Key to al-Kahf. Abdur Rashid Siddiqui

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      TREASURES OF THE QUR’ĀN SERIES

       Key to Al-Kahf

       Challenging Materialism & Godlessness

      KHURRAM MURAD &

       ABDUR RASHID SIDDIQUI

      THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION

       Published by

      THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION,

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       British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      ISBN: 978-0-86037-453-4 paperback

      Typeset by: N.A.Qaddoura

      Cover design by: Nasir Cadir

      Cover photograph: Surah al-Kahf, written in Mohaqi, Thuluth and Naksh in the 10th Century Hijrah. A reproduction copy from the collection of Muslim Heritage Centre, Pont- Souillac, Moka, Mauritius

       Contents

       Transliteration Table

       Foreword

       Chapter 1: Introduction

       The placement of al-Kahf

       A comparison of al-Kahf and al-Isrā’

       The importance of al-Kahf

       The structure of al-Kahf

       Chapter 2: Study of Sūrah al-Kahf

       Section I: Introduction (verses 1-8)

       All Praise be to Allah

       For He has guided and guided perfectly

       Section II: Aṣḥāb al-Kahf (the People of the Cave) (verses 9-26)

       His Will alone is Sovereign (verses 23-24)

       Section III: Guidance to the Prophet (peace be upon him) (verses 27-31)

       The Qur’ānic Strategy

       The Book of God

       Change and permanence

       The Divine Company

       The call to Divine Truth

       Section IV: Two parables (verses 32-49)

       Parable 1: A rich man and a pauper (verses 32-44)

       Parable 2: The worldly life (verses 45-49)

       Section V: The story of the Prophet Ādam (peace be upon him) and Satan (verses 50-59)

       Section VI: The Prophet Mūsā and Khiḥr (peace be upon them) (verses 60-82)

       Meanings in History

       Section VII: Dhū al-Qarnayn (verses 83-101)

       Section VIII: Conclusion (verses 102-110)

       Chapter 3: Lessons from Sūrah al-Kahf

       Trials and their purpose

       The trial of faith

       The trial of wealth

       The trial of knowledge

       The trial of power

       Chapter 4: The relevance of al-Kahf in our own time

       The culture of our age

       The cave of our age

       Conclusion

       Appendix

       The phenomenon of Dajjāl

       The emergence of Dajjāl

       Dajjāl’s characteristics

       Dajjāl’s death

       Safeguarding against Dajjāl

       Further Reading

       On Sūrah al-Kahf

       Concordances, Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias

       Transliteration Table

       Consonants. Arabic

      initial: unexpressed medial and final:

      Vowels, diphthongs, etc.

      Short:

a
i
u

      long:

a
u
i

      diphthongs:

aw

      

ay

      


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