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Mariam 27-33
 
27- SHE WENT TO HER PEOPLE CARRYING HIM, THEY SAID: “O MARIAM, YOU HAVE DONE A VERY WRONG DEED”.
 
28- “O HARON’S (AARON) SISTER, YOUR FATHER WAS NOT AN EVIL MAN, NEITHER WAS YOUR MOTHER AN ADULTERER”.
 
29- SHE POINTED TO HIM, THEY SAID: “HOW WILL WE SPEAK TO AN INFANT IN THE CRADLE?”
 
30- HE SAID: “I AM A SLAVE OF ALLAH, HE HAS GIVEN ME THE BOOK AND MADE ME A PROPHET”.
 
31- “AND HE MADE ME BLESSED WHEREVER I MAY BE, AND ENJOINED ME TO KEEP THE SALAH AND GIVE ZAKAH AS LONG AS I LIVE”.
 
32- “AND TO BE GOOD AND KIND TO MY MOTHER, AND DID NOT MAKE ME OVERPOWERING OR TO BE HAPPY WITH EVIL”.
 
33- “AND PEACE IS UPON ME THE DAY I WAS BORN, THE DAY I DIE AND THE DAY I WILL BE RESURRECTED TO LIVE”.
 
The miracle of the immaculate conception, was supported by another miracle seen by all, which was the newly born baby Jesus speaking fluently to people, and telling them all about himself.
 
Mary having heard the newly born Jesus, peace upon him, speak to her fluently, was contented and reassured.  She carried him to her people, who spoke to her harshly rebuking her.  She pointed to the newly born baby in her arms, asking them to address him instead, which surprised them, but they were more than astonished to hear him speak to them in very clear and fluent words, telling them about himself being a learned prophet, for Allah the Highest taught him the book (Torah) and blessed him.
 
It is interesting that Allah the Highest states, Jesus peace upon him, as being good and kind to his mother, as He stated about Yahiya, peace upon him, being good and kind to his parents.  “AND HE WAS GOOD AND KIND TO HIS PARENTS AND WAS NOT OVERPOWERING AND DISOBEDIENT”.  (S:19  A:14)
 
Allah the Highest bestowed peace upon Jesus on the day he was born, the day he dies and the day he will be resurrected, as He also promised Yahiya.

Mariam 22-26
 
22- SHE CARRIED HIM AND WENT HIDING IN A DISTANT PLACE.
 
23- THEN CHILDBIRTH CAME TO HER AND MADE HER REST ON THE STEM OF A PALM DATE TREE, SHE SAID: “I WISH I DIED BEFORE THIS AND WAS TRIVIAL AND TOTALLY FORGOTTEN”.
 
24- HE CALLED HER FROM UNDERNEATH HER: “DO NOT GRIEVE, FOR ALLAH HAS MADE A STREAM OF WATER  UNDERNEATH YOU”.
 
25- “AND SHAKE THE STEM OF THE PALM DATE TREE, AND IT WILL DROP DOWN ON YOU GOOD AND RIPE DATES”
 
26- “EAT AND DRINK AND BE CONTENTED, AND IF YOU SEE ANY HUMAN BEING SAY: I HAVE VOWED TO FAST FOR THE MOST MERCIFUL, THEREFORE I WILL NOT SPEAK TO A HUMAN BEING TODAY”.

 
After Mariam became pregnant, she hide away from her people, some say that she stayed with Zakariah’s  wife, who was also her blood relation (sister, aunt or cousin).
 
When her labour pains came, it forced her to rest against the stem of a date palm tree.  This was the hard moment, as she would not be able to hide her child when born,  therefore she felt very despondent and desperate wished that she died before that happened and was totally forgotten. 
 
She gave birth to Jesus peace upon him, and as soon as he was born, he called he spoke to her from underneath her, saying: “DO NOT GRIEVE, FOR ALLAH HAS MADE A STREAM OF WATER  UNDERNEATH YOU” *  “AND SHAKE THE STEM OF THE PALM DATE TREE, AND IT WILL DROP DOWN ON YOU GOOD AND RIPE DATES” *  “EAT AND DRINK AND BE CONTENTED, AND IF YOU SEE ANY HUMAN BEING SAY: I HAVE VOWED TO FAST FOR THE MOST MERCIFUL, THEREFORE I WILL NOT SPEAK TO A HUMAN BEING TODAY”
The infant Jesus peace upon him speaking, was the miracle which was to prove her miracle of the immaculate conception of Jesus peace upon him.  She was given water to drink and food to eat after having given birth, but above all she had her newly born speaking, and she could face the world then.
 
It is interesting that while Allah the Highest provided to Mary in the temple, without her having to work, yet on this occasion, she had to get the water to drink from the stream, and had to shake the stem of the date palm tree to drop the dates.  In reality, no woman, let alone one who has just given birth, could shake such a tree enough to drop any dates.  When I tried to see what it takes to drop dates from a date palm tree, it took 4 strong men to move the tree to drop few dates.  Yet it is Allah’s policy on Earth that one has to act, even if in a small way for things to happen. 
 
Jesus peace upon him told his mother Mariam not to speak to people but to tell them, perhaps by signing that she is fasting and not speaking.  Fasting by not speaking to people was a way of fasting of the Children of Israel at the time.  She Had her newly born baby Jesus to speak on her behalf.
 
 

Mariam 16-21
 
16- AND REMEMBER MARIAM IN THE BOOK, AS SHE ISOLATED HERSELF FROM HER PEOPLE IN AN EASTERN PLACE.
 
17- SHE PUT A SHIELD BETWEEN HERSELF AND THEM AND WE SENT HER OUR SPIRIT WHO TOOK THE SHAPE OF A PERFECT HUMAN BEING BEFORE HER.
 
