Surah 18 -- The Cave

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1. Praise be to Allah Who hath revealed the Scripture unto His slave,
and hath not placed therein any crookedness,
2. (But hath made it) straight, to give warning of stern punishment
from Him, and to bring unto the believers who do good works the news
that theirs will be a fair reward.
3. Wherein they will abide for ever;
[The Mark on their forehead]
4. And to warn those who say: Allah hath chosen a son,
[Son of God is the title of Jesus. When God created mankind, God blew
His Spirit into the clay. Our soul or Spirit is God's Spirit; there we
are all sons of God.]
5. (A thing) whereof they have no knowledge, nor (had) their fathers.
Dreadful is the word that cometh out of their mouths. They speak naught
but a lie.
6. Yet it may be, if they believe not in this statement, that thou
(Muhammad) wilt torment thy soul with grief over their footsteps.
7. Lo! We have placed all that is in the earth as an ornament thereof
that We may try them: which of them is best in conduct.
8. And lo! We shall make all that is barren mound.
9. Or deemest thou that the People of the Cave and the Inscription are
a wonder among Our portent?
10. When the young men fled for refuge to the Cave and said: Our Lord!
Give us mercy from Thy presence, and shape for us right conduct in our
plight.
11. Then We sealed up their hearing in the Cave for a number of years.
[This is talking about the Mark as a cave.]
12. And afterward We raised them up that We might know which of the two
parties would best calculate the time that they had tarried.
13. We narrate unto thee their story with truth. Lo! they were young
men who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.
14. And We made firm their hearts when they stood forth and said: Our
Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. We cry unto no god
beside Him, for then should we utter an enormity.
15. These, our people, have chosen (other) gods beside Him though they
bring no clear warrant (vouchsafed) to them. And who doth greater wrong
than he who inventeth a lie concerning Allah?
16. And when ye withdraw from them and that which they worship beside
Allah, then seek refuge in the Cave; your Lord will spread for you of
His mercy and will prepare for you a pillow in your plight.
17. And thou mightest have seen the sun when it rose move away from
their cave to the right, and when it set past them on the left, and
they were in the cleft thereof. That was (one) of the portents of
Allah. He whom Allah guideth, he indeed is led aright, and he whom He
sendeth astray, for him thou wilt not find a guiding friend.
[The sun on the left and right indicating our eyes and the Cave the
cleft at the nose bridge.]
18. And thou wouldst have deemed them waking though they were asleep,
and we caused them to turn over to the right and the left, and their
dog stretching out his paws on the threshold.
[Here it show no discrimination against dog, but why Malay Muslims are
against dogs?]
19. If thou hadst observed them closely thou hadst assuredly turned
away from them in flight, and hadst been filled with awe of them.
[Can you see the nose bridge as the cave with the dogs' paws stretching
out ?]
20. And in the manner We awakened them that they might question one
another. A speaker from among them said: How long have ye tarried? They
said: We have tarried a day or some part of a day, (others) said: Your
Lord best knoweth what ye have tarried. Now send one of you with this
your silver coin unto the city, and let him see what food is purest
there and bring you a supply thereof. Let him be courteous and let no
man know of you.
21. For they, if they should come to know of you, will stone you or
turn you back to their religion; then ye will never prosper.
22. And in like manner We disclosed them (to the people of the city)
that they might know that the promise of Allah is true, and that, as
for the Hour, there is no doubt concerning it. When (the people of the
city) disputed of their case among themselves, they said: Build over
them a building; their Lord knoweth best concerning them. Those who won
their point said: We verily shall build a place of worship over them.
23. (Some) will say: They were three, their dog the fourth, and (some)
say: Five, their dog the sixth, guessing at random; and (some) say:
Seven, and their dog the eight. Say (O Muhammad): My Lord is best aware
of their number. None knoweth them save a few. So contend not
concerning them except with an outward contending, and ask not any of
them to pronounce concerning them.
[3, 5 or 7 holes on our head. I am authorized to explain all these.]
24. And say not of anything: Lo! I shall do that tomorrow,
25. Except if Allah will. And remember thy Lord when thou forgetest,
and say: It may be that my Lord guideth me unto a nearer way of truth
than this.
26. And (it is said) they tarried in their Cave three hundred years and
add nine.
[Can a man live 309 year in our present day system?]
