The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 643
CH. 18 هَؤُلَاءِ قَوْمُنَا اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِةٍ أَلِهَةً PT. 15 AL-KAHF we god beside Him; if we did, should indeed have uttered an enormity. 2055 16. "These, our people, have taken for worship other gods beside Him. Wherefore do they not bring a clear authority for them? And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie concerning Allah?2056 لَوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِسُلْطَنٍ بَيْنِ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًان وَإِذِ اعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا And now when you have. 17 الله فأوا إلَى الْكَهْفِ يَنْشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ withdrawn from them and from that which they worship beside Allah, then seek refuge in the مِنْ رَّحْمَتِهِ وَيُهَى لَكُمْ مِنْ أَمْرِكُمْ Cave; your Lord will unfold for مرْفَقًا you His mercy and will provide for you comfort in this affair of yours. '2057 "21:25; 25:4. 6:145; 7:38; 10:18; 11:19. 2057. Commentary: their all for the sake of their Lord and that their faith had steadily grown under persecution. 2055. Commentary: Though their people were against them and mercilessly persecuted them, yet they could not be intimidated into giving up their faith. God had strengthened their hearts and had bestowed upon them firmness of faith. 2056. Commentary: By using the words "our people" the verse shows that the people to whom the Dwellers of the Cave belonged were idol-worshippers. Such were the Romans who worshipped idols. The verse brings to light the fact that those monotheistic young men were no scattered individuals but they formed part of an organized and disciplined religious community whose members met frequently in private. 1851 The word (Cave) used here shows that when these young men talked of taking shelter in "the cave" they had some specific cave in mind. This cave seems to have already been used as a place of refuge by Roman slaves who had fled from their cruel masters. It also appears from this verse that before they took refuge in "the cave"