Suwratu al-Kahf – The Verse 3

Authored By: Mg. Er. Shoaib Mohammed

4-Jan-2015 (Sun), 13-‘Rabi al-Awwal’-1436 (Yaum al-Aḥad)

Kolkata, Bengal, India

The Verse 3

مَّاكِثِينَ فِيهِ أَبَدًاo

Maakiseena feehi abadaa.

[Quran, Suwrah Kahf 18:3]

Literal Translation: (They will) abide in it forever. Continue reading

Suwratu al-Kahf – The Verse 2 (and the prophecy of Armageddon!)

Authored By: Mg. Er. Shoaib Mohammed

3-Jan-2015 (Sat), 12-‘Rabi al-Awwal’-1436 (Yaum as-Sabt)

Kolkata, Bengal, India

The Verse 2

قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًاo

Qaiyimal liyunzira baasan shadeedam mil ladunhu wa yubashshiral mu’mineenal lazeena ya’maloonas saalihaati anna lahum ajran hasanaa.

[Quran, Suwrah Kahf 18:2]

Literal Translation: Straight, to warn (of) a punishment severe, from near Him, and give glad tidings (to) the believers, those who do righteous deeds, that for them (is) a good reward. Continue reading

Suwratu al-Kahf – The Verse 1

Authored By: Mg. Er. Shoaib Mohammed

2-Jan-2015 (Fri), 11-‘Rabi al-Awwal’-1436 (Yaum al-Jumu‘ah)

Kolkata, Bengal, India

أعوذُ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِo

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بِسْمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِo

A`ūdhu billāhi min ash-shaitāni r-rajīmi.

B-ismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficient, the Most Merciful.

The Verse 1

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ الْكِتَابَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُ عِوَجًاo

Alhamdu lillahi allathee anzala AAala AAabdihi alkitaba walam yajAAal lahu AAiwajan.

[Quran, Suwrah Kahf 18:1]

Literal Translation: All Praise (is) for Allah the One Who (has) revealed to His slave the Book, and not (has) made in it any crookedness. Continue reading

Suwratu al-Kahf – The Analysis of Suwrah Kahf – Introduction

Authored By: Mg. Er. Shoaib Mohammed

1-Jan-2015 (Thu), 10-‘Rabi al-Awwal’-1436 (Yaum al-Khamīs)

Kolkata, Bengal, India

The Analysis of Suwrah Kahf – Introduction

The analysis of the Verses of Suwrah Kahf necessitates a pre-requisite discussion on an intellectual paradox. Continue reading

Suwratu al-Kahf – Asbab al-Nuzuwl of Suwrah Kahf (The Contexts and Occasions/Circumstances of the Revelation of the Qur’an for Suwrah Kahf)

Authored By: Mg. Er. Shoaib Mohammed

28-Nov-2014 (Fri), 6-‘Safar’-1436 (Yaum al-Jumu‘ah)

Kolkata, Bengal, India

The Historical Background to the Revelation of Suwrah al-Kahf

The understanding of Suwrah Kahf necessitates an understanding of the context and occasions/circumstances of the revelation of the Quran for Suwrah Kahf (Asbab al-Nuzuwl of Suwrah Kahf), i.e. the historical background to the revelation of Suwrah Kahf. Continue reading

Suwratu al-Kahf – The Suwrah and the Sunnah

Authored By: Mg. Er. Shoaib Mohammed

21-Nov-2014 (Fri), 28-‘Muharram’-1436 (Yaum al-Jumu‘ah)

Kolkata, Bengal, India

The Suwrah and the Sunnah

In several of the Hadiyth texts it is recommended to read Suwrah Kahf on Jumu’ah in its entirety. This statement is not in contradiction to the (other apparently anomalous) Hadiyth texts in which it is suggested to read the 1st 10 verses, or the last 10 verses, or the opening verses, or the 1st 3 verses of Suwrah Kahf. Continue reading

Suwratu al-Kahf – Does Suwrah Kahf have a pair or twin?

Authored By: Mg. Er. Shoaib Mohammed

3-Nov-2014 (Mon), 10-‘Muharram’-1436 (Yaum al-Ithnayn)

Kolkata, Bengal, India

Does Suwrah Kahf have a twin? Yes. What is it? It is Suwrah Isra. Continue reading

Suwratu al-Kahf – Is Reading Suwrah Kahf sufficient?

Authored By: Mg. Er. Shoaib Mohammed

2-Nov-2014 (Sun), 9-‘Muharram’-1436 (Yaum al-Aḥad)

Kolkata, Bengal, India

Is Reading Suwrah Kahf sufficient? No! Continue reading

Suwratu al-Kahf – The key to understanding the reality of the modern age

Authored By: Mg. Er. Shoaib Mohammed

1-Nov-2014 (Sat), 8-‘Muharram’-1436 (Yaum as-Sabt)

Kolkata, Bengal, India

Suwrah Kahf is the key to understanding the reality of the modern age

The Prophet (s) said,

Read – Suwratu al-Kahfi. This act will protect you from the fitnah of the Dajjal.

[Hadiyth] Continue reading

Suwratu al-Kahf – Islamic Spirituality and Suwrah Kahf

Authored By: Mg. Er. Shoaib Mohammed

31-Oct-2014 (Fri), 7-‘Muharram’-1436 (Yaum al-Jumu‘ah)

Kolkata, Bengal, India

Islamic Spirituality and Suwrah Kahf

Suwrah Kahf is the most important Suwrah of Akhiruzzaman. The reading of Suwrah Kahf protects us from the greatest Fitnah – the Fitnah of the Dajjal.

To understand how it does so, we need to understand the link between Islamic Spirituality and Suwrah Kahf. Continue reading