Transliteration:( Iz awal fityatu ilal Kahfi faqaaloo Rabbanaaa aatinaa mil ladunka rahmatanw wa haiyi' lanaa min amrinaa rashadaa )
14.From this, emerge a few things:
1.The Companions of the Cave are people.
2. That all of them are males.
3. That all of them are young and do not include children or old people as is indicated by the word 'youths. The majority is of the view that they are seven in number YAMLEEKHA. MAXIMILLAN, MARTOONIS. SANOONAS.SARINOONAS,ZOONAWAAS, ONAS. The name of their dog is QATMEER (Tafseer Khazin, Khazainul Irfaan Mazhuri). These names have such power that if and written and hung on the door, it protects the house from burning, if placed on top of goods they will not be stolen, if hung on a ship it will not sink, if written on a piece and thrown in a fire it will extinguish it, if placed in the neck of a child, it protects the child from excessive crying and infantile epilepsy. If these names are written and fastened on the arms of the prisoners they will obtain freedom and if an unwise/stupid person wears it as a Ta'weez, he will become wise and intelligent (Tafseer Khuzain).
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15. The following is a brief account of the Companions of the Cave.Â
After Hazrat Isa (On whom be peace) was raised to the heavens, the common people became polytheists. In the city of Ephesus, these seven men had remained devout believers. This was the period of the rule of Emperor Daqyanus (Emperor Decius 248 AD) who was a very cruel king, bent on killing every believer. These people fled from this city and took sanctuary in a nearby cave to save their faith and slept therein.Â
They had a few coins and a dog with them. The dog slept at the mouth of the cave. The name of the mountain was Banjlos, while the cave was called Jeerom. Through Divine power, these people had slept for three hundred years. In the meantime. Emperor Daqyanus had died and several kings ruled after him. Eventually, Emperor Theodorius, a pious believer, who ruled for sixty years sat on the throne. During his reign, people began to reject Judgement Day. So he offered a dua asking Allah Almighty to show such a sign, which will serve as a proof of resurrection. The Companions of the Cave awoke at that time. Their faces were lively and jolly. They said to Yamleekha: "Go to the market and buy some food. But do not inform anyone of our whereabouts". When Yamleekha came to the city, he found things were totally different. He went to a bakery to buy bread. When he gave the money to the baker, the baker said this coin is three hundred years old and was used during the reign of Emperor Daqyanus. How did you get it? He was taken to the governor who said that perhaps you have laid your hands on a treasure. Please tell me where it is? To save himself, Yamleekha related the full story. After hearing this extraordinary tale, the Emperor, some of his officers and citizens of the city went to meet these persons at the cave.Emperor Theodorius embraced them with joy and informed his subjects that if Allah Almighty can wake them after three hundred years sleep, He can most surely raise the dead on the Day of Judgement, as well. These Companions then, once again, went back to sleep. The Emperor ordered for a mosque to be built at the door of the cave. Every year people would gather there and celebrate the occasion like the day of Eid (Tafseer Khazin, Khazainul Irfaan, etc.). From this we learn that celebrating Urs of the saints is an ancient custom, which is practised by the believers.
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The tafsir of Surah Kahf verse 10 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Kahf ayat 9 which provides the complete commentary from verse 9 through 12.
(18:10) When those youths sought refuge in the Cave and said: “Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Yourself and provide for us rectitude in our affairs.”
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
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