The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 684
CH. 18 AL-KAHF PT. 15 وقفة لا فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلمَّا فَقَتَلَهُ So they journeyed on till. 75 when they met a young boy he b قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ slew him. Moses said, “Hast لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا شُكْرًا thou slain an innocent person without his having slain any one? Surely, thou hast done a hideous thing!" '2114 "5:33. to Medina, the Jews of the town entered into an alliance with him. But later on, finding that such an alliance would entail great sacrifices, they broke it and ended by openly siding with his enemies. So was the case with Christians also. In the beginning they were on friendly terms with Muslims but their friendship soon became changed into open enmity. The Christian Emperor Heraclius treated the Prophet's epistle with great respect and it appeared that he would become Muslim. But afterwards when Christians found that the political interests of Islam clashed with their own they declared war on Muslims which continued to have repercussions for a very long time. 2114. Important Words: als (he killed him). means, he killed; he killed his carnal desires. J ☑means, he lessened the effect of wine by mixing it with water. They sayi. e. he lessened the vehemence of hunger or cold. means, he quenched his thirst by making him drink water (Aqrab). See also 2:62; 2:73 & 4:158. Commentary: This part of Moses' corresponds to the second part of the Holy Prophet's Vