![]() When the youth spoke ‘ your Lord will extend., will provide…’ they were so firmly relying upon their Lord that they were sure that this is going to happen! The Surah further narrates that it did happen! Subhanallah! Lesson: Trust and make du’aa. Your Lord will extend His mercy to you and will provide for you the means for the disposal of your affairs.” (18: 16) ‘Your Lord will extend His mercy to you and will provide for you the means for the disposal of your affairs’. “And now that you have dissociated yourselves from them and from whatever they worship beside Allah, go and seek refuge in the Cave. After they made the du’aa seeking Allah’s Mercy and Aid, they were so confident that one of them said: ![]() As we proceed with the recitation, we notice the confidence level of these Muslim Youth. “When those youth sought refuge in the Cave and said: “Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Yourself and provide for us rectitude in our affairs.” (18: 10) Lesson: Without Mercy and Grace from Allah, a person or a group of believers cannot be safe from people’s mischief! With Rahmah, things become easy in the world for the believers to achieve. Allah introduces the significance of Grace and Mercy through the du’aa of those dedicated Muslim Youth who sought refuge in the Cave. “Rahmah” which means ‘Mercy, Grace’ comes six times in Surah al Kahf “Ruhma”, a derivative of the root r-h-m, which means ‘mercy, kindness, compassion’ is used once in this Surah. This word comes from the root ر ح م r-h-m, which means, according to the popular Dictionary of Qur’anic Usage, ‘womb, blood relatives mercy, kindness, compassion, pity, sympathy, to show mercy, to show compassion, to let off, to be kind, forgiveness, bounty, good fortune, blessing. Let us firstly understand the word Rahmah. Above all, May Allah give us the much needed guidance, help and assistance in following the teachings of the Qur’an and Sunnah in our life. May Allah help us all in reading and understanding His Book in a better way. A thought came to my mind that Rahmah could even be the theme of this Surah. ![]() Then i paused for a while and thought may be this is yet another miracle of this Surah. As i was proceeding, i got slow in recitation because my mind was wonder struck at the word ‘Rahmah’ being frequently used in this Surah. While reading a thought came to my mind about Rahmah – grace, compassion and mercy. “Rahmah” in Surah al Kahf Last Friday, I was reading Surah al Kahf as usual.
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