18- SHE SAID: “I SEEK REFUGE WITH ALLAH FROM YOU, IF YOU ARE PIOUS”.
 
19- HE SAID: “BUT I AM YOUR LORD’S MESSENGER TO GRANT YOU A PURE BOY”.
 
20- SHE SAID: “HOW WILL I HAVE A BOY WHEN NO HUMAN EVER TOUCHED ME AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN AN ADULTERER”.
 
21- HE SAID: “THIS IS WHAT YOUR LORD HAS SAID: “AND IT IS EASY FOR ME TO DO, AND TO BE A SIGN FOR MANKIND, AND A MERCY FROM US, AND IT IS A MATTER THAT IS TO HAPPEN”.
 
Mariam was born to Emran, who was the high priest at the temple and who was a descendant of David, peace upon him.  Mariam was given for the service of the temple where she lived and worshipped.  Being a female, her guardian was Allah’s prophet Zakariah, peace upon him, who was the only person to visit her in her chamber.  Zakariah used to see Allah’s blessings upon her, he used to see food in her chamber, when no one had brought her food, and he used to see her with food out of season; when he asked her where she got it from: “HER LORD ACCEPTED HER GRACIOUSLY, AND BROUGHT HER UP GOOD AND PURE, AND ZAKARIAH WAS ASSIGNED FOR HER CARE (IN THE TEMPLE), WHENEVER HE ENTERED THE CHAMBER ON HER, HE FOUND SHE HAD PROVISIONS, HE SAID: “MARIAM, WHERE ARE THESE PROVISIONS FROM?”  SHE SAID: “IT IS FROM ALLAH, FOR ALLAH PROVIDES TO WHOM HE WILLS WITHOUT LIMITS”.  (S:3  A:37)
 
The eastern place might be a description of the location of the place, being in the east, or it might be symbolic of the place being good and pure. 
 
Allah the Highest sent her Gabriel, peace upon him, who appeared to her in her chamber in the form of a perfect human being, which frightened Mariam, and she asked Allah the Highest to protect her and to keep him away from her if he was a pious person.  He reassured her that he was her Lord’s messenger and his mission was to let her have a good and pure boy child. 
 
Mary was not married, and she had never had any sexual relationship, therefore she could not understand how could she have a child.  Gabriel, peace upon him, however told her that it will happen, being Allah’s Command; for it is easy for Allah the Highest who created her in the first place.  Allah’s commands are always carried out and cannot be stopped.

Mariam 12-15
 
12- O YAHIYA, TAKE THE BOOK FORCEFULLY AND EAGERLY, AND WE GAVE HIM THE WISDOM WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN.
 
13- AND WE ALSO GAVE HIM KINDNESS FROM US, PURITY, AND HE WAS PIOUS.
 
14- AND HE WAS GOOD AND KIND TO HIS PARENTS AND WAS NOT OVERPOWERING AND DISOBEDIENT.
 
15- AND PEACE IS UPON HIM, THE DAY HE WAS BORN, THE DAY HE DIES, AND THE DAY HE IS TO BE RESURRECTED BACK TO LIFE.
 
 Allah the Highest went on directly from telling us about answering the Dawa of Zakariah to telling us about Yahiya. 
 
Allah the Highest gave Yahiya the wisdom and taught him the Torah, and commanded him to take the teachings and commands of the Torah eagerly and strongly.  Obeying Allah’s commands requires strength and will power, to obey and to resist temptations.  Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “The Fire is surrounded with temptations, and the Paradise is surrounded with hardship”. 
 
Allah the Highest gave Yahiya the wisdom and taught him the Torah very early in life, probably in his teens or early twenties.  Allah the Highest gave him special bounties, one of them was kindness in general, and kindness and with humility to his parents in particular. 
 
Allah the Highest also made Yahiya pure, both inside and in his actions, he made him chaste, he never married or had any sexual relationship; as well as being a righteous prophet.  Allah the Highest said: “THE ANGELS CALLED HIM WHILE HE WAS STANDING PRAYING IN THE CHAMBER: “ALLAH GIVES YOU THE GOOD NEWS OF YEHIA (JOHN), HE WILL BELIEVE IN THE WORD FROM ALLAH, A MASTER,  CHASTE, AND A PROPHET OF THE RIGHTEOUS”.  (S:3  A:39)
 
A believer who is good and kind to his parents has a passage to Paradise.  Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “Has lost a great deal, he whose parents reached old age in his life, and did not grant him entrance to Paradise”.  (meaning through being good and kind to them)  (M:Ber;8 & A:2;346)
 
On the other hand a person, being overpowering and disobedient, to Allah the Highest, and to their parents, is the key to the Hell-Fire.
 
Allah the Highest bestowed peace upon him at three particular times, the time of his birth, the time of his death and the time of his resurrection.  These are all times when a person enters a new life, and Allah’s peace and comfort  then will be a great blessing for him.  At birth, one enters life, and at death, one enters the first stage of the Hereafter, and at resurrection is the time of the greatest panic and fear, Allah the Highest said about: “THE DAY WHEN A MAN RUNS AWAY FROM HIS BROTHER * HIS MOTHER AND HIS FATHER * HIS FEMALE COMPANION AND HIS CHILDREN * FOR EACH PERSON THEN WILL HAVE HIS OWN WORRIES”.  (S:80  A:34-37)
But some of us will be in peace, not worrying and not panicking on that day, this is the peace from Allah the Highest.
 
 

Mariam 7-11
 
7- "O ZAKARIAH, WE ARE GIVING YOU THE GOOD NEWS OF A BOY CALLED YEHIA (JOHN), A NAME WHICH NO ONE HAS EVEN BEEN CALLED BEFORE”.
 
8- HE (ZAKARIAH) SAID: “MY LORD, HOW WILL I HAVE A BOY WHILE MY WIFE IS BARREN AND I HAVE REACHED RIPE OLD AGE?”
 
9- HE (ALLAH) HAVE SAID: “THIS IS WHAT YOUR LORD HAS SAID AND IT IS EASY FOR ME TO DO, AND I HAVE CREATED YOU BEFOREHAND, AND YOU WERE NOTHING”.
 
10- HE (ZAKARIAH) SAID: “MY LORD GIVE ME A SIGN”.  HE (ALLAH) SAID: “YOUR SIGN IS TO BE UNABLE TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE FOR THREE DAYS, NOT DUE TO ANY AILMENT”.
 
11- HE (ZAKARIAH) WENT OUT OF THE INNER CHAMBER OF THE TEMPLE AND SIGNALED TO HIS PEOPLE TO HYMN ALLAH’S PRAISES BY DAY AND BY NIGHT.
 
 Allah the Highest answered Zakariah, peace upon him, by giving him the good news that he was going to have a child, a boy to be called Yahiya (meaning to live) and in English he was called John, he was to become John the Baptist.  This name was not known beforehand. 
 
Zakariah believed Allah the Highest, however he wanted to know how will it happen, while his wife is barren and he is a very old man, meaning that all the physical means were not available.  Allah the Highest reminded him that Allah the Highest does what He wills regardless of the means, and reminded Zakariah of his own creation.  Allah the Highest reminded him of the creation of Adam and also of his creation, which is like the creation of every human being.
 
Zakariah, peace upon him, asked for a further sign, and Allah the Highest told him that his sign will be, that he will be unable to speak to people, not due to suffering an ailment, for 3 days except by signaling.   This was the proof that it was going to happen.
 
Zakariah, peace upon him, went out of the inner chamber of the temple where he received the revelations, and was unable to speak to his people, while at the same  time he was full of joy and gratitude to Allah the Highest for granting his Dawa.  When he saw his people, he made as sign to them to hymn Allah’s praises by day and by night.  When the believers enjoy a bounty from Allah the Highest, they hymn Allah’s praises as Allah the Highest commanded: “WHEN ALLAH’S VICTORY AND THE OPENING COMES * AND YOU SEE PEOPLE ENTERING ALLAH’S RELIGION IN LARGE GROUPS * HYMN THE PRAISES OF YOUR LORD AND ASK FOR HIS FORGIVENESS, FOR HE IS ALWAYS FORGIVING”  (S:110  A:1-3)
 
 

Mariam 1-6
 
1-    KAF, HAE, YAE, EIN, SADE.
2-    THE MENTION OF YOUR LORDS MERCY TO HIS SLAVE ZAKARIAH.
3-    AS HE CALLED UPON HIS LORD IN PRIVATE.
4-    HE SAID: “MY LORD, MY BONES ARE NOW FRAIL, AND MY HEAD IS FULL OF GREY HAIR, BUT I NEVER SUFFERED AFTER ASKING YOU”.
5-    “BUT I FEAR FOR THOSE I WILL BE LEAVING BEHIND, AND MY WIFE IS BARREN, THEREFORE, GIVE ME A GOOD SON, FROM YOU”.
6-    “TO INHERIT ME AND INHERIT FROM THE FAMILY OF YACOB (JACOB) AND MAKE HIM ONE YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH”.
 
The first Ayah consists of five separate Arabic letters, which some of the Sorahs of the Quran start with.
 
Allah the Highest is telling us about His Mercy to his slave Zakariah, who was one of Allah’s prophets.  Allah the Highest embraced him with a special Mercy from Him. 
 
Zakariah was one of the prophets of the Children of Israel, and he was the High priest of the temple.  He did not have any children from his wife Elizabeth, until he reached old age.  His wife Elizabeth was either Mariam’s sister or ante (mother’s sister).  Zakariah was also Mariam’s (Mary) guardian in the temple, and was the only male who could visit her in the inner chamber.  Allah the Highest said: “HER LORD ACCEPTED HER GRACIOUSLY, AND BROUGHT HER UP GOOD AND PURE, AND ZAKARIAH WAS ASSIGNED FOR HER CARE (IN THE TEMPLE), WHENEVER HE ENTERED THE CHAMBER ON HER, HE FOUND SHE HAD PROVISIONS, HE SAID: “MARIAM, WHERE ARE THESE PROVISIONS FROM?”  SHE SAID: “IT IS FROM ALLAH, FOR ALLAH PROVIDES TO WHOM HE WILLS WITHOUT LIMITS” *  THEN ZAKARIAH PRAYED TO HIS LORD: “MY LORD GRANT ME FROM YOU GOOD AND PURE OFFSPRING, YOU HEAR OUR DAWA”.  (S:3  A:37-38)
 
What Zakariah saw comforted him and confirmed what he knew that Allah the Highest gives whom he wills without limit, and therefore he was encouraged to ask for a child for himself.  This is just like when Ibrahim peace upon him asked Allah the Highest to show him the dead being revived.  Allah the Highest said: “AND AS IBRAHIM SAID: “MY LORD, SHOW ME HOW DO YOU REVIVE THE DEAD”.  HE (ALLAH) SAID: “DID YOU NOT BELIEVE?” HE (IBRAHIM) SAID: “YES, BUT ONLY TO COMFORT MY HEART”.  HE SAID: “TAKE FOUR BIRDS, TAME THEM TO YOURSELF, THEN PUT A PIECE OF EACH OF THEM ON A MOUNTAIN, AND THEN CALL THEM AND THEY WILL COME TO YOU HURRYING, AND KNOW THAT ALLAH IS EXALTED IN POWER AND MOST WISE”  (S:2  A:260)
 
Zakariah peace upon him asked Allah the Highest in private.  He started by admitting his incapacity because of old age, and his wife being barren, therefore he did not have the human means to have children.  However, he asked Allah the Highest for a child after admitting his human inability. 
 
Zakariah asked for a biological child, a son, not an adopted one, this was shown in asking for a son to inherit him and inherit the prophet-hood from the family of Yacob (Jacob), this is even though the prophet’s money is not inherited, but is left for charity.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “We the prophets are not to be inherited, what we leave is a charity”.  (Bukhari & Muslim)
He also asked for a good and righteous son, whom Allah the Highest will be pleased with. 
 
Before asking Allah the Highest for a son, Zakariah stated that he never suffered after asking Allah the Highest.  He did not say that his dawa was always answered, but his suffering and hardship were relieved.
 
This is not a narration of the life of Zakariah peace upon him, but a narration of how Allah the Highest was merciful to him in his old age, and granting him the son he wished for, but did not have.  In old age and when his desire for a son was very strong, Allah the Highest pleased him, and gave him the righteous son he asked for, despite of the human inability of Zakariah and his wife Elizabeth.  This was Allah’s Mercy upon his slave and prophet Zakariah peace upon him, for Allah the Highest is always merciful to His righteous slaves, in this life and in the Hereafter. 

Kahf 110 (End of Sorah)
 
110- SAY: “I AM BUT A HUMAN BEING LIKE YOU, AND IT IS REVEALED TO ME THAT YOUR GOD IS ONE GOD ONLY, THEREFORE WHOEVER LOOKS FORWARD TO MEETING HIS LORD, LET HIM DO RIGHTEOUS DEEDS, AND NOT WORSHIP ANYONE BESIDES HIS LORD”. 
 
The Ayah starts with an assertion from Allah’s prophet and messenger of the human nature of Allah’s prophets and messengers.   Allah the Highest said in the Quran that Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “PRAISE AND GLORY TO MY LORD WHO IS BEYOND FAULTS, I AM BUT A HUMAN MESSENGER”.  (S:17  A:93)
And Allah the Highest said: “AND THE MESSENGERS WE SENT BEFORE YOU ATE FOOD AND WALKED IN THE MARKETS”.  (S:25 A:20)
And Said: “SAY: “HAD THERE BEEN ANGELS WALKING COMFORTABLY AND PEACEFULLY ON EARTH, THEN WE WOULD HAVE SENT THEM DOWN FROM THE SKY AN ANGEL FOR A MESSENGER”.  (S:17  A:95)
 
Allah the Highest commands the believers to be guided by the messengers and to take them as an example to follow.  Allah the Highest said: “YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE IN ALLAH’S MESSENGER, FOR THOSE WHO STRIVE FOR ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY AND WHO REMEMBER ALLAH A GREAT DEAL”.  (S:33  A:21)
Man follows the example of man, not of angels or Jinn, therefore the messengers Allah the Highest sent for mankind to follow were men. 
 
The believers who do good deeds are those who can expect that Allah the Highest will meet them with reward.  It is therefore that we should look forward to meeting our Lord, but we should be believers and send good deeds before us.  They are the acts of sincere worship of Allah the Highest and of living and behaving righteously with all of Allah’s slaves and His creation.  Then, we will have reason to look forward to meeting our Lord.
 
 
 
 

Kahf 109
 
109- SAY: “SHOULD THE SEA BECOME INK FOR MY LORD’S WORDS, THE SEA WILL RUN OUT BEFORE MY LORD’S WORDS RUN OUT, EVEN IF WE RESUPPLY IT WITH AS MUCH AGAIN.
 
Allah’s knowledge is infinite and without limit.  Allah’s knowledge embraces all and every, thing. 
 
Allah the Highest is making a parable here, drawing a picture of the sea, meaning all the water on Earth, as being ink for pens writing Allah’s knowledge, but then the ink runs out before Allah’s knowledge is written fully.  Then as much ink again is brought as a further supply, and it again runs out, before the writing of Allah’s knowledge is finished.
 
Allah the Highest gave us another parable in Sorah Loqman, which draws another picture showing us the magnitude of Allah’s knowledge.  Allah the Highest said: “AND IF ALL THE TREES ON EARTH ARE PENS AND THE SEA IS RESUPPLIED WITH SEVEN MORE SEA (WITH INK), ALLAH’S WORDS WILL NOT RUN OUT”.  (S:31  A:27)
 
 

Kahf 107-108
 
107- THOSE WHO BELIEVED AND DID GOOD DEEDS WILL HAVE THE GARDENS OF THE FERDAWS AS AN ABIDING PLACE.
 
108- LIVING THERE FOR ETERNITY, NEVER DESIRING TO BE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.
 
All the prophets and messengers and all the holy books sent to us, have two main aims: for people to believe in Allah the Highest, and to live righteously and do good deeds, involving both worship and in dealings with people.  Those who fulfill these two criteria, are promised a great reward, which is the garden of the Ferdaws.  This might not seem like hard work, but this is what we need to gain that great reward, and it is not easy to achieve. 
 
This garden is a very special place in Paradise.  Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “Al-Ferdaws is a plateau in Paradise, it is the best and most beautiful part”.  (T:Tafseer & A:3;290)
 
And he also said: “When you ask Allah, ask him for the Ferdaws, for it is the highest place in Paradise, and the best place of Paradise, and the rivers of Paradise burst out of it”.   (Bukhari & Muslim)
 
There, they will be shown Allah’s hospitality and generosity in a manner no one could ever dream of.  Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said that, Allah the Highest said: “I have prepared for my righteous slaves, what no eyes have seen, no ears have heard of, and no human heart ever imagined’.
 
There, they will abide forever, for eternity, where there is life and no death.  Some might think this will get boring or they would like to change the place and scenery, however, this will never happen there, there will be total happiness and contentment.  There will be no happiness or pleasure which they cannot have there.
 
 

Kahf 103-106
 
103- SAY: “SHALL I INFORM YOU WHO WILL LOSE OUT MOST BY THEIR DEEDS?”
 
104- “THEY ARE THOSE WHOSE STRIVING IN THIS LOWER LIFE HAS GONE ASTRAY, WHILE THEY CONSIDER THAT THEY ARE DOING GOOD”.
 
105- THEY ARE THOSE WHO DISBELIEVED IN ALLAH’S AYAHS AND IN MEETING HIM, THEIR DEEDS WILL BE IN VAIN, AND ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION THEY WILL BE OF NO WEIGHT.
 
106- THE RECOMPENSE OF THOSE IS THE HELL-FIRE, BECAUSE OF THEIR DISBELIEF AND BECAUSE OF TAKING MY AYAHS AND MESSENGERS IN JEST.

 
Most of us go through life with some aim, simple or great.  Most of us think that what we aim for is good and right, at least for us. 
 
However, the ultimate judge of our aims and of what we do is Allah the Highest, who judges our aims and our deeds.  We will know this judgement on the Day of Resurrection, and then we will see the recompense for what we did in life. 
 
Most of us believe that we are on the right track in life.  Religion is a way of life, therefore our choice of religion is a choice of the way to live.  Indeed, it is the most important decision we make during our lives and we should make sure that we make the right decision.
 
Allah the Highest rewards the believers and the disbelievers for their good deeds on Earth.  However, the disbelievers are rewarded in this life in full.  Allah the Highest said: “THOSE WHO DESIRE THE LOWER LIFE AND ITS ORNAMENTS, WE WILL RECOMPENSE THEM THEREIN IN FULL, AND THEY WILL NOT BE UNDERPAID THERE”.  (S:11  A:15)
 And said: “WHOEVER DESIRES THE PLEASURES OF THIS LIFE TO ENJOY SOON, WE WILL HASTEN FOR HIM WHAT WE WILL AND TO WHOM WE DESIRE, THEN WE WILL MAKE THE HELL-FIRE HIS PLACE, WHERE HE WILL BE BURNED, DESPISED AND DEFEATED”.  (S:17  A:18)
 
On the Day of Resurrection, they will find out! 

 
Kahf 100- 102
 
100- AND WE SHOWED THE HELL-FIRE TO THE DISBELIEVERS MANIFESTLY.
 
101- THOSE WHOSE EYES WERE SHIELDED FROM REMEMBERING ME AND WERE UNABLE TO HEAR.
 
102- DID THOSE WHO DISBELIEVED THINK THAT THEY WOULD TAKE MY SLAVES AS ALLIES INSTEAD OF ME, WE HAVE PREPARED THE HELL-FIRE AS A PLACE OF ABODE FOR THE DISBELIEVERS.

 
On the Day of Resurrection, the Hell-Fire will be shown to the disbelievers clearly and manifestly before they enter it.  Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “The Hell-Fire will be brought on the day of resurrection pulled by seventy thousand reins, each pulled by seventy thousand angels”.  (M:Janah & T:Jahanam)
 
This sight makes them suffer and grieve even before they enter the Hell-Fire,  as they can see where they are going.  Indeed, Allah the Highest shows it to them at the time of their death.  Allah the Highest tells us about the time of our death and what the dying person sees in Sorah Al-Waqeah, saying: “BUT IF HE WAS OF THE DISBELIEVERS WHO WENT ASTRAY * THEN (WILL SEE) HOMES OF FIRE * AND BURNING IN HELL”.  (S:56  A:92-94)
 
This is because they did not want to see, or hear, Allah’s words or guidance.  They thought that the partners they took for allies in this lower life would help them, but they will not be able to, or will wish to.  Allah the Highest said about them: “NAY, THEY WILL CERTAINLY DENY THEIR WORSHIP, AND WILL ANTAGONIZE THEM”.  (S:19  A:82)
 
For on that day, each will be to himself.  Allah the Highest said: “THEN THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED WILL DISSOCIATE THEMSELVES FROM THOSE WHO FOLLOWED THEM, AS THEY WILL SEE THE PUNISHMENT, AND THEY WILL BE CUT OFF FROM ALL”.  (S:2  A:166)
 
On the Day of Resurrection, everyone will dissociate themselves from the disbelievers, particularly after seeing what is awaiting them.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kahf 92-99
 
92- AND THEN HE WENT ON USING THE  MEANS HE HAD BEEN GIVEN.
 
93- UNTIL HE REACHED A PLACE BETWEEN THE TWO BARRIERS, PEOPLE ON THE NEAR SIDE, WHO CAN HARDLY UNDERSTAND SPEECH.
 
94- THEY SAID: “O MAN WITH TWO HORNS, YAGOG AND MAGOG CAUSE A GREAT DEAL OF DESTRUCTION AND MISCHIEF ON EARTH, IF WE PAY YOU GENEROUSLY, WILL YOU MAKE A DAM BETWEEN US AND THEM?”
 
95- HE SAID: “WHAT ALLAH HAS GIVEN ME IS BETTER, BUT HELP ME WITH POWER AND FORCE, AND I WILL MAKE A BARRIER BETWEEN YOU AND THEM”.
 
96- “BRING ME BLOCKS OF IRON”, AND WHEN IT PILED UP LEVEL WITH THE TWO PEAKS, HE SAID: “BLOW AIR INTO IT”  WHEN HE HAD MADE IT A LIGHTED UP FIRE, HE SAID: “BRING ME THE MOLTEN COPPER TO POUR OVER IT”.
 
97- THEY COULD NOT CLIMB OVER IT, AND THEY COULD NOT BREAK THROUGH IT.
 
98- HE SAID: “THIS IS A MERCY FROM MY LORD, AND WHEN MY LORD’S PROMISE COMES, HE WILL MAKE IT FLAT AND MY LORD’S PROMISE IS TRUE INDEED”.
 
99- AND WE WILL LET SOME OF THEM ON THAT DAY CRASH INTO EACH OTHER, AND THE “SOOR” WILL BE BLOWN INTO AND THEY WILL ALL BE GATHERED. 
 
 The man with the two horns went on marching with his army, until he reached a place where there were two mountains and there was a passage between them.  At the near side of the mountain, lived some people who’s speech  was very difficult to understand, and they had difficulty understanding the speech of others.  They were however able to communicate with the man with the two horns. 
 
They complained to him that there are two evil men, Yagog and Magog, who attacked them, possibly with their men, coming from the other side of the mountains,  through the passage between the two mountains.  Their attack and caused destruction, killing and mischief in their land.  They offered to pay the man with the two horns generously if he would build a dam between the two mountains to prevent Yagog and Magog from coming through and attacking them.
 
The man with the two horns told them that he did not need their money, for what Allah the Highest had given him was better than any amount of gold.  He decided to help them help themselves.  He told them that he wanted, their power and labour, then he will help them build that dam.
 
He asked them to bring him blocks of Iron to pile up in the passage between the two mountains.  When the pile became level with the peaks of the mountains, he made them light a big fire, which he used to melt large quantities of copper.  Then he made them pour the molten copper on top of the blocks of Iron, which cemented the Iron together, and made a very strong, yet smooth, and slippery surface, both sides and on top of the dam.  When Yagog and Magog arrived for their next attack, they found the dam. They could not climb over the dam, nor could they break it, and they were unable to attack, kill or destroy as they used to  before.
 
The man with the two horns helped those people. But he did not do the work for them, but helped them to help themselves and to protect themselves.  Showing them how, but making them do the work.  This is a very important principle in life, it is better to teach people how to solve their problems, than to just solve their problems for them.   This is the way they learn to solve their problems in the future.
 
Note that the man with the two horns was not proud or arrogant because of what he did, or because what he made worked and functioned as it was meant to do.  Instead he remembered Allah the Highest who endowed him with the ability and skill. This is a mercy from Allah the Highest when used for the benefit of mankind, and can be a curse when used for killing and destruction; which we see happening a great deal now.
 
He also remembered and reminded them that when the Day of Resurrection, Allah the Highest promised comes, the mountains and the dam with be flattened and leveled out; as well as all there is on Earth.  This is a true promise, from Allah the Highest, so it will certainly take place.
 
On that day, people will panicky, and will be wondering aimlessly in waves, crashing into each other.  Then when they hear the sound of the horn, “Al-Soor” blown into, they will gather together.  The Soor will be blown into by the angel Israfil. 
 
This narration tells us that knowledge and skill should be used to do good and to benefit people, for they are gifts from Allah the Highest.  Those who are endowed with such gifts should help others. But they should also teach others and help them so they can learn how to help themselves.
 
 

Kahf 89-91
 
89- AND THEN HE FOLLOWED CARRYING OUT HIS MEANS.
 
90- UNTIL HE REACHED THE SITE OF THE SUN RISE, HE FOUND IT RISING ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO SHELTER FROM IT.
 
91- INDEED, OUR KNOWLEDGE EMBRACED EVERY THING.
 
The man with the two horns continued marching eastwards, until he reached a place in the east, the direction from which the sun rises.  He reached a place where very primitive people lived.  They had no shelter from the sun, houses, huts, or even clothes to wear. 
 
There are people who live this way in the present day.  They live primitively, eat, drink, sleep, procreate,  and inhabit the Earth, perhaps causing it less damage than the so called more civilized people.  They are as much Allah’s creation and slaves.
 
Allah the Highest is telling us that there are people of various kinds, and at various phases of development, and the primitive are no less important than the more developed.  Allah the Highest sees, knows and cares for those people as much as for others who have better homes and clothes.  We are all under his care, and we are all His slaves, and we are all have worth in His eyes.  Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “Allah does not look at your shapes and figures, but looks at your hearts, piety is here, piety is here, piety is here (pointing to his heart)”.
What is under our skin, in our thoughts and hearts is what is important.
 

Kahf 86-88
 
86- WHEN HE REACHED WHERE THE SUN SETS, HE FOUND IT SETS AT A PLACE OF WATER AND SOFT MUD, AND HE FOUND PEOPLE THERE.  WE SAID: “O MAN WITH TWO HORNS, EITHER YOU PUNISH, OR YOU DEAL WITH THEM KINDLY”
 
87- HE SAID: “AS FOR HE WHO TRANSGRESSES, WE WILL PUNISH HIM, THEN HE WILL BE RETURNED TO HIS LORD TO PUNISH HIM THE MOST TERRIBLE PUNISHMENT”.
 
88- “AS FOR HE WHO BELIEVES AND DOES GOOD DEEDS, HE WILL HAVE EXCELLENT RECOMPENSE, AND WE WILL SPEAK TO HIM KINDLY”.
 
The man with two horns marched west as far as he could, and he reached a place by the sea inhabited by a group of people.  Allah the Highest gave him authority to deal with them justly.  This means that he was a believing man, and a righteous man, Allah the Highest trusted to deal with people justly.
 
