The Surah derives its name from Ibrahim, the father of all prophets who came after him. There are 52 ayat in this Surah.click the button above to listen to the recitation of these Quranic verses againThe basic theme of the Surah is Allah’s guidance through His prophets. The purpose of this guidance is to take the people from darkness to light. Many people in the past had doubts about their prophets.They laughed at them and they threatened to kill them or expel them from their towns. However, the lasting word is the “good word.” The Surah also mentions Prophet Ibrahim’s prayer when he established the city of Makkah.Sections: The purpose of the Qur’an is to lead humankind to light. Prophets and their people. Non-believers threatened the Prophets, but Allah’s promise to the Prophets. Satan misleads the disbelievers in this world, but in the hereafter he would leave them in the lurch. The ingratitude of people Prophet Ibrahim’s prayer for Makkah, for its people and for his own children Allah is aware of what the wrongdoers are doing, their respite and end.
Al-Kahf (Arabic: الكهف, al-kahf; meaning: The Cave) is the 18th chapter (sūrah) of the Quran with 110 verses (āyāt).click the button above to listen to the recitation of these Quranic verses againThere is a hadith in Sahih Muslim that states that Muhammad said (Concerning The False Messiah, Al-Masih ad-Dajjal): “He who amongst you would survive to see him should recite over him the opening verses of Sura Kahf” — Sahih Muslim, Book 41, Number 7015This Surah was sent down in answer to three questions which the polytheists of Makkah in consultation with the People of the Book (the Jews and the Christians) put to the Prophet. These were: Who were ‘The Sleepers of the Cave?’ What is the real story of Khidr? What do you know about Dhul-Qarnain? These three questions and their stories related to the history of the Christians and the Jews and were unknown in the Arabian Peninsula (Hijaz), so they were being used to test the divine knowledge revealed to the Prophet. However, God informed the Prophet of the complete answer to these questions and also employed the stories in the conflict between Islam and unbelief. The questioners were told that the ‘Sleepers of the Cave’ believed in the same doctrine of Monotheism (Tawhid) which was being put forward in the Qur’an and that their condition was similar to that of the persecuted Muslims of Makkah. Also, the persecutors of the Sleepers of the Cave behaved in the same way as the disbelievers of Quraysh towards the Muslims. This particular story was a warning to the chiefs of Makkah, who were persecuting the small newly formed Muslim community. Additionally, the Prophet was instructed not to compromise with the persecutors nor consider the chiefs to be more important than his own followers. Likewise, the chiefs too were admonished and informed not to be distracted by the temporary life of this world but seek the eternal life of the hereafter.
