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“And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.”
In this ayah it is said that they were asleep for 300 years, plus 9 more years. According to some
[scholars/narrations], the duration of their sleep was 300 years according to solar years, and 309 years according to lunar years, which is not agreed upon.
Verse 26
ْاوُثِبَل اَمِب ُمَل ۡعَأ ُ َّ ٱ ِل ُق
ۖ ُهَل ِض ۡرَ ۡلأٱ َو ِتٲ َوٰـَمَّسلٱ ُب ۡيَغ ۥ
ۖ َأ ۡعِم ۡسَأ َو ۦِهِب ۡر ِص ۡب اَم ۚ
ُھَل ِّم م ُد ن ۦِهِنو َو نِم
َو ٍّ۟ى ِل َحَأ ۤۦِهِم ۡكُح ىِف ُك ِر ۡشُي َلا ا ً۟د
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“Say, "Allah is most knowing of how long they remained. He has [knowledge of] the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth. How seeing is He and how Hearing! They have not
besides Him any protector, and He shares not His legislation with anyone."”
The story of the people of the cave ends here by attributing the knowledge of the unseen (and
everything) to Allah ﻰﻟﺎﻌﺗ ﻭ ﻪﻧﺎﺒﺳ, and a reminder of the Oneness of Allah ﻰﻟﺎﻌﺗ ﻭ ﻪﻧﺎﺒﺳ; that “They have not besides Him any protector, and He shares not His legislation with anyone."
Th T he e F Fi ir rs st t M Ma aj j or o r Tr T ri ia al l: : O Op pp pr re e ss s si io on n & & I I nj n j us u st ti ic ce e
Persecution due to religious beliefs.
Glimpses from history.
The usage of power and force in persecution.
Very little help and assistance except from Allah.
The power of du’a; the weapon of the believer.
Nothing happens except by the will of Allah.
Link to trials of ad-Dajjal (the False Messiah)
He is a human who is alive now in a cave – according to others he is not.
Physical Attributes of ad-Dajjal
• His hair will be curly - like heads of devils.
• Right eye will be like a protruding grape.
• Left eye will have a thin film on it (translucent).
• On his forehead these letters will be written
ر - ف - ك
, which indicates he is a disbeliever. Every believer, literate or illiterate will be able to read it.• He will have a prominent forehead (sticks out).
• He will have a wide stance and an arched back and he will be sterile
Other Details
• Allah will give him immense power and speed
• Dajjal will come from area of Khurasan (Russian republics, Iran)
‘Abdullah bin Mubarak was from that area
• He will transform overnight. Over 70,000 people will join him immediately
• 3 years before he comes, one-third of normal rain and vegetation will stop.
• 2 years before he comes two-thirds of normal rain and vegetation will stop.
• The year before he comes all rain and vegetation will stop.
• He will ask the people of a village to believe in him. If they refuse, he will leave them and their resources will be destroyed.
• Another city will believe in him. He will cause rain and vegetation to descend upon them. He
He will move with wind driven rain
• He will cause a person`s dead parents to come to him (actually two Jinns) and they will order their son to believe in them
• He will visit every place in world except Makkah and Madinah
• He will not be able to enter Madinah and refer to the white palace of Muhammad
• Dajjal will strike the earth thrice to cause munafiqeen to come out from Madinah
• A young man from Madinah will go out to confront the Dajjal
Will confront him and will not believe in him. Dajjal will cut his body in half and walk in between them and raise him up again. The young man will say he is now more
certain that this is really ad-Dajjal. Then Dajjal will try to cut off his neck but Allah ﻪﻧﺎﺒﺳ ﻰﻟﺎﻌﺗ ﻭ will make it like brass and Dajjal`s sword will bounce off. This man is the greatest martyr in the sight of Allah.
• Dajjal will lay siege to Jerusalem
Mahdi will be there
Isaﻡﻼﺴﻟﺍ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ will descend in Damascus and join Mahdi for salaat ul Fajr
Dajjal will break into Jerusalem
Dajjal will begin to dissolve like salt in water upon looking at Isa alayhis salam
Dajjal`s head will be cut by Isa ﻡﻼﺴﻟﺍ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ
• His rule upon earth is for forty days
Length of first day is equal to a year
¾ Even the issue of Dajjal is life and death, as there will be so much lack of food and vegetation the first question by Sahaba (RAA) were how they would pray on that day. The Messenger of Allah ﻢﻠﺳ ﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ told them to give it the right proportion (to estimate).
Second day is equal to a month
Third day is equal to a week, and other days will be normal days.
• It is one of the major signs of the Hour
Major signs – Will occur one after another in quick succession (about 10 major signs).
Other examples:
¾ Final is sun rises from the west
¾ The appearance of the beast etc.
Al-Nuwas Ibn Sam’an said, "One morning the Prophet spoke about the Dajjal. Sometimes he described him as insignificant, and sometimes he described him as so dangerous that we thought he was in the
clump of date-palms nearby. When we went to him later on, he noticed that fear in our faces, and asked, 'What is the matter with you?' We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, this morning you spoke of the Dajjal; sometimes you described him as insignificant, and sometimes you described him as being so dangerous that we thought he was in the clump of date-palms nearby. "The Prophet said, 'I fear for you
in other matters besides the Dajjal. If he appears whilst I am among you, I will contend with him on your behalf. But if he appears while I am not among you, then each man must contend with him on his
own behalf, and Allah will take care of every Muslim on my behalf. The Dajjal will be a young man, with short, curly hair, and one eye floating. I would liken him to 'Abd al-Uzza Ibn Qatan. Whoever amongst you lives to see him should recite the opening Ayat of Surat al-Kahf. He will appear on the way
between Syria and Iraq, and will create disaster left and right. O servants of Allah, adhere to the Path of Truth." "We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, for the day which is like a year, will one days prayers be sufficient? He said, 'No, you must make an estimate of the time, and then observe the prayers." "We asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, how quickly will he walk upon the earth? He said, 'Like a cloud driven by the wind. He will come to the people and call them (to a false religion), and they will believe in him and
respond to him. He will issue a command to the sky, and it will rain; and to the earth, and it will produce crops. After grazing on these crops, their animals will return with their udders full of milk and
their flanks stretched. Then he will come to another people and will call them (to a false religion), but they will reject his call. He will depart from them; they will suffer famine and will possess nothing in the form of wealth. Then he will pass through the wasteland and will say, 'Bring forth your treasures, and the treasures will come forth, like swarms of bees. Then he will call a man brimming with youth; he
will strike him with a sword and cut him in two, then place the two pieces at the distance between an archer and his target. Then he will call him, and the young man will come running and laughing." "At that point, Allah will send the Messiah, son of Mary, and he will descend to the white minaret in the east
of Damascus, wearing two garments dyed with saffron, placing his hands on the wings of two angels.
When he lowers his head, beads of perspiration will fall from it, and when he raises his head, beads like pearls will scatter from it. Every Kafir who smells his fragrance will die, and his breath will reach as far as he can see. He will search for the Dajjal until he finds him at the gate of Ludd, where he will kill him."
"Then a people whom Allah has protected will come to Isa (Jesus) son of Mary, and he will wipe their faces (ie wipe the traces of hardship from their faces) and tell them of their status in Paradise. At that time Allah will reveal to Isa (Jesus): "I have brought forth some of My servants whom no-one will be able to fight. Take My servants safely to al-Tur." "Then Allah will send Gog and Magog, and they will swarm down from every slope. The first of them will pass by the Lake of Tiberias, and will drink some of its water; the last of them will pass by it and say, "There used to be water here." Isa (Jesus), the Prophet of
dinars are to you nowadays." "Then Isa (Jesus) and his Companions will pray to Allah, and He will send insects who will bite the people of Gog and Magog on their necks, so that in the morning they will all
perish as one. Then Isa (Jesus) and his Companions will come down and will not find any nook or cranny on earth which is free from their putrid stench. Isa (Jesus) and his Companions will again pray to Allah, Who will send birds like the necks of camels; they will seize the bodies of Gog and Magog and throw them wherever Allah wills. Then Allah will send rain which no house or tent will be able to keep out, and the earth will be cleansed, until it will look like a mirror. Then the earth will be told to bring
forth its fruit and restore its blessing. On that day, a group of people will be able to eat from a single pomegranate and seek shelter under its skin (ie the fruit would be so big). A milch camel will give so much milk that a whole party will be able to drink from it; a cow will give so much milk that a whole tribe will be able to drink from it; and a milch-sheep will give so much milk that a whole family will be
able to drink from it. At that time, Allah will send a pleasant wind which will soothe them even under their armpits, and will take the soul of every Muslim. Only the most wicked people will be left, and they
will fornicate like asses; then the Last Hour will come upon them."14
Link to Seerah:
• The Muslims faced severe persecution during the Makkan period.
• The elites of Quraysh used their position and power to persecute the poor Muslims.
T T h h e e p p e e o o p p l l e e o o f f t t h h e e C C a a v v e e
Number
Dog
Minute details
Omitted details
From weakness to strength
Th T he e us u s e e o of f o op pp po os s i i te t e s s
Remembrance / Neglect [verse 24]
Solar / Lunar [verse 25]