27. Say: Allah is best aware how long they tarried. His is the
invisible of the heavens and the earth. How clear of sight is He and
keen of hearing! They have no protecting friend beside Him, and He
maketh none to share in His government.
28. And recite that which had been revealed unto thee of the Scripture
of thy Lord. There is none who can change His words, and thou wilt find
no refuge beside Him.
29. Restrain thyself along with those who cry unto their Lord at morn
and evening, seeking His countenance; and let not thine eyes overlook
them, desiring the pomp of the life of the world; and obey not him
whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance, who followeth his
own lust and whose case hath been abandoned.
30. Say: (It is) the truth from the Lord of you (all). Then whosoever
will, let him believe, and whosoever will, let him disbelieve. Lo! We
have prepared for disbelievers Fire. Its tent encloseth them. If they
ask for showers, they will be showered with water like to molten lead
which burneth the daces. Calamitous the drink and ill the
resting-place!
31. Lo! as for those who believe and do good works--Lo! We suffer not
the reward of one whose work is goodly to be lost.
32. As for such, theirs will be Gardens of Eden, wherein rivers flow
beneath them; therein they will be given armlets of gold and will wear
green robes of finest silk and gold embroidery, reclining upon thrones
therein. Blest the reward, and fair the resting-place!
33. Coin for them a similitude: Two men, unto one of whom We had
assigned two gardens of grapes, and We had surrounding both with
date-palms and had put between them tillage.
[Another colourful description of the Garden of Eden.]
34. Each of the gardens gave its fruit and withheld naught thereof. And
We caused a river to gush forth therein.
[Tears]
35. And he had fruit. And he said unto his comrade, when he spake with
him: I am more than thee in wealth, and stronger in respect of them.
36. And he went into his garden, while he (thus) wronged himself. He
said: I think not that all this will ever perish.
37. I think not that the Hour will ever come, and if indeed I am
brought back unto my Lord I surely shall find better than this as a
resort.
38. And his comrade, while he disputed with him, exclaimed:
Disbelievest thou in Him Who created thee of dust, then of a drop (of
seed), and then fashioned thee a man?
39. But He is Allah, my Lord, and I ascribe unto my Lord no partner.
40. If only, when thou enteredst thy garden, thou hadst said: That
which Allah willeth (will come to pass)! There is no strength save in
Allah! Though thou seest me as less than thee in wealth and children.
41. Yet it may be that my Lord will give me better than thy garden, and
will send on it a bolt from heaven, and some morning it will be a
smooth hillside,
42. Or some morning the water thereof will be lost in the earth so that
thou canst not make search for it.
43. And his fruit was beset (with destruction). Then began he to wring
his hands for all that he had spent upon it, when (now) it was all
ruined on its trellises, and to say: Would that I had ascribed no
partner to my Lord!
44. And he had no troop of men to help him as against Allah, nor could
he save himself.
45. In this case is protection only from Allah, the True. He is best
for reward, and best for consequence.
46. And coin for them the similitude of the life of the world as water
which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth
mingleth with it and then becometh dry twigs that the winds scatter.
Allah is Able to do all things.
47. Wealth and children are an ornament of life of the world. But the
good deeds which endure are better in thy Lord's sight for reward, and
better in respect of hope.
[Wealth and children are life of the world. So the Quran's teaching is
for you to have a life for the Hereafter. Isn't this like asking you to
be celibrate ? I hope Muslims can understand. Quran is asking you to
live like monks.]
48. And (bethink you of) the Day when We remove the hills and ye see
the earth emerging, and We gather them together so as to leave not one
of them behind.
[Think whether earth can replace hills? When hills become nose-bridge
where the Mark on the forehead is revealed, all will be gathered and
none will be left behind.]
49. And they are set before thy Lord in ranks (and it is said unto
them); Now verily have ye come unto Us as We created you at the first.
But ye thought that We had set no tryst for you.
50. And the Book is placed, and thou seest the guilty fearful of that
which is therein, and they say: What kind of a book is this that
leaveth not a small thing nor a great thing but hath counted it! And
they fid all that they did confronting them, and thy Lord wrongeth no
one.
51. And (remember) when We said unto the angels: Fall prostrate before
Adam, and they fell prostrate, all save Iblis. He was of the Jinn, so
he rebelled against his Lord's command. Will ye choose him and his seed
for your protecting friends instead of Me, when they are an enemy unto
you? Calamitous is the exchange for evil-doers!
