Al-Kahf · Ayah 30 · Al-Kahf
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا
"Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - indeed, We will not allow to be lost the reward of any who did well in deeds."
— Sahih International
Likewise, We woke them that they might question one another. A speaker among them said: "How long have you stayed (here)?" They said: "We have stayed a day or part of a day." They said: "Your Lord knows best how long you have stayed (here). So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the town, and let him find out which is the Azka food, and bring some of that to you. And let him be careful and let no man know of you. (19)"For, if they come to know of you, they will stone you or turn you back to their religion; and in that case you will never be successful. (20)
Their awakening and sending One of Themselves to buy Food
Allah says: 'just as We caused them to sleep, We resurrected them with their bodies, hair and skin intact, and nothing locking in their form and appearance.' This was after three hundred and nine years. This is why they asked each other:
كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ
(How long have you stayed (here)?) meaning, 'how long have you slept?'
قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ
(They said: "We have stayed a day or part of a day.") because they entered the cave at the beginning of the day, and they woke up at the end of the day, which is why they then said,
أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ۚ قَالُوا رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ
("...or a part of a day." They said: "Your Lord knows best how long you have stayed...") meaning, 'Allah knows best about your situation.' It seems that they were not sure about how long they had slept, and Allah knows best. Then they turned their attention to more pressing matters, like their need for food and drink, so they said:
فَابْعَثُوا أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمْ
(So send one of you with this silver coin of yours) They had brought with them some Dirhams (silver coins) from their homes, to buy whatever they might need, and they had given some in charity and kept some, so they said:
فَابْعَثُوا أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمْ هَٰذِهِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ
(So send one of you with this silver coin of yours to the town,) meaning to their city, which they had left. The definite article indicates that they were referring to a known city.
فَلْيَنظُرْ أَيُّهَا أَزْكَىٰ طَعَامًا
(and let him find out which is the Azka food.) Azka means "purest", as Allah says elsewhere,
وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ مَا زَكَىٰ مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَبَدًا
(And had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy on you, not one of you would ever have been pure [Zaka] from sins)[24:21] and
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
(Indeed whosoever purifies himself [Tazakka] shall achieve success.)[87:14] From the same root also comes the word Zakah, which makes one's wealth good and purifies it.
وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ
(And let him be careful) meaning when he goes out buying food and coming back. They were telling him to conceal himself as much as he could,
وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا - إِنَّهُمْ إِن يَظْهَرُوا عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوكُمْ
(and let no man know of you. For, if they come to know of you, they will stone you) means, 'if they find out where you are,'
يَرْجُمُوكُمْ أَوْ يُعِيدُوكُمْ فِي مِلَّتِهِمْ
(they will stone you or turn you back to their religion;) They were referring to the followers of Decianus, who they were afraid might find out where they were, and punish them with all kinds of torture until they made them go back to their former religion, or until they died, for if they agreed to go back to their (old) religion, they would never attain success in this world or the Hereafter. So they said:
وَلَن تُفْلِحُوا إِذًا أَبَدًا
(and in that case you will never be successful.)
Аллах говорит: «Мы разбудили их подобно тому, как усыпили. Они проснулись со здоровыми физически телами, волосами и тем же зрением. За триста девять лет их состояние не изменилось.(И вот проснувшись) они стали расспрашивать друг друга:( كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ ) "Сколько вы пробыли?" – т.е. сколько(времени) вы проспали?( قَالُواْ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ ) «Они сказали: "Пробыли мы день или часть дня"». Ведь они зашли в пещеру в начале дня, а разбужены были в конце дня. И так они сказали:( أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ قَالُواْ رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ )
«….Или часть дня". Они сказали: "Господь ваш лучше знает, сколько вы пробыли"» - т. е. Аллах лучше знает об их деле.
Скорее всего от долгого сна они не понимали о том, как долго они спали. Но затем они пришли в себя и перешли к насущным проблемам, к тому, чтобы утолить голод и жажду. Они сказали:
( فَابْعَثُواْ أَحَدَكُمْ بِوَرِقِكُمْ ) «пошлите одного из вас с вашими деньгами» - т.е. кого-нибудь из вас в город с монетами - с остатками серебряных монет – дирхемов, которые они взяли из дома для своих нужд, и раздавали по дороге, как милостыню.( فَابْعَثُواْ أَحَدَكُمْ بِوَرِقِكُمْ هَـذِهِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ) «пошлите одного из вас с этими вашими деньгами в город» - имеется в виду город, из которого они ушли. Город даётся с артиклем ال, так как он известен.( فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَيُّهَآ أَزْكَى طَعَامًا ) «пусть он посмотрит, у кого чище пища» - наилучшая, наивкуснейшая, пища. Данный глагол также употреблён в словах Аллаха:( وَلَوْلاَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ مَا زَكَى مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَبَداً ) «…И если бы не благоволение Аллаха к вам и не Его милость, никто из вас никогда не очистился бы. Однако Аллах очищает, кого пожелает, ибо Аллах – Слышащий, Знающий»(24:21), а также:( قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّى ) «Преуспел тот, кто очистился»(87:14). Т.е. выплачивает закят, очистил своё имущество и делает его благим.( وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ ) «но пусть действует осторожно» – т.е. тот, кто пойдёт за едой, пусть будет очень осторожен, направляясь в город, при покупке еды и при возвращении обратно, и пусть скрывается от всех, кто может схватить его.
Now send one of you forth with this silver of yours to the city, and let him see which of them has the purest food. Here there are two allusions: One is that every faithful servant, though he may have reached the furthest limit in the Haqiqah, will be held to guarding the rulings of the Shariah, for any reality in which the outward Shariah is not witnessed is the deception and delusion of Satan. The root in this is that the chevaliers sent one of themselves to buy some food for them, and they commanded him to investigate and scrutinize its situation so that heedlessness would not make him fall into something forbidden. The second is what was said by Yūsuf ibn al-Ḥusayn to one of his companions when he took something to the poor or to the folk of recognition, or when he bought food for them: "Let it be the most goodly and the most subtle of things, for when someone reaches recognition, only subtle things conform with him and only delicate things become his intimate. The root here is His words, 'and let him see which of them has the purest food.'" Then he said, "When you buy for the renun- ciants and the worshipers, buy whatever you find, for they are still busy with abasing their own souls and holding them back from appetites."
जिस प्रकार हमने उनके साथ वह कुछ किया, जिसका हमने अपनी शक्ति के अजूबों में से उल्लेख किया है, उसी प्रकार हमने उन्हें एक लंबी अवधि के बाद जगा दिया, ताकि वे एक-दूसरे से उस अवधि के बारे में पूछें, जो उन्होंने सोते हुए बिताई। चुनाँचे उनमें से कुछ ने उत्तर दिया : हम एक दिन या दिन के कुछ समय तक सोए रहे। जबकि उनमें से जिसके लिए उनके सोए रहने की अवधि स्पष्ट नहीं हो सकी, उसने उत्तर दिया : तुम्हारा पालनहार ही अधिक जानता है कि तुम कितने दिनों तक सोए रहे। अतः इसके ज्ञान को उसी के हवाले कर दो और अपने काम में व्यस्त हो जाओ। इसलिए अब तुम अपने में से किसी व्यक्ति को चाँदी के ये सिक्के देकर अपने शहर की ओर भेजो। वह देख ले कि नगर का कौन व्यक्ति अधिक उत्तम एवं पवित्र भोजन रखता है, तो उससे तुम्हारे पास कुछ खाना ले आए। और वह जाते-आते तथा सौदा करते समय सावधान रहे तथा व्यवहार कुशलता से काम ले और किसी को भी तुम्हारे स्थान का पता न चलने दे। क्योंकि इससे बड़ा नुकसान हो सकता है।