Tafseer Surah Al Kahf Part 05 Sleeping 300 Years In Cave

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi delves into immense detail on the topics of permissibility of fleeing his community due to inability to practice his religion and also about how the youth slept 300 years in the cave (Kahf) and were protected by Allah SWT which are discussed in verses 14 to 18 of Surah Al Kahf. In these verses, we see how the truly believing youths reasserted the fact that Allah was their Lord and he was the Lord of the heavens and the earth. They opposed the vast majority of people around them who were believers of polytheism and tried their best to annihilate polytheism and idolatry but to no avail. Hence, left with no choice, they decided to alienate themselves from this terrible environment which did not encourage Islam and sought refuge in the Cave. The Qur’an explicitly elaborates on the wonderful life led by the youth of the Cave and it truly deserves a fair listen. We realize that Allah protects His worshippers not only in the form of a miracle, but also through natural means as is depicted in the story.