Al-Kahf
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.25|Surah Al-Kahf copied by Ottoman Empire|Ottoman calligrapher Kadı Mahmud Efendi (d. 1575). [[Muhaqqaq, thuluth and reqa script. Sakıp Sabancı Museum]] upright=1.25|thumb|Central illumination of the Royal Terengganu Quran dated 1871. According to Malay tradition Al-Kahf verse 19 is accepted as the centre word of the Quran and Malay Qurans are often decorated in this place. [[Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia]]
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"Al-Kahf" is the 18th chapter of the Quran, a text that holds significant spiritual importance in Islamic tradition. It has been carefully preserved and beautifully decorated in historical manuscripts across different cultures, with some Muslim communities considering it to have special significance within the Quran's structure.
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Key facts
- Surah.number
- 18
- Surah.number 3
- 018
- Surah.name
- Al-Kahf
- Surah.name ar
- الكهف
- Surah.name en
- The Cave
- Surah.prev_sura
- Quran 17
- Surah.next_sura
- Quran 19
- Surah.classification
- Meccan
- Surah.juz
- 15 to 16
- Surah.Hizb_number
- 30, 31
- Surah.rukus
- 12
- Surah.verses
- 110
- Surah.words
- 1583
Article
15 sectionsContents
- Summary
- Exegesis
- 9-26 "Companions of the cave"
- 27 No room for explicit textual changes of the Quran
- 32-45 The parable of the two men
- 60-82 Islamic view of Moses
- 83-98 Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun setting in a marsh
- Traditional revelational circumstances
- Virtues
- Pop culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|upright=1.25|Surah Al-Kahf copied by Ottoman Empire|Ottoman calligrapher Kadı Mahmud Efendi (d. 1575). [[Muhaqqaq, thuluth and reqa script. Sakıp Sabancı Museum]] upright=1.25|thumb|Central illumination of the Royal Terengganu Quran dated 1871. According to Malay tradition Al-Kahf verse 19 is accepted as the centre word of the Quran and Malay Qurans are often decorated in this place. [[Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia]]
Al-Kahf () is the 18th chapter (sūrah) of the Quran with 110 verses (āyāt). Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier Meccan surah, which means it was revealed before Muhammad's hijrah to Medina instead of after. It is the midst sura of quran having the midst word "walyatalattaf" (وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ), meaning "let him be kind". The story of believers falling asleep in a cave for a long time is present also in the Christian tradition (Seven Sleepers).