Translation, Commentary & Explanation of Chapter 18 Al-Kahfi.
So the 2 delegates returned to the unbelievers Quraisy people and said,"We return to you with matters between you and Muhammad."
Then the Quraisy went to meet Prophet Muhammad and asked him the 3 questions.
Prophet Muhammad replied,
"I will tell you the answer tomorrow." without saying, if GOD wills.
Then they went away and Prophet Muhammad was silent for 15 days waiting for revelation from GOD for the answers, but, the angel Gabriel did not come down with the revelation and answer from GOD. There were commotions among the Meccan people.
Meanwhile, Prophet Muhammad was in a sad and difficult situation because the revelation has stopped coming to him with the answers.
Then, the angel Gabriel came with the revelation of this Chapter 18 of the Quran.
In these verses are the answers to the 3 questions regarding the history of the 7 youths who went for seclusion in the Cave and the man who conquered the Far West and Far East.
However, the verse for the answer about the spirit was categorised as a verse in
Chapter 17 - Al Isra' Verse 85.
"They asked you about the spirit. Tell them that the spirit come from my Lord and you will not understand its nature as you have been granted very little knowledge."
*Note
[Both Muhammad Asad and Abdullah Yusuf Ali were of the opinion that, by the spirit, it was meant to be the nature of the revelations that were brought down by angel Gabriel, and not meant to be the soul, as it was generally understood, by other commentators.]
Translation, Commentary & Explanation of Chapter 18 Al-Kahfi.
{page 2 of the above continuation}
Ibnu Murdawaih brought forward a hadis from Ibnu Abbas, a companion of Prophet Muhammad, who narrated, that, one day there was a meeting of the unbelieving Quraisy people.
Among them were Atabah ibnu Rabi'ah, Syaibah ibnu Rabi'ah, Abu Jahal ibnu Hisyam, An Nadhr ibnu Harits, Umayyah ibnu Khalaf, Al Ashi ibnu Wa'il, Al Aswad ibnu Abdul Muthalib and Abu Buhturi.
Seeing that, Prophet Muhammad was very heavily saddened by their rejection of his call. Thus GOD reveal to him the following verseof the Quran,
"So perhaps you will destroy and kill yourself, in grief, after they turn away from you and do not believe in the explanation of the Quran, because you are sad, as you really wanted them to believe."
[CHAPTER 18 - AL-KAHFI Verse 6]
GOD is giving us some kind of counselling on how to live in this world. All that GOD wants from us is to convet the message, but we do not have to ensure that people will listen and follow our mission.
Accepting the message of GOD is purely with the will of GOD himself. HE will choose who among mankind will believe and follow.
Of course GOD can change what HE has decided on. HE has HIS wishes. HE can make us go to Heaven, if we really work very hard for it, even after HE has decided that we go to Hell.
HE is the MOST POWERFUL GOD. HE does what HE likes. You and I cannot question HIM.
Our duty is live this life a good way. The rest is all in the hands of GOD.
Do not be depressed of what happen in this world.
Do not be angry with what other people do, but be mindful about what we do.
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