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1 الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ الْكِتَابَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُ عِوَجًا ۜ [All] praise is [due] to Allah, who has sent down upon His Servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance. |
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2 قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا [He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward |
Surah al-Kahf begins with the statement that there is no عِوَجًا in it, generally translated as no crookedness, and no deviance, as in the translation quoted above. This means that this message is perfect, and we need to focus on that which is mentioned in it.
Surah al-Kahf narrates a series of stories. It mentions the names of a few person (proper nouns), while others are referred to with common nouns, pronouns, and with reference to something. There must be a reason why some are mentioned by name, while others are left unnamed. I suppose we need to focus on the lessons in their story, and not on the person of the unnamed character.
The following lists the few names mentioned, and then the list of all people mentioned across the Surah.
Names mentioned in Surah al-Kahf
Q18:1 Allah
Q18:4 Allah
Q18:15 Allah
Q18:16 Allah
Q18:17 Allah
Q18:21 Allah
Q18:24 Allah
Q18:26 Allah
Q18:38 Allah
Q18:39 Allah
Q18:39 Allah
Q18:43 Allah
Q18:44 Allah
Q18:45 Allah
Q18:50 Adam
Q18:50 Iblis
Q18:60 Moses
Q18:66 Moses
Q18:69 Allah
Q18:94 Yajuj Majooj
People mentioned in Surah al-Kahf
The following is a list of the people mentioned in the Surah:
Q18:1 Allah, The One who sent the Book
Q18:1 His servant to whom the Book was sent
Q18:2 warning of great violence from near Him
Q18:2 good news for the Believers
Q18:4 warning to those who say that Allah has taken a son
Q18:5 those mentioned in Q18:4 and their forefathers
Q18:6 perhaps you will worry? your Nafs to death over them
Q18:7 We have made whatever is on Earth an adornment to test …
Q18:8 and We are going to make it barren
Q18:9 the companions of the cave
Q18:10 they were young men
Q18:10 their prayer: ‘our Lord, give us from near you mercy, and …
Q18:11 We sealed
Q18:11 their ears
Q18:12 We raised
Q18:12 raised them
Q18:12 which party calculates/counts better
Q18:13 We relate
Q18:13 to you
Q18:13 they were young men who believed in their Lord
Q18:13 and We increased them in guidance
Q18:14 We strengthened their hearts when they stood and said:
Q18:14 ‘our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the Earth
Q18:14 ‘we will not call upon any other god
Q18:15 our nation has taken other gods
Q18:15 who is more wrong than he who invents against Allah a lie
Q18:16 when you separate yourselves
Q18:16 from them and who they worship except Allah
Q18:16 your Lord will spread His Mercy upon you
Q18:16 prepare for you a pillow in your plight
Q18:17 you would have seen the sun
Q18:17 when rising, moving to their right
Q18:17 and when setting, moving to their north / left
Q18:17 they were in the open space in the middle
Q18:17 that is from the signs of Allah
Q18:17 whom Allah guides, he is guided
Q18:17 whom Allah lets go astray, you will never find for him any rightly guiding friend
Q18:18 you would have thought that they are awake while they were asleep
Q18:18 We were turning them to the right and the left
Q18:18 their dog, spreading out his fore paws
Q18:18 if you had peeped/ rose in on them
Q18:18 you would have turned and run away (escaped)
Q18:18 you would have been awesomely frightened of them
Q18:19 and like that We rose them
Q18:19 so they would question among themselves
Q18:19 said one of them
Q18:19 how long have you tarried here
Q18:19 they said: we have tarried a day or part of a day
Q18:19 your Lord knows best how long you tarried
Q18:19 raise one of you to go with his leaf to the city
Q18:19 so he sees what is more-growing to eat food
Q18:19 so he brings rizq from it for you
Q18:19 and be cautious/subtle,
Q18:19 and not let anyone know about you
Q18:20 if they are cone upon you
Q18:20 they will stone you
Q18:20 or they will make you return to their way of life, and then you will never prosper
Q18:21 and like that We made known upon them
Q18:21 so that they would know that Allah’s promise is true, and there is no doubt about the Hour
Q18:21 those who argued among themselves in their matter
Q18:21 said let’s build a building
Q18:21 their Lord knows better about them
Q18:21 those who prevailed in their matter
Q18:21 we will definitely take upon them a place of prostration
Q18:22 soon, (some of them) they will say: three, and fourth the dog,
Q18:22 and (some of them) they will say: five, and sixth the dog, aiming to guess with the hidden
Q18:22 and (some of them) they will say: seven, and eighth the dog
Q18:22 say: my Lord knows better their number
Q18:22 and they don’t know except a little
Q18:22 you don’t argue with them except on what’s apparent
Q18:22 and you do not ask about them among them anyone
Q18:23
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References & Links
Links to posts about Surah al-Kahf in this blog: https://signsandscience.blogspot.com/p/surah-al-kahf.html
Arabic & Translation copied from: https://www.searchtruth.com/chapter_display.php?chapter=18&translator=29&show_arabic=1
Compare 50+ translations at: https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/18/1/default.htm
Word Occurrence across The Quran: https://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=Ewj#(18:1:11)
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