Al-Kahf 12: Then, We woke them up, for them to see; which one from the two groups calculates the duration they stayed in the cave better.

A. Metin Saruhan · 2 March 2018 · Al-Kahf

Translation

Then, We woke them up, for them to see; which one from the two groups calculates the duration they stayed in the cave better.

Tafsir

Allah (swt) awakens Ashab-ı Kehf after keeping them asleep for many years. He protects these brave young men from their enemies. He shows their situation to people as a miracle and a sign. Allah wakes them up in order to show people that although they had slept for many years, they had only slept for a day or part of a day. Such God creates miracles.

What is said in the video

Verse 12 has been translated wrongly; let's look at this too: why did they translate it wrongly, what is the reason? "Then, of the two groups, the Companions of the Cave and their opponents, which would better reckon the time they stayed, so that We might see, We woke them," it says. As if Allah did not know, as if He did not know and Allah Almighty said about these, "Let's see which one will know better." "Then, of the two groups, the Companions of the Cave and their opponents, which one would better reckon the time they stayed, so that they might see this, We woke them." Not (?), but so that they themselves see.

And that they also realize how wrong they were. Surah Al-Kahf, verse 12. After making the Companions of the Cave sleep for years, Allah Almighty wakes them; He both protects these brave young men from their enemies and, as a miracle and a lesson, shows people their situation. And also, that although they slept for many years, they themselves had slept only a day or part of a day: to show people this truth, Allah wakes them. Thus Allah creates miracles. What does this verse, which verse does it support? We say: when you rise in the hereafter, when We resurrect you again, you will say, "How long did we lie under the earth?" Some of you will say, "Three days," some, "We lay a little less than a day." "As for the number of how long you lay under the earth, please ask the angels on duty," it says.

Yes. Yes.