52. I made them not to witness the creation of the heavens and the
earth, nor their own creation; nor choose I misleaders for (My)
helpers.
53. And (be mindful of) the Day when He will say: Call those partners
of Mine whom ye pretended. Then they will cry unto them, but they will
not hear their prayer, and We shall set a gulf of doom between them.
54. And the guilty behold the Fire and know that they are about to fall
therein, and they find no way of escape thence.
55. And verily We have displayed for mankind in this Quran all manner
of similitude, but man is more than anything contentious.
[Study similitude. They are talking about the same thing.]
56. And naught hindereth mankind from believing when the guidance
cometh unto them, and from asking forgiveness of their Lord, unless (it
be that they wish) that the judgment of the men of old should come upon
them or (that) they should be confronted with the Doom.
57. We send not the messengers save as bearers of good news and
warners. Those who disbelieve contend with falsehood in order to refute
the Truth thereby. And they take Our revelations and that wherewith
they are threatened as a jest.
[I come to give good news of the SEALING of the Mark on the forehead
and warn about the pending DOOM.]
58. And who doth greater wrong than he who hath been reminded of the
revelations of his Lord, yet turneth away from them and forgetteth what
his hands send forward (to the Judgment)? Lo! on their hearts We have
placed coverings so that they understand not, and in their ears a
deafness. And though thou call them to the guidance, in that case they
can never be led aright.
[All this is fated by Allah.]
59. Thy Lord is the Forgiver, Full of Mercy. If He took them to task
(now) for what they earn, He would hasten on the doom for them; but
theirs is an appointed term from which they will find no escape.
60. And (all) those townships! We destroyed them when they did wrong,
and We appointed a fixed time for their destruction.
61. And when Moses said unto his servant: I will not give up until I
reach the point where the two rivers meet, though I march on for ages.
[The Mark on the forehead, underneath which our tears flow.]
62. And when they reached the point where the two met, they forgot
their fish, and it took its way into the waters, being free.
[Nose is like a fish head or snake head.]
63. And when they had gone further, he said unto his servant: Bring us
our breakfast. Verily we have found fatigue in this our journey.
64. He said: Didst thou see, when we took refuge on the rock, and I
forgot the fish--and none but Satan caused me to forget to mention
it--it took its way into the waters by a marvel.
65. He said: This is that which we have been seeking. So they retraced
their steps again.
66. Then found they one of Our slaves, unto whom We had given mercy
from Us, and had taught him knowledge from Our presence.
[No story of this in the Bible.]
67. Moses said unto him: May I follow thee, to the end that thou mayst
teach me right conduct of that which thou hast been taught?
68. He said: Lo! thou canst not bear with me.
69. How canst thou bear with that whereof thou canst not compass any
knowledge?
70. He said: Allah willing, thou shalt find me patient and I shall not
in aught gainsay thee.
71. He said: Well, if thou go with me, ask me not concerning aught till
I myself mentioned of it unto thee.
72. So the twain set out till, when they were in the ship, he made a
hole therein. (Moses) said: Hast thou made a hole therein to frown the
folk thereof? Thou verily hast done a dreadful thing.
[Twain resemble our eyes and ship is the nose bridge.]
73. He said: Did I not tell thee thou couldst not bear with me?
74. (Moses) said: Be not wroth with me that I forgot, and be not hard
upon me for my fault.
75. So the twain journeyed on till, when they met a lad, he slew him.
(Moses) said: What! Hast thou slain an innocent soul who hath slain no
man? Verily thou hast done a horrid thing.
[Boy is visible so has to be made invisible.]
76. He said: Did I not tell thee that thou couldst not bear with me?
77. (Moses) said: If I ask thee after this concerning aught, keep not
company with me. Thou hast received an excuse from me.
78. So they twain journeyed on till, when they came unto the folk of a
certain township, they asked its folk for food, but they refused to
make them guests. And they found therein a wall upon the point of
falling into ruin, and he repaired it. (Moses) said: If thou hadst
wished, thou couldst have taken payment for it.
79. He said: This is the parting between thee and me! I will announce
unto thee the interpretation of that thou couldst not bear with
patience.
[The wall is nose bridge between the 2 eyes, Moses and the angel.]
80. As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working on the river,
and I wished to mar it, for there was a king behind them who is taking
every ship by force.
[The story of Moses and the angel is in parable. Holy Bible has no
recording and logically Moses could not take a journey with an angel
except after he killed an Egyptian and ran away to Median. Punching a
hole in the ship is equivalent to Sealing the Mark on the forehead.]
81. And as for the lad, his parents were believers and We feared lest
he should oppress them by rebellion and disbelief.
82. And We intended that their Lord should change him for them for one
better in purity and nearer to mercy. [This is to tell what is fate.
Allah has planned the whole act. We are just only actors.]
83. And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city,
and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father
had been righteous, and thy Lord intended that they should come to
their full strength and should bring forth their treasure as a mercy
from their Lord; and I did it not upon my own command. Such is the
interpretation of that wherewith thou couldst not bear. [The wall
represents our nose-bridge between the eyes, the boys.]
84. They will ask thee of Dhu'l-Qarneyn. Say: I shall recite unto you a
remembrance of him.
85. Lo! We made him strong in the land and gave him unto every thing a
road.
86. And he followed a road
87. Till, when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he found it
setting in a muddy spring, and found a people thereabout: We said: O
Dhu'l-Qarneyn! Either punish or show them kindness.
88. He said: As for him who doeth wrong, we shall punish him, and then
he will be brought back unto his Lord, who will punish him with awful
punishment!
89. But as for him who believeth and doeth right, good will be his
reward, and We shall speak unto him a mild command.
90. Then he followed a road
91. Till, when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he found it
rising on a people for whom We had appointed no shelter therefrom.
92. So (it was). And We knew all concerning him.
93. Then he followed a road
94. Till, when he came between the two mountains, he found upon their
hither side a folk that scare could understand a saying.
[Mountains could be temple and nose or 2 eyes. The above setting sun
and arising sun are about our eyes, east and west.]
95. They said: O Dhu'l-Qarneyn! Lo! Gog and Magog are spoiling the
land. So may we pay thee tribute on condition that thou set a barrier
between us and them?
96. He said: That wherein my Lord hath established me is better (than
your tribute). Do but help me with strength (of men), I will set
between you and them a bank.
97. Give me pieces of iron--till, when he had leveled up (the gap)
between the cliffs, he said: Blow!--till, when he had made it a fire,
he said: Bring me molten copper to pour thereon.
[Iron and molten copper are indirectly saying about the Sealing the
Mark on the forehead.]
98. And (Gog and Magog) were not able to surmount, nor could they
pierce (it).
[Pierce is to SEAL the Mark.]
99. He said: This is a mercy from my Lord; but when the promise of my
Lord cometh to pass, He will lay it low, for the promise of my Lord is
true.
[The Day of gathering is for people to have their forehead's Marks
sealed.]
100. And on that day We shall let some of them surge against others,
and the Trumpet will be blown. Then We shall gather them together in
one gathering.
[This is Sealing the Mark on the forehead.]
101. On that day We shall present hell to the disbelievers, plain to
view,
102. Those whose eyes were hoodwinked from My reminder, and who could
not bear to hear.
103. Do the disbelievers reckon that they can choose My bondmen as
protecting friends beside Me? Lo! We have prepared hell as a welcome
for the disbelievers.
104. Say: Shall We inform you who will be the greatest losers by their
works?
105. Those whose effort goeth astray in the life of the world, and yet
they reckon that they do good work.
106. Those are they who disbelieve in the revelations of their Lord and
in the meeting with Him. Therefore their works are vain, and on the Day
of Resurrection We assign no weight to them.
107. that is their reward: hell, because they disbelieved, and made a
jest of Our revelations and Our messengers.
[Your reward is hell (on earth) if you do not believe what I say.]
108. Lo! those who believe and do good works, theirs are the Gardens of
Paradise for welcome,
109. Wherein they will abide, with no desire to be removed from thence.
110. Say: though the sea became ink for the Words of my Lord, verily
the sea would be used up before the Words of my Lord were exhausted,
even though We brought the like thereof to help.
111. Say: I am only a mortal like you. My Lord inspireth in me that
your God is only One God. And whoever hopeth for the meeting with his
Lord, let him do righteous work, and make none sharer of the worship
due unto his Lord.
[I am only a human being like you. With inspiration from my Spiritual
Soul during meditation, I do my job as a warner to REMIND you the DOOM
and the good news of the SEALING of the Mark on your forehead. Your
Spiritual Soul is your Lord.]