Surah Ta-Ha

(Moses) said: My Lord! relieve my mind And ease my task for me; And loose a knot from my
)tongue, That they may understand my saying. (20:25-28

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18:23-26

And never say of anything, "I shall do such and

)such thing tomorrow." (23
Except (with the saying), "If Allh will!" And
remember your Lord when you forget and say: "It
may be that my Lord guides me unto a nearer
)way of truth than this." (24
And they stayed in their Cave three hundred
)years, and adding nine. (25
Say: "Allh knows best how long they stayed.
With Him is (the knowledge of) the unseen of the
heavens and the earth. How clearly He sees, and
hears. They have no Wal (Helper, Disposer of
affairs, Protector) other than Him, and He makes
)none to share in His Decision and His Rule." (26

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18:23.

tomorrow that

Will do

Indeed I

Of anything

And do not say

18:24...

You forget when Your Lord And

remember

Allah

wills

If

Except

Relevant things

18:9-26

Irrelevant things

1. There are many more wonders, among the signs of

Allah .

2. Dua of People of the Cave.

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Location
of the
Cave.

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Number
of
people.

3. Its a TRUE historic event!

4. Taking risks for the sake of Allah, increases us in His
Guidance & puts firmness and Sukoon in our hearts.
5. Inventing lies against Allah is the worst crime.
6. Allah made them withdraw from the
Disbelievers/Mushrik.
7. Better for the Believers to NOT mingle with the
disbelievers, or its possible to deviate and never be
successful.

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8. Dog was at the threshold not inside the Cave and got
a mention in Quran: benefits of good companions.
9. No doubt about the Hour& Resurrection
10. Not OK to build on Graves.
11. Importance of Halal Rizq.

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18:23-26

It was recorded in the Two Sahihs that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of
Allah said:
Sulaiman bin Dawud (once) said: I will go round in the night to my ninety wives,
and every one of them will give birth to a child (who will grow up) as a horseman
and fight in the cause of Allah.
His companions (angels) said to him: Say" Insha' Allah." but he did not say Insha
Allah. He forgot. He went round all of them but none of them became pregnant
but one, and she gave birth to a premature child.
And by Him in Whose hand is the life of Muhammad, if he had said, Insha' Allah
his wives would have given birth to the children who would all have grown up
into horsemen and fought in the way of Allah.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Zinad with the same chain
of transmitters with a variation of (these words):
Every one of them giving birth to a child, who would have fought in the cause of
Allah.
Muslim

18:23-26

(And remember your Lord when you forget) in this way.

It was said that this means, if you forget to say "If Allah
wills", then say it when you remember. This was the view
of Abu Al-`Aliyah and Al-Hasan Al-Basri. Hushaym
reported from Al-A`mash from Mujahid that concerning a
man who swears an oath, Ibn `Abbas said "He may say `If
Allah wills' even if it is a year later.''
Ibn Kathir

And recite what has been revealed to you (O

Muhammad SAW) of the Book (the Qur'n) of
your Lord (i.e. recite it, understand and follow its
teachings and act on its orders and preach it to
men). None can change His Words, and none will
you find as a refuge other than Him. (27)
And keep yourself (O Muhammad SAW)
patiently with those who call on their Lord (i.e.
your companions who remember their Lord with
glorification, praising in prayers, and other
righteous deeds) morning and afternoon, seeking
His Face, and let not your eyes overlook them,
desiring the pomp and glitter of the life of the
world; and obey not him whose heart We have
made heedless of Our Remembrance, and who
follows his own lusts and whose affair (deeds)
has been lost. (28)

18:27-28

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A refuge

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Besides Him

Never will
you find

and

None can
change

His words

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whom

And do
not obey

In excess

Of
Of
the
the
World life

His
affair

adornment

Your
eyes

desiring Over
them

&
& His
Our
is desires follows remembrance

of

And let not

overlook

We have
His
heart made
heedless

Surah Al-Maeda

)Similar Ayahs to (18:27

O Messenger (SAW)! Proclaim (the Message) which has been sent down to you from your
Lord. And if you do not, then you have not conveyed His Message. Allh will protect you from
)mankind. Verily, Allh guides not the people who disbelieve. (5:67

Surah Al-Qasas

Verily, He Who has given you the Qur'an (i.e. ordered you to act on its laws and to preach it
to others) will surely bring you back to the Ma'd (place of return).
Say: "My Lord is Aware of him who brings guidance, and of him who is in manifest error.
)(28:85

18:28

Imam Muslim recorded in his Sahih that Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas who
said:
"There was a group of six of us with the Prophet .
The idolators said, `Tell these people to leave so they will not offend
us.'
There was myself, Ibn Mas`ud, a man from Hudayl, Bilal and two
other men whose names I have forgotten.
Allah's Messenger thought to himself about whatever Allah willed
he should think about, then Allah revealed:
(And turn not away those who invoke their Lord, morning and
afternoon.)

