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2.19 Day 24: Tafsir – Part 19

SURAH

KAHF – 

AYAH

9

Description 

This video discusses the 9th ayah of Surah Kahf.

ج

  يآ

 

 ا

  ا

 ا

 أصب

 أن

 حت

  أم

The meaning and Implications of the word  from Classical Tafaseerأم

Al Shawkaani

   –  أم حت  أ  orل here is actually cutting off from the previous speech and it impliesأم

o  أحل   – which means instead did you think that the people of the cave and the inscription – so

instead did you think

o 

some say there is noأ

 justل

  – instead you thought this was the case – its kind of like a critical commen

o  and the puspose and meaning is to transfer from one conversation to the other and it is not done to

undermine what was first talked about as is the case of bal originally

Ibn Ashoor

   is to break away from one mode of speech to another mode of speechأم

o  the fundamental goal of the story is to tell the story, but thisمأ is not meant to portray that the surah is

in a hurry to get to the story. The  is used as a preamble or intro that leads you to the introductionأم

based on the fact that the correlation of this transition

  somehow ayah 9 is connected with كخع  

o  given the fact that their belief that life after death is impossible and this was the idea that led them

away from iman, so therefore the story of the people of the cave and how Allah raised them after their

long sleep is a proof that Allalh can give life after death

Al-Shaarawi

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  this kind of transition away from what came before is there to draw your attention to what is coming after

o 

and the idea of asking questions is to draw attention

Abu Zahraa

  The purpose of asking a question was to draw attention to the fact that they were a strange thing.

  Not agreed upon by most scholars – the agreed upon opinion was posing it as a question is suggesting that it

wasn’t that strange. 

Dr. Zuhaili

  The address is to the Prophet (pbuh) but the intent is beyond him.

  Through him everyone is being addressed.

o  Many examples in the Quran.

o  When Allah teaches the Prophet we need to pay attention because sometimes He is actually

teaching us.

Linguistic Analysis of  حت

  ح  –used for precise calculation

o  وااس  

    – incredibly precise calculation – but also means a precisely timed destructionحن

  ح  – also means nobility that is established amongst ancestors

  ح  – to account for something

  ح  – kasra – when you consider something to be of a certain quantity, did you assume

 

ح

  – that He is enough for us and the only thing we need to consider and count on

    – adjective – something is full in its count and completeحب

  ح  – a grant that is as fully counted as it can be, reaches full max count

   , so much, that will be enough for him and he will say I can’t handle anymoreحب  – we will give himإحب

    – I have figured it out from every angle and considered every factor when putting this plan togetherحب

    – confident assumption, or knowledge, did you actually know that the people of the cave were aحن

remarkable things

  ح  – beautiful word because much of the surah will have to do with calculation; how many years? How many

were they?

    – the idea of imagining and counting them to be such and suchا

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Linguistic Analysis of  أصب

  ص - root word origin – refers to something that has things that are comparable to each other

  Suggests closeness to something – so the  of the cave the cave is suitable for them and they are going toأصب

be closely associated with it. The cave will become their friend

 

حة

  – finding closeness, compatability and comfort

    – when you protect someone by bringing them closer to youأصه

o 

the people of the cave are being protected by it

    – when you hold on to a book and make it your companion and not let goاب

    – maf3ool – means someone who is company to themselves – talks to themselves

  حص  – Al-Asfahaani says thatحص is someone that commits themselves to another human being or animal

or place.

o 

This association is considered physically but can also be figuratively because you care for them. Your

heart is with them

  Naturally in Arabic this word is used only for whose commitment to you is abundant – when you hang out with

someone all the time. Not used for someone you accompanied a short time

  Someone who owns something and someone who is owned

Linguistic Analysis of the Word Kahf ا 

  Cave in a mountain but it has to be vastly wide open.

o  It is not as the Christians picture it as tight

  The cave is big but It’s got a wide open gate (اصد

) – castle-like structure

o  If it was small it would be calledرغ  – Hira –  when the prophet and Abu Bakr were in it

  A she-camel has lots of kahfs – because she got really fat and has lots of meat on her

o 

Has many stomachs and needs to be fed

  A house that has been carved into a cave

  Figurative meaning – a person is known to be the kahf of someone else – i.e. the refuge for comfort and

protection

Meaning And Implication of Al-Raqeem ا

 Al-Shinqeeti

  Scholars have differed about the meaning in this ayah

  It was said that ا is the name of their dog

  Al-Dahhak –  ا is a land in rome

  It is the mountain that the cave was in

  Or they valley in which the cave was

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  Most dominant of these opinions in accordance with the Arabic language and in consideration of other ayaahs

of the quran means that which is marqoom – that which is etched or stitched in

o 

Permanent writing – قر  – carving into stone or leather.

o  Writing that is supposed to last a long time

o  ا  – your deeds aren’t completely etched and unchangeable. It’s a strong record but your destiny

isn’t completely relegated to Allah.

    – inscribed and wrote the book, inscribed intoرقت

  ا  – It might be that this raqeem is a book that they had that had their shariah, it was a scripture

  Or it was a tablet of gold in which their names, lineage and story was written. And their entire account.

  Or it was a boulder in which their names were etched in.

  The obvious meaning is that the companions of the cave and the companions of the inscription are one people.

o  The inscription and they both survived timeless and lasted

  It is not a concern to us who wrote the inscription. That concern is taken away when the word ا is used.

 

People that lamented Over their loss and carved It in a rock in front of the cave

Al-Shinqeeti

  Some say kahf were one group and Raqeem were other people

   and multipleضف واحد  ضف اه

o 

قاو ا بصأ 

Grammatical Analysis of ج 

 ج

 ئش

 ا

 

o  It's the خ of  ن

o  And also a  and theصة  isصف  and it isذوف ئش or something else before it

  ج is an idea. Feminine form isج 

  To use the idea as a ( is for emphasis - ibn Ashoor says He told us about their affair using the masdar (ideaصة

out of hyperbole

 

 is to suggest a partial or from within the arsenal of Allah's miracles

o  The story of the people of the cave is not unique amongst all the other ayahs and signs of Allah

o  Allah is saying it shouldn't be ج to you

  You can also analyze is in a figurative placement - as if Allah is saying they thought that this was so miraculous

even though they have something in front of them that is more worthy of being considered far more strange,

shocking, and He is referring to Quran

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Liguistic Analysis of ج 

  When u look at something and you think of it as grand and you cannot under stand the origins of where it came

from; it is shocking

  Also something that is rarely ever going to be repeated

  Quran uses the words

ج

 

جب

 

ج

 

  ج is the most powerful of all three. Thenبج then ج 

Abu Zahra, Ibn Ashoor, Shinqeeti, Al-Saadi all come to the same conclusion that they (the people of the cave) are not

that strange.