11-28-2008, 08:53 PM
Surat Al-Kahaf is full of morals but here I will mention one of the morals,which is the dialogue between Sayedna Mosa Allaih Alsalam and AlKheder Allaih Alsalam.
<b>[60]</b> And (remember) when Mûsa (Moses) said to his boy-servant: "I will not give up (travelling) until I reach the junction of the two seas or (until) I spend years and years in travelling."
<b>[61] </b>But when they reached the junction of the two seas, they forgot their fish, and it took its way through the sea as in a tunnel
<b>[62]</b> So when they had passed further on (beyond that fixed place), Mûsa (Moses) said to his boy-servant: "Bring us our morning meal; truly, we have suffered much fatigue in this, our journey."
<b>[63]</b> He said: "Do you remember when we betook ourselves to the rock? I indeed forgot the fish; none but Shaitân (Satan) made me forget to remember it. It took its course into the sea in a strange (way)!"
<b>[64] </b>(Mûsa (Moses)) said: "That is what we have been seeking." So they went back retracing their footsteps
<b>[65] </b>Then they found one of Our slaves, on whom We had bestowed mercy from Us, and whom We had taught knowledge from Us
<b>[66] </b>Mûsa (Moses) said to him (Khidr): "May I follow you so that you teach me something of that knowledge (guidance and true path) which you have been taught (by Allâh)?"
<b>[67]</b> He (Khidr) said: "Verily you will not be able to have patience with me!
<b>[68]</b> "And how can you have patience about a thing which you know not?"
<b>[69] </b>Mûsa (Moses) said: "If Allâh wills, you will find me patient, and I will not disobey you in aught."
<b>[70]</b> He (Khidr) said: "Then, if you follow me, ask me not about anything till I myself mention it to you."
<b>[71] </b>So they both proceeded, till, when they embarked the ship, he (Khidr) scuttled it. Mûsa (Moses) said: "Have you scuttled it in order to drown its people? Verily, you have committed a thing "Imr" (a Munkar - evil, bad, dreadful thing)."
<b>[72] </b>He (Khidr) said: "Did I not tell you, that you would not be able to have patience with me?"
<b>[73] </b>(Mûsa (Moses)) said: "Call me not to account for what I forgot, and be not hard upon me for my affair (with you)."
<b>[74]</b> Then they both proceeded, till they met a boy, he (Khidr) killed him. Mûsa (Moses) said: "Have you killed an innocent person who had killed none? Verily, you have committed a thing "Nukr" (a great Munkar - prohibited, evil, dreadful thing)!"
<b>[75] </b>(Khidr) said: "Did I not tell you that you can have no patience with me?"
<b>[76]</b> (Mûsa (Moses)) said: "If I ask you anything after this, keep me not in your company, you have received an excuse from me."
<b>[77] </b>Then they both proceeded, till, when they came to the people of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them. Then they found therein a wall about to collapse and he (Khidr) set it up straight. (Mûsa (Moses)) said: If you had wished, surely, you could have taken wages for it!"
<b>[78]</b> (Khidr) said: "This is the parting between me and you, I will tell you the interpretation of (those) things over which you were unable to hold patience
<b>[79]</b> "As for the ship, it belonged to Masâkîn (poor people) working in the sea. So I wished to make a defective damage in it, as there was a king behind them who seized every ship by force.
<b>[80]</b> "And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared lest he should oppress them by rebellion and disbelief
<b>[81] </b>"So we intended that their Lord should change him for them for one better in righteousness and nearer to mercy
<b>[82]</b> "And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the town; and there was under it a treasure belonging to them; and their father was a righteous man, and your Lord intended that they should attain their age of full strength and take out their treasure as a mercy from your Lord. And I did them not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of those (things) over which you could not hold patience
http://quran.muslim-web.com/sura.htm?aya=018
<b>Through the previous Ayat, What are the lessons that we can learn? What is Allah's message for us?</b>