The Holy Quran 18:24 — Surah Al-Kahf

Arabic text

إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّى لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَـٰذَا رَشَدًا

Translation

...unless you add, “Inshaa Allaah" ("By Allaah's will". You should therefore say, "I will do this tomorrow Inshaa Allaah. "). Remember your Rabb when you forget (to remember Him. You should therefore add "Inshaa Allaah" as soon as you remember to do so) and (O Muhammad) say, "I have the hope that my Rabb will guide me to that (revelation and miracles) which leads (people) closer to it (closer to believing that I am Allaah's Rasool)." (Therefore, Allaah revealed to Rasulullaah the stories even more astonishing than that of the people of the cave and about people who lived long before them. These stories are such that Rasulullaah would never have known about them without divine revelation, proving that he was Allaah's Rasool. In addition to this, Allaah also made Rasulullaah perform many miracles, the greatest of which is the Qur'aan. These amply prove that he was Allaah's Rasool.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The revelation of this event and the importance of the words “in sha' Allah” (if Allah wills): the story of the People of the Cave was recorded among the rarities in books of history; how could everyone know of it? The idolaters, at the instigation of the Jews, asked the Prophet ﷺ [about it]. The aim was to test him.

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