Quran Tafsir 103: Surat al-Kahf

Take this course by signing up for Arkview or Arkview+.

In light of the fitna of akhir al-zaman, this is one of the most important suras to be studied.

Course Curriculum

Session One - Verses 1-8

Available in days

days after you enroll

Preview
1 - Benefits & Cause of Revelation (18:44)
Preview
2 - "No Crookedness" and the Meaning of Internal Consistency (25:21)
Preview
3 - "To warn" - The beneficial functions of fear (10:10)
Start
4 - Verses 5 & 6 - Sharia Benefits This LIfe + Desiring People to Incline Towards Islam (7:38)
Start
5 - Verse 7 - The Six Degrees from Necessity to Beautification (5:30)
Start
6 - Cont Verse 7 - The Three Purposes of Life (5:24)
Start
All of Session One - Audio Only

Session Two - Verses 9-17

Available in days

days after you enroll

Start
7 - The First Group of Youth in the Cave (13:31)
Start
8 - Reflections on their being "fitya" in verse 9 (18:41)
Start
9 - Iman Only Increases When We Take Action - verses 11-14 (16:43)
Start
10 - Nothing is worse than error regarding Allah - verse 15 (16:25)
Start
11 - Mingling vs staying away from people - verse 16 (12:20)
Start
12 - Initial discusson on karamaat - verse 17 (9:44)
Start
All of 9-17 - Audio Only

Session Three - Verses 18-44

Available in days

days after you enroll

Start
13 - On Karamaat (16:52)
Start
14 - The youth and their concern for the purity of their food (11:16)
Start
15 - Never likening the Muslim to the kafir (3:18)
Start
16 - When the youth awoke (5:21)
Start
17 - Graves in mosques (3:45)
Start
18 - Their names and number (5:53)
Start
19 - Verses 23-27 (18:23)
Start
20 - On good company - verse 28 (8:46)
Start
21 - On debate & chasing people - verse 29 (3:28)
Start
22 - Description of Hell - Verses 29 -31 (10:58)
Start
23 - On wealth - verse 45 (13:35)
Start
24 - Guidance on how to be wealthy (16:34)
Start
All of Session 3 - verses 28-44

Session 4 - Verses 45-52

Available in days

days after you enroll

Start
25 - Allegory of Wealth - Verse 45 (8:00)
Start
26a - On Wealth & Children - Verse 46 (6:40)
Start
26b (9:21)
Start
28 - Stages of Akhira - Verses 48-50 (8:07)
Start
27 - On Akhira - Verse 47 (8:37)
Start
30 - On the Fitna of Origins - Verse 51 (11:24)
Start
31 - Who Are the Shuraka - Verse 52 (5:16)
Start
All of Session Four - Verses 45-52

Session Five - Verses 52-59

Available in days

days after you enroll

Start
32 - How the story of Sd Musa and Khidr Nuetralized the Attacks of the Yahud (5:20)
Start
33 - Proofs & Argumentation - Verse 54
Start
34 - What Stops People from Believing (verse 55) (5:01)
Start
35 - Reason vs Emotion (verse 56) (5:29)
Start
36 - The Four Strategies of Iblis; Only One Works - Verse 57 (11:13)
Start
37 - Divine Justice - Verses 58 & 59 (7:34)
Start
All of 52-59 audio (36:23)

Session Six - Verses 60-82 (processing)

Available in days

days after you enroll

Start
38 - Wisdom Behind Tests (8:38)
Start
39 - Nur al-Din and Salah al-Din (13:15)
Start
40 - Confidence in the Sacred Law (1:40)
Start
41 - Teacher-Student Relationships (2:32)
Start
42 - Sense of Purpose (verses 60-61) (6:29)
Start
43 - Al-Khidr (62-65) (10:18)
Start
44 - Kasbi and Wahbi (1:31)
Start
45 - Prophet Musa Learning From Khidr (verses 66-68) (4:25)

Session Seven - Verses 83-99

Available in days

days after you enroll

Start
Opening Dua (0:45)
Start
Why Dhul Qarnayn's Name is not mentioned. (1:31)
Start
The Third Journey: Ya'Juj & Ma'juj (12:50)
Start
Dhul Qarnayn: The First Journey (7:35)
Start
The Sign of Baraka in Something (2:54)
Start
The Second Journey (2:27)
Start
Two Ways Rizq is Distributed (3:13)
Start
Summary (1:44)
Start
All of 83-99 audio

Session Eight - Verses 100-110

Available in days

days after you enroll

Start
Ya'juj & Ma'juj (verse 99) (8:59)
Start
Passing over Hell (verses 100-102) (5:33)
Start
More Dangerous Than Rejectors of Faith: The People of Whims (verses 103-104) (3:47)
Start
The Good Deeds of Nonbelievers & Innovators (verse 105) (6:13)
Start
Allah's Knowledge (verse 107-109) (4:51)
Start
verse 110 (4:23)