thier Lord best knows them. Those who prevailed in their affair said: We will certainly raise a masjid over them [21:18]
Now, they believe that the promise of Allah to wake people after the death is true and there is no doubt to the Hereafter. Allah is The Greatest and All Knowing.
This is a story to show how do we believe in Allah. Is it by heart or just following the ancestor? To be fair, you may have come to a point that whenever you are being questioned by not-yet-muslim friends about a few matter regarding Islam's obligation, you just cannot give a satisfied answer to them. Yet, a simple good answer is truly I'm obliged and abide to do so by Allah. Why does Allah put this story at the beginning of the surah? That is to worship Allah and acknowledge The Messenger.
Truth is not related to anything but sound faith. It does not matter how much you have or how powerful you are. If you’re powerful, but you don’t have a relationship with Allah (swt), you are weak. And if you’re seen as weak by the people but you have a strong relationship with Allah (swt), this is powerful. Click here
The people of the kahf tried to seek help from Allah regarding the faith conflict they had. They struggled toward Allah and isolated themselves. We ought to know that they made a great sacrifice towards reinstating the true belief in Allah. Having great pressures from the peers, they decided to leave friends and family, going against the grain, they entrust Allah to protect them and by then they went stronger.
As mentioned before, the surah carries the goal of faith. Allah prevails His Greatness by waking the people of Kahf after hundred years of sleeping. Logically, who can ever bring a 'dead' person alive after great long years? Like seriously? To what extent can a human brain think of that logic, it is indeed true that only Allah is The Greatest and The Most Powerful. Furthermore, aren't you curious on how many exactly are they, the people of the cave? Such question is left blank and none of us should be bothered to this endless question as only Allah knows the answer, and it again shows the greatness of Allah.
To talk about faith is not an easy topic. Deep understanding and knowledge is required to do so. So, for this, I shall leave it to the pro.
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