He said that he will treat the transgressors, the evil doers harshly, remembering that Allah’s penalty is much harsher and more painful.  As for the believers who do good deeds, they will be treated kindly in deeds and in words.
 
This is how a just ruler should deal with his people, both the wicked and the good.  This is the basis of justice.  People should be treated according to their deeds and their worth.
 

Kahf 83-85
 
83- AND THEY ASK YOU ABOUT THE MAN WITH THE TWO HORNS, SAY: “I WILL NARRATE SOME KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIM FOR YOU”.
 
84- “WE HAVE GIVEN HIM POWER AND AUTHORITY ON EARTH, AND WE HAVE GIVEN HIM MEANS FOR ALL THINGS”.
 
85- “AND HE WENT ON AND USED THOSE MEANS”.
 
The Jews of Medina asked Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, about the man who had two horns.  It is not likely that he had two horns in his head, but probably wore a crown or a helmet with two horns. 
 
He was obviously a king who had power and authority over a large kingdom, and who travelled widely throughout the Earth.  Some say that he was Alexander the Great, but this could not have been the case, for Alexander the Great was an Idol worshipper and the man with the two horns was a believer and a pious man.
 
Allah the Highest gave the man with the two horns, means and ability, through knowledge and skill, to achieve his aims and goals.  He applied his knowledge and skills to achieve his righteous and just goals.
 
It is Allah’s policy on Earth, that goals are to be achieved by the means which Allah the Highest created for us.  We should use those means to qualify for Allah’s support and help.  
 
When the Muslims defended their faith, they had to fight the disbelievers and sacrifice their lives and property, but they did not achieve victory with that alone, but with Allah’s help and support.  When the Muslims sought to develop their nation, they learned from other nations what they had achieved in science and then built on it.
 
When Allah’s prophet Juab, peace upon him, complained to Allah the Highest about his sickness, Allah the Highest prescribed him medicine, he had to drink it and apply it to his body and wash his body with it.  Juab also had to go and find this medicine and then use it.  This medicine was the means, which Allah the Highest did not need, to cure Juab, peace upon him.  Allah the Highest said: “STRIKE (THE EARTH) WITH YOUR LEG, THIS IS COOL WATER TO BATH WITH AND TO DRINK”.  (S:38  A:42)
 
This tells us that we have to seek the means to achieve what we strive to do, to be armed with knowledge, science and power, as far as we can, before seeking Allah’s help and support.  Allah the Highest does not support the lazy and idle.
 
   

Kahf 79-82
 
79- AS FOR THE BOAT, IT BELONGED TO POOR PEOPLE WORKING AT SEA, AND I WANTED TO MAKE IT FAULTY, FOR THEY HAD TAKING EVERY BOAT BY FORCE.
 
80- AS FOR THE BOY, HIS PARENTS WERE BELIEVERS AND I FEARED THAT HE WILL CAUSE THEM GREAT HARDSHIP THROUGH TRANSGRESSION AND DISBELIEF.
 
81- AND I WISHED ALLAH TO REPLACE HIM WITH ONE WHO IS PURER AND HAS MORE MERCY.
 
82- AS FOR THE WALL, IT BELONGED TO TWO YOUNG ORPHANS, UNDERNEATH IT, THERE WAS A TREASURE BELONGING TO THEM, AND YOUR LORD WANTED THEM TO GROW UP TO FULL STRENGTH AND EXCAVATE THEIR TREASURE, THIS IS MERCY FROM YOUR LORD, AND I DID NOT DO THIS OF MY OWN WILL, THESE ARE THE REASONS FOR THE ACTIONS YOU COULD NOT TOLERATE.
 
With very good manners, Al-Khedr told Moses, peace upon him, the reasons for his action, the actions which Moses could not tolerate.
 
The boat belonged to poor people who worked  at  sea.  The king of the land sent his soldiers to take every sea worthy boat by force from its owners.  They did not know that, but Al-Khedr knew, therefore he made a hole in the boat to make it faulty, yet easy to repair after the soldiers had gone.  It was an act which seemed to be cruel at the time, but in reality it was merciful, and was done by Allah’s command.
 
As for the boy, Al-Khedr knew that he was going to cause his righteous parents a great deal of problems and heartache when he grow up.  He was ordered to kill him before the boy committed any sin, or caused difficulties to his parents.  This was merciful to both the boy and his parents.
 
As for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys, sons of a righteous father.  He died leaving them a treasure hidden under a wall, he thought they could excavate when they grew up, then make use of it.  Obviously he mistrusted the people of the town, and thought that they would steal it from the weak young boys.  Al-Khedr saw the way and knew what was underneath, and the wall was leaning and about to fall, exposing the treasure underneath.  Al-Khedr was commanded to rebuild the wall, to allow the boys time to grow up into strong young men before they found it, who would be able to protect and keep their treasure from the mean people of that town.  Allah the Highest looked after the orphan boys for the sake of their righteous father.
 
Indeed, Allah the Highest looks after the children of righteous parents in this life as well as in the Hereafter.  Allah the Highest said: “AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND THEIR OFFSPRING FOLLOWED THEM BELIEVE, WE MADE THEIR OFFSPRING JOIN THEM WITHOUT REDUCING THEIR OWN DEEDS”.  (S:52  A:21)
 
All that happened, was by direct command from Allah the Highest to Al-Khedr, they were not Al-Khedr’s own knowledge or decisions.
 
None of us should try to do the same, for none of us have the knowledge given to Al-Khedr, or given the commands, and no one should claim it.
 

Kahf 77-78
 
77- THEY MARCHED, UNTIL THEY REACHED THE PEOPLE IN A TOWN, THEY ASKED ITS PEOPLE FOR FOOD, BUT THEY DENIED THEM ANY HOSPITALITY, THEY FOUND THERE A WALL THAT IS ABOUT TO FALL, AND HE BUILT IT UP, HE (MOSES) SAID: “IF YOU WISH, YOU COULD BE PAID FOR THIS”.
 
