Learn Sūrat al-Kahf

What Sūrat al-Kahf is about

1. Āyāt 1–8

   A Book with no crookedness

   Allah sent down the Book straight, to warn and to give good news. Those who say Allah has taken a son have no knowledge of it (18:4–5). The Prophet should not grieve himself to death over them. What is on the earth is adornment, to test who does best (18:7).

2. Āyāt 9–26

   The people of the cave

   Young believers leave their people and shelter in a cave, and Allah makes them sleep. When they wake, one goes to the city with their coins. People argue over their number, but Allah knows it best. Never say you will do something tomorrow without adding “if Allah wills” (18:23–24).

3. Āyāt 27–44

   Patience with the believers; two gardens

   The Prophet is told to stay patient with those who call on their Lord morning and evening (18:28). The truth is from your Lord; whoever wills may believe (18:29). A man proud of his two gardens says they will never perish, and his believing companion warns him. His fruit is destroyed (18:42).

4. Āyāt 45–59

   This world, the record and Iblīs

   This world’s life is like rain on plants that soon become dry stalks (18:45). Wealth and children are its adornment, and lasting good deeds are better (18:46). On the Day the record is placed and leaves nothing out (18:49). Iblīs refused to bow, yet people take him and his offspring as protectors (18:50).

5. Āyāt 60–82

   Mūsā and the servant of Allah

   Mūsā travels to the meeting of the two seas and finds a servant whom Allah had given knowledge. He follows him, but cannot keep silent when the man damages a boat, kills a boy and rebuilds a wall without pay. The man then explains each act.

6. Āyāt 83–98

   Dhū al-Qarnayn

   Dhū al-Qarnayn is given power and the means to travel. He reaches the setting of the sun and its rising, and deals justly with the people he finds. Between two mountains he builds a barrier of iron and copper against Yaʾjūj and Maʾjūj (Gog and Magog), and says it is a mercy from his Lord (18:98).

7. Āyāt 99–110

   Those whose deeds are lost

   The trumpet is blown and Hell is shown to those who would not hear. The greatest losers are those whose work was lost while they thought they did well (18:103–104). If the sea were ink, Allah’s words would not run out (18:109). The Prophet is a human to whom it is revealed that your God is One (18:110).

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