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Al-Kahf - 18:106
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ذَلِكَ جَزَاوُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا
That shall be their recompense, Hell; because they disbelieved
Means, 'We will punish them with that because of their disbelief and because they took the signs and Messengers of Allah as a joke, mocking them and disbelieving them in the worst way.'
وَاتَّخَذُوا ايَاتِي وَرُسُلِي هُزُوًا
And took My Ayat and My Messengers for jest
Al-Kahf - 18:107
The Reward of the Righteous Believers
Allah says:
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ امَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلاً
"Verily, those who believe and do righteous deeds, shall have the Gardens of Al-Firdaws for their entertainment."
Allah tells us about His blessed servants, those who believed in Allah and His Messengers and accepted as truth what the Messengers brought.
He tells us that they will have the Gardens of Al-Firdaws (Paradise).
Abu Umamah said, "Al-Firdaws is the center of Paradise."
Qatadah said, "Al-Firdaws is a hill in Paradise, at its center, the best of it."
This was also narrated from Samurah and attributed to the Prophet,
الْفِرْدَوْسُ رَبْوَةُ الْجَنَّةِ أَوْسَطُهَا وَأَحْسَنُهَا
Al-Firdaws is a hill in Paradise, at its center, the best of it
A similar report was narrated from Qatadah from Anas bin Malik, and attributed to the Prophet.
All of the preceding reports were narrated by Ibn Jarir, may Allah have mercy on him.
The following is in the Sahih,
إِذَا سَأَلْتُمُ اللهَ الْجَنَّةَ فَاسْأَلُوهُ الْفِرْدَوْسَ فَإِنَّهُ أَعْلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَأَوْسَطُ الْجَنَّةِ وَمِنْهُ تَفَجَّرُ أَنْهَارُ الْجَنَّة
If you ask Allah for Paradise, then ask Him for Al-Firdaws, for it is the highest part of Paradise, in the middle of Paradise, and from it spring the rivers of Paradise
نُزُلاً
(entertainment)
Means offered to them as hospitality.
Al-Kahf - 18:108
خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا
Wherein they shall dwell (forever)
Means, they will stay there and never leave.
لَاا يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلاًا
No desire will they have for removal there from
Means, they will never choose or want anything else.
This Ayah tells us how much they love and desire it, even though one might imagine that a person who is to stay in one place forever would get tired and bored of it. But Allah tells us that despite this eternal stay, they will never choose to change or move from where they are.
Al-Kahf - 18:109
The Words of the Lord can never be finished
Allah says:
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي وَلَوْ جِيْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ مَدَدًا
Say:"If the sea were ink for the Words of my Lord, surely, the sea would be exhausted before the Words of my Lord would be finished, even if We brought like it for its aid."
Allah says:'Say, O Muhammad, if the water of the sea were ink for a pen to write down the words, wisdom and signs of Allah, the sea would run dry before it all could be written down.
وَلَوْ جِيْنَا بِمِثْلِهِ
Even if We brought like it
Means, another sea, then another, and so on, additional seas to be used for writing. The Words of Allah would still never run out.
As Allah says:
وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِى الاٌّرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَمٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِن بَعْدِهِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَـتُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
And if all the trees on the earth were pens and the sea (were ink), with seven seas behind it to increase it, yet the Words of Allah would not be exhausted. Verily, Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
(31:27)
Ar-Rabi' bin Anas said, "The parable of the knowledge of all of mankind, in comparison to the knowledge of Allah, is that of a drop of water in comparison to all of the oceans."
Allah revealed that:
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِّكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ قَبْلَ أَن تَنفَدَ كَلِمَاتُ رَبِّي
Say:"If the sea were ink for the Words of my Lord, surely, the sea would be exhausted before the Words of my Lord would be finished, Allah says that even if those oceans were ink for the Words of Allah, and all the trees were pens, the pens would be broken and the water of the sea would run dry, and the Words of Allah would remain, for nothing can outlast them. For no one can comprehend the greatness of Allah or praise Him as He deserves to be praised, except the One Who praises Himself.
Our Lord is as He says He is and He is beyond what we can say.
The blessings of this world, the beginning and end of it, in comparison to the blessings of the Hereafter, are like a mustard seed compared to the entire world.
Al-Kahf - 18:110
Muhammad is a Human Being and a Messenger, and the God is One
Allah says to His Messenger Muhammad,
قُلْ
Say
To these idolators who reject your message to them.
إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ
I am only a man like you
Whoever claims that I am lying, let him bring something like this that I have brought. For I did not know the Unseen, the matters of the past which you asked me about and I told you about, the story of the people of the Cave and of Dhul-Qarnayn, stories which are true -- I did not know any of this except for what Allah made known to me. And I tell you,
يُوحَى إِلَيَّ
It has been revealed to me
أَنَّمَا إِلَهُكُمْ
That your God
Who calls you to worship Him,
إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ
Is One God
With no partner or associate
فَمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو لِقَاء رَبِّهِ
So whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord
i.e., hopes for a good reward and recompense,
فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلً صَالِحًا
Let him work righteousness
Meaning, in accordance with the prescribed laws of Allah,
وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ أَحَدًا
And associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord
This is what is meant by seeking the pleasure of Allah alone with no associate or partner. These are the two basic features of acceptable deeds:their intent is for the sake of Allah alone, and are done in accordance with the way of the Messenger of Allah.
Imam Ahmad recorded that Mahmud bin Labid said that the Messenger of Allah said:
إِنَّ أَخْوَفَ مَا أَخَافَ عَلَيْكُمُ الشِّرْكُ الاَْصْغَر
"What I fear the most for you is the small Shirk."
They said:What is the small Shirk, O Messenger of Allah!"
He said,
الرِّيَاءُ
يَقُولُ اللهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِذَا جَزَىَ النَّاسَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ اذْهَبُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ كُنْتُمْ تُرَاءُونَ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَانْظُرُوا هَلْ تَجِدُونَ عِنْدَهُمْ جَزَاءً
Showing off (Ar-Riya').
Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection, when the people are rewarded or punished for their deeds, "Go to the one for whom you were showing off in the world and see if you will find any reward with him."
Imam Ahmad recorded that Abu Sa'id bin Abi Fadalah Al-Ansari, who was one of the Companions, said:
"I heard the Messenger of Allah say,
إِذَا جَمَعَ اللهُ الاَْوَّلِينَ وَالاْخِرِينَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لِيَوْمٍ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ نَادَى مُنَادٍ مَنْ كَانَ أَشْرَكَ فِي عَمَلٍ عَمِلَهُ للهِ أَحَدًا فَلْيَطْلُبْ ثَوَابَهُ مِنْ عِنْدِ غَيْرِ اللهِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ أَغْنَى الشُّرَكَاءِ عَنِ الشِّرْك
Allah will gather the first and the last on the Day of Resurrection, the Day concerning which there is no doubt. A voice will call out, "Whoever used to associate anyone with Allah in the deeds which he did, let him seek his reward from someone other than Allah, for Allah is the least in need of any partner or associate."
It was also recorded by At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.
This is the end of the Tafsir of Surah Al-Kahf. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all that exists.
