Sets of Twos in Surah alKahf

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الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ الْكِتَابَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُ عِوَجًا

[Al-Quran 18 (Surah al-Kahf) ayat #1]

Allah is the only deity, the only one worthy of worship! He has revealed the scripture to His slave. Every one is His slave. He is the Lord, the Sustainer. He is not the father, and he has no son. There is no sharing of His Divinity!

Several sets of twos are compared and contrasted throughout the surah:

• Q18:1 [The One Who sent The Divine Writ (الْكِتَابَ) || to His slave]
• Q18:2 [warning || glad tidings]
• Q18:3-4 [believers || those who say Allah has taken a son] 
• Q18:5 [sons || their fathers] 
• Q18:7-8 [earth ornamental || earth barren mound]
• Q18:9 [ashab-al-Kahf || ar-Raqeem] 
• Q18:11 [sealed their ears (each person has two ears)] 
• Q18:12 [the two parties (which of them could best calculate time)] 
• Q18:13 [فِتْيَةٌ implies: (slaves || master, or servants || lord, or sons || father)]
• Q18:13 [belief || increase in guidance] 
• Q18:14 [skies || earth ; Lord of the skies & earth || no other deity]
• Q18:15 [monotheists || polytheists]
• Q18:16 [them || that which they worship]
• Q18:17 [Sun moving away: (inclining right || inclining left)]
• Q18:17 [Allah (guides || leaves astray)]
• Q18:18 [awake || asleep; turned right || turned left; them || their dog; flee || terror]
• Q18:19 [question || answers; send one of us || don't let anyone of them know]
• Q18:20 [stone you || return you to their religion, so you never succeed]
• Q18:21 [The Promise of Allah is True || no doubt about The Hour (السَّاعَةَ) ]
• Q18:21 [Allah || graves as places of prostration]
• Q18:22 [they don't know || Allah knows; do not (ask || argue with) them]
• Q18:23-24 [I will || I will if Allah Wills]
• Q18:25 [calculating time (300 solar years || 309 lunar years)]
• Q18:26 [Allah knows (how long they stayed || the hidden); earth || skies]
• Q18:26 [His (Vision || Hearing)]
• Q18:26 [His Protection || His Legislation]
• Q18:26 [no protection other than His || no sharer in His Legislation]
• Q18:27 [recite what has been revealed (to you || from the كِتَابِ of your Lord)]
• Q18:27 [no changing His Words || no refuge other than with Him]
• Q18:28 [those who call upon their Lord || hearts made heedless of our remembrance]
• Q18:28 [seeking (patiently the face of The Lord || ornaments of worldly life & desires)]
• Q18:29 [free will to (believe || reject)]
• Q18:29 [for the unjust (walls of fire || water like murky oil)]
• Q18:30 [reward awaits those who (believe || do deeds of reform)]
• Q18:31 [gardens of perpetual residence || flowing water beneath them]
• Q18:31 [bracelets of gold || garments of (green silk || brocade)]
• Q18:31 [(reclining || raised) thrones]
• Q18:31 [excellent reward || good resting place]
• Q18:32 [two men || two gardens (each containing grapevines, surrounded by palm trees)]
• Q18:32 [grapevines || palm trees]
• Q18:32 [orchards || field of crops]
• Q18:33 [fully blossoms || does not fail]
• Q18:33 [two gardens || one river]
• Q18:34 [richer || poorer]
• Q18:34 [wealth || manpower]
• Q18:35 [nafs (internal property) || rich (external property)]
• Q18:35 [injustice to the nafs || assuming this garden will never perish]
• Q18:36 [Last Hour || Meeting with The Lord]
• Q18:36 [Recompense won't happen || if it occurs, then I will get better Garden in return]
• Q18:37 [Resurrection || Stages of This Creation (dust -> semen -> man)]
• Q18:37 [Rejecting Faith || Proof Present Existence]
• Q18:38 [Allah is my Lord || I will never associate anyone with my Lord]
• Q18:38 [Monotheism || Father-son; trinity; polytheism]
• Q18:39 [Allah (Only True Power) || wealth & sons (illusions of power)]
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