Surah Ta-Ha
Similar Ayahs to (18:28)
Surah Ta-Ha

And strain not your eyes in longing for the things We have given for enjoyment to various
groups of them (polytheists and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allh), the splendour of the
life of this world that We may test them thereby. But the provision (good reward in the
Hereafter) of your Lord is better and more lasting. (20:131)

Ibn `Abbas said, this means

Do not favor others over them, meaning do not seek the people of status &
wealth instead of them (people who remember & obey Allah)
Those who are distracted by this world from being committed to the religion and
from worshipping their Lord.
His actions and deeds are a foolish waste of time. Do NOT obey him or admire
his way or envy what he has.
Ibn Kathir

18:29

And say: "The truth is from your Lord." Then

whosoever wills, let him believe, and
whosoever wills, let him disbelieve. Verily,
We have prepared for the Zlimn
(polytheists and wrong-doers), a Fire whose
walls will be surrounding them. And if they
ask for help (relief, water) they will be
granted water like boiling oil, that will scald
their faces. Terrible is the drink, and an evil
)Murtafaq (dwelling, resting place)! (29

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29...

Let him
disbelieve

wills

And
whoever

Let him
believe

wills

So
whoever

Your
Lord

Is
from

The Truth
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Is the resting
place

And evil

Wretched is the drink

The
faces

Surah Al-Ghashiya

Similar Ayahs to (18:29)

They will be given to drink from a
boiling spring, (88:5)

Surah Ar-Rahman

They will go between it
(Hell) and the fierce boiling
water! (55:44)

Surah Muhammad

(Are these) like those who shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given, to drink, boiling
water, so that it cuts up their bowels? (47:15)

18:29

(And if they ask for drink, they will be granted water like Al-Muhl, that will scald their faces.)

Ibn `Abbas said; "Al-Muhl is thick water which is similar to the sediment in oil.''
Mujahid said, "It is like blood and pus.''

Ikrimah said, "It is the thing that is heated to the ultimate temperature.''
Others said: "It is everything that is melted.''
Qatadah said, "Ibn Mas`ud melted some gold in a grove, and when it became liquid
and foam rose to the top, he said, this is the thing that is most like Al-Muhl.''
Ad-Dahhak said: "The water of Hell is black, and it itself is black and its people are
black.''
There is nothing contradictory in these comments, for Al-Muhl includes all of these
unpleasant characteristics, it is black, evil-smelling, thick and hot, as Allah said,

(Terrible is the drink,) meaning, how awful this drink is

18:30-31

Verily As for those who believed and did

righteous deeds, certainly We shall not make to
be lost the reward of anyone who does his
(righteous) deeds in the most perfect manner.
)(30

These! For them will be 'Adn (Eden) Paradise

(everlasting Gardens); wherein rivers flow
underneath them, therein they will be adorned
with bracelets of gold, and they will wear green
garments of fine and thick silk. They will recline
therein on raised thrones. How good is the
reward, and what an excellent Murtafaq
)(dwelling, resting place)! (31

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And did

deeds Does
good

Of
one
who

believed

reward Will not let

go waste

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Indeed

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deeds

Superiority of Belief in Islamic Monotheism over other Deeds

Surah Al-Baqara (2:25, 82, 277)

And give glad tidings to those who believe and do righteous
good deeds,
And those who believe and do righteous good deeds,
Truly those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness

17:30-31

Surah Al-E-Imran (3:57)

And as for those who believe (in the Oneness of Allh) and
do righteous good deeds Allh will pay them their reward
in full

Surah An-Nisa(4:57, 122)

But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We
shall admit them to Gardens
But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We
shall admit them to Gardens

Surah Al-Maeda (5:9)

Allh has promised those who believe (in the Oneness of
Allh - Islmic Monotheism) and do deeds of righteousness
Surah Al-Anaam (6:82)
It is those who believe (in the Oneness of Allh and
worship none but Him Alone) and confuse not their belief
with Zulm

Superiority of Belief in Islamic Monotheism over other Deeds

Surah Al-Anaam (6:48)

So whosoever believes and does righteous good deeds, upon
such shall come no fear, nor shall they grieve.
Surah Al-Araf (7:42)
But those who believed, and worked righteousness

17:30-31

Surah Al-Tawba (9:20)

Those who believed and emigrated and strove hard and fought
in Allh's Cause

Surah Yunus (10:9)

Verily, those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, their
Lord will guide them

Surah Al-Rad (13:29)

Those who believed and work righteousness, Tb is for them

Surah Ibrahim (14:23)

And those who believed and did righteous deeds, will be made
to enter Gardens
Surah Maryam (19:60)
Except those who repent and believe and work righteousness

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18:23.

tomorrow that

Will do

Indeed I

Of anything

And do not say

18:24...

You forget when Your Lord And

remember

Allah

wills

If

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deeds Does
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Allah knows best