78- HE (AL-KHEDR) SAID: “HERE IS WHERE ME AND YOU PART COMPANY, I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO BE PATIENT ABOUT”.
 
They marched until they reached a town believed to having been Aqaba.  By that time, they ran out of food, they asked the people of the town to feed them but they refused.  They refused them all kinds of hospitality, which is food, water or rest.
 
In the town, they found a wall leaning to one side and about to fall.  Al-Khedr built it up, and then Moses said to him that he could have asked for pay for his work,  particularly as they needed to each and the people in the town would not feed them and were very miserly, not deserving help from them.
 
This was the third time that Moses  asked or commented of the actions of Al-Khedr, therefore Al-Khedr told Moses that now they will have to part company.
 
Being two good people, Al-Khedr told Moses that he will tell him the reasons behind what he did.  They then can part company on good terms.

Kahf 74-76
 
74- AND THEN THEY MARCHED, UNTIL THEY MET A BOY, AND HE (AL-KHEDR) KILLED HIM, HE (MOSES) SAID: “YOU KILLED A PURE SOUL NOT FOR ANOTHER SOUL, YOU HAVE DONE A FORBIDDEN AND TERRIBLE ACT”.  (END OF THE 15TH PART OF THE QURAN)
 
75- HE (AL-KHEDR) SAID: “DID I NOT TELL YOU THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE PATIENT WITH ME?”
 
76- HE (MOSES) SAID: “IF I ASK YOU ABOUT ANYTHING AFTERWARDS, THEN DO NOT KEEP MY COMPANY;  FOR YOU HAVE GIVEN ME ENOUGH EXCUSES”.
 

As they marched along by the sea, they came across a group of boys playing, Al-Khedr caught one of them, and killed him with his own hands, and again Moses, peace upon him, expressed his dismay and disapproval of killing a body who did not do wrong.  The child’s soul is pure for he is not of the age at which they have to answer for their actions before Allah the Highest, as a child before puberty does not carry any sins.
 
Al-Khedr reminded Moses of their agreement, and Moses asked to be pardoned for asking again; realizing that he had broken the agreement twice and had been excused twice,  he does not expect to be excused again. 
 
Al-Khedr was patient and tolerant with Moses, peace upon him, he could have parted company with him on the first occasion that Moses was critical, but he did not, and as we see, he excused him and pardoned his second objection.
 
  

Kahf 71-73
 
71- AND THEN THEY MARCHED UNTIL THEY BOARDED A BOAT, HE (AL-KHEDR) MADE A HOLE IN IT, HE (MOSES) SAID: “DID YOU MAKE A HOLE IN IT TO DROWN ITS PEOPLE, YOU HAVE DONE A VERY BAD DEED”.
 
72- HE (AL-KHEDR) SAID: “DID I NOT TELL YOU THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE PATIENT WITH ME?”
 
73- HE (MOSES) SAID: “DO NOT JUDGE ME BECAUSE OF FORGETTING, AND DO NOT MAKE THINGS HARD FOR ME.
 

They marched by the sea until they found a boat and its owners were poor.  They let them ride the boat for free.  Al-Khedr tore a piece of wood of the bottom of the boat, which made it not sea worthy, but no one was injured.  Moses, peace upon him, reacted and criticized Al-Khedr for doing this, reminding him that this could have lead to people drowning.
 
Al-Khedr was very good mannered and good tempered about it, and reminded Moses of his warning, that he would find it difficult to be patient when he sore some of the things that Al-Khedr did.  Moses peace upon him, apologized and hoped not to be judged harshly or punished, and his excuse was forgetting.
 
 
 

Kahf 66-70
 
66- MOSES SAID TO HIM: “MAY I FOLLOW YOU IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY TEACH ME SOME OF THE GOOD KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT”.
 
67- HE (AL-KHEDR) SAID: “YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE PATIENT WITH ME”
 
68-  “AND HOW WILL YOU BE ABLE TO BE PATIENT CONCERNING WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW”.
 
69- HE (MOSES) SAID: “ALLAH WILLING, YOU WILL FIND ME PATIENT, AND WILL NOT DISOBEY ANY OF YOUR ORDERS”.
 
70- HE (AL-KHEDR) SAID: “SHOULD YOU FOLLOW ME, DO NOT ASK ME ABOUT ANYTHING, UNTIL I SPEAK TO YOU CONCERNING ITS REGARDS”.
 

Allah the Highest gave the Khedr special knowledge which was not given to Moses, peace upon him, just as Moses was given knowledge which was not given to Al-Khedr.  Moses wished to follow Al-Khedr to learn from him.  Al-Khedr warned him that he would not be able to understand or tolerate some of the things he would do, because he would not understand why.  Moses promised to be patient and never to disobey Al-Khedr, and Al-Khedr agreed, on the condition that Moses should not ask questions about any event, until Al-Khedr spoke to him about it of his own accord.
 
We should learn something from this.  Moses, peace upon him, was one of the 5 great messengers, Allah the Highest spoke to him, he received a Holly Book, and he also lead the nation of the Children of Israel.  Yet in this situation, Moses, peace upon him, was a student of Al-Khedr, who was a prophet (some scholars think that he was not)  Yet Moses, peace upon him, had to behave towards Al-Khedr as a student should to his teacher.  He had to ask for permission to learn from him, and promise to obey his commands.  Moses, peace upon him, knew that he should respect his teacher and accept his terms, regardless of his own general status, because he was the student and Al-Khedr the teacher.