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Al-Kahf - 18:37
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The Response of the Poor Believer
Allah tells:
قَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُ
His companion said to him during his discussion
Allah tells us how the rich man's believing companion replied to him, warning and rebuking him for his disbelief in Allah and allowing himself to be deceived.
أَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ
Do you disbelieve in Him Who created you out of dust
This is a denunciation, pointing out the seriousness of his rejection of his Lord Who created and formed man out of dust, that is, referring to Adam.
ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّاكَ رَجُلً
Then out of Nutfah, then fashioned you into a man!"
Then made his offspring from despised liquid, as Allah says:
كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَتًا فَأَحْيَـكُمْ
How can you disbelieve in Allah Seeing that you were dead and He gave you life.
(2:28)
Meaning, how can you reject your Lord and His clear signs to you, which every one recognizes in himself, for there is no one among His creatures who does not know that he was nothing, then he came to be, and his existence is not due to himself or any other creature. He knows that his existence is due to his Creator, beside Whom there is no other god, the Creator of all things.
Al-Kahf - 18:38
So the believer said
لَّكِنَّا هُوَ اللَّهُ رَبِّي
But as for my part, (I believe) that He is Allah, my Lord
Meaning, 'I do not say what you say; rather I acknowledge the Oneness and Lordship of Allah,'
وَلَا أُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّي أَحَدًا
And none shall I associate as partner with my Lord
Meaning, He is Allah, the One Who is to be worshipped Alone, with no partner or associate.
Al-Kahf - 18:39
Then he said:
وَلَوْلَا إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَاء اللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ إِن تُرَنِ أَنَا أَقَلَّ مِنكَ مَالاً وَوَلَدًا
It was better for you to say, when you entered your garden, `That which Allah wills! There is no power but with Allah!' If you see me less than you in wealth, and children.
Here he was urging and encouraging him to say that, as if he was saying, "When you entered your garden and looked at it and liked it, why wouldn't you praise Allah for the blessings He gave you and the wealth and children that He has given to you and not to others! Why did you not say `That which Allah wills! There is no power but with Allah!"'
One of the Salaf said, "Whoever is delighted with something in his circumstances or his wealth or his children, let him say, `That which Allah wills! There is no power but with Allah!"'
This is based on this Ayah.
It was reported in the Sahih from Abu Musa that the Messenger of Allah said:
أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ
Shall I not tell you about some of the treasure of Paradise?
لَاا حَوْلَ وَلَاا قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِالله
There is no power or might but with Allah
Al-Kahf - 18:40
فَعَسَى رَبِّي أَن يُوْتِيَنِ خَيْرًا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ
It may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, (in the Hereafter)
وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا
And will send on it
on your garden in this world, which you think will never come to an end or cease to be,
حُسْبَانًا مِّنَ السَّمَاء
Husban from the sky
Ibn Abbas, Ad-Dahhak and Qatadah said, and Malik narrated that Az-Zuhri said, a punishment from heaven.
The apparent meaning is that it is a mighty rain which would disrupt his garden and uproot its plants and trees.
As he said:
فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيدًا زَلَقًا
Then it will be as a barren slippery earth
Meaning, smooth mud in which one cannot get a foothold.
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