The Holy Quran 18:59 — Surah Al-Kahf

Arabic text

وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا

Translation

These are the towns that We have destroyed when they were unjust (by committing kufr). We had stipulated a term for their destruction (just as We do with all the Kuffaar. They should therefore not think that they will not be punished because the punishment has not yet arrived). (Bukhari narrates that when Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام once delivered a sermon to the Bani Israa'eel, they were very moved by it. After the sermon, someone asked him whether there was anyone more knowledgeable than him on earth. He replied that there was none. Since he did not reply, "Allaah knows best," Allaah reproached him and informed him that another servant of His at "the confluence (meeting) of two seas" was more knowledgeable than himself. Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام expressed the desire to meet this person and asked Allaah how he would recognise him. Allaah told Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام to carry a fish with him in a basket. The fish would be given life at the place where he would meet this person. So Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام set out with the fish and his servant whose name was Yusha bin Noon عليه الصلاة والسلام. He instructed Yusha عليه الصلاة والسلام to inform him when the fish came to life. Yusha عليه الصلاة والسلام told him that this was an extremely simple task and well within his capability. The two then left on their journey to find the man whose name was Khidr. The rest of the story is narrated in the forthcoming verses.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

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