Some Insights from Surah Kahf.

Posted on May 1, 2017 Updated on May 1, 2017

We are familiar with this chapter of the Quran as we, Muslims, tend to recite it every Friday as prescribed in various hadiths.

As reciting has its own virtues and merits, I like to focus on the explanation of the surah as well. So since we have been studying this Surah in our class, I drew few lessons and points to put into consideration and to incorporate in our lives which I have shared below.

• ​Quran is a book that rectifies every other thing. Its a book that warns you from the dangers of falling into sin and also give you the glad tidings of Paradise if you follow the path of Allah. And in order to achieve that you need to be sincere with Allah and follow the Sunnah.
• Paradise is eternal, a never ending place. 
• If we truly love our religion we will never hate people because we all are here to help each other. To bring each other close to Islam.
• Allah created this world and everything in it for us, human beings in order to test us. To test who is the best among us in terms of good deeds. Who among us pays his gratitude towards Allah when he is blessed with a blessing and whether he uses it in a right or wrong way. 
• Distraction and accumulation of wealth go hand in hand. The more wealth you gather for yourself of this world, the more distracted you become in your purpose of life i.e. to follow the path of Allah.
• The main thing is our Faith in Allah. We need to guard it and nourish it till death. 
• The incident of People of the Cave teaches us that entrusting our lives with Allah will protect us from all kinds of evil and He will never let us down. 
• You will be answerable for all the food that you waste or throw away in this world. The same goes for everything else.
• One of the tactics of Shaytan is that he doesnt let us think about the Hereafter and Paradise and makes us plan to get everything in this world. Because of him, we tend to fulfill our wishes here and try to perfect our lives for this world only.
• Do not be ungrateful towards your Creator. If He has provided you with blessings in this world make sure you thank Him and dont let your success make you proud and greedy for more. 
• Thinking that your worldly assets can protect you from harm in this world and after is a kind of Shirk. Because instead of having faith in Allah, you prescribe it to your material wealth.
•  Incident of the Man who had a garden teaches us that dont be proud of your blessings but always be thankful to Allah for giving you all that. It is His will that you have all of that and if He wants He can take it all back from you in a matter of seconds. You see, nothing in this world belongs to us but only our deeds. Do not put your faith in your assets that they will protect you from harm because thats a kind of Shirk,only Allah has the power to do so. Thinking that since you got everything here, its apparent that you will be provided with it in Hereafter as well. Having it all here is a part of the test that this world is. Material wealth can not help us when the time comes. Power and wealth cause absolute corruption. 
• Do not live extravagantly or poorly, keep a balance in your lives. Just don’t overdo it. 
• Also make a habit to cook adequate amount of food so that the leftovers dont go to waste. 
• Dont make friends with Shaytaan by disobeying Allah. Disobeying Allah means obeying or falling into the trap of Shaytan. 
• Do not waste your time in useless arguments over religion. 
• Allah has alloted each and every one of us a specific time, when that time comes there is no turning back. So use your time wisely in this world.
• Allah closes  the hearts of people who either don’t listen to the message of Quran or be oblivious to it, as a punishment so that no hidaya may enter into them. The worst kind of punishment.