THE SLEEP OF THE COMPANIONS OF THE CAVE (VERSES NO. 25 - 27)

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Quran,Translation and Commentary in Brief (Vol. 03)
Verses 28-31Verses 25-27

      Now, every one may want to know how long did the youths sleep in the cave? The above verse (NO.25) reveals the truth in this regard:ِ

      ``And they tarried in their cave for three hundred years and to that they added nine.''

      According to the above verse, their duration in the cave in round numbers was 300 years in the Solar Calendar, and would amount to 309 in the Lunar Calendar.

      There are also other numbers mentioned by other writers like 200, 250, and 450 years; but because Allah knows best how long they tarried; we Muslims take the 309 years to be the right number for the period, and we won't listen to this and that.

 

      The lessons that we may learn from the story of the companions of the cave are many; some of which are as follows:ِ

       Breaking the obstacle and obstruction of imitation, and leaving behind a corrupted society. As a matter of fact Man should be the maker of his environment, and not merely compatible with it.

       The second lesson is that of Emigration. Departure from a place of abode, when it has been entirely corrupted and filled up with evil and mischief, is an action becoming, and admirable.

       The third lesson to be taken from here is, DISSEMBLANCE.

      The companions of the cave strictly observed the precautionary dissimulation; not to lose their life for nothing, or to be returned to the false creed of idolatry by force-majeure.

       Equality in one line, is another lesson that we may learn from their incident. The companions of the cave included a minister, a shepherd, and even a guardian dog. They all were on their way of emigration to God, and the material privileges had not the least effect to separated their line and their way of living!

      The story of the Sleepers is not found in the Bible and in the Gospel, because the incident has happened in the centuries after the advent of Jesus Christ.

      For the first time the story of the Sleepers was written by a Christian scholar, whose name was JACK, in the fifth century. He was the high priest of the Syrian church. Then another man named Goghious translated the story to Latin, with the name; ``THE GLORY OF THE MARTYRS''. These are evidences that the story was well known to the Christians a couple of centuries before the advent of Mohammad. (AS)

 

 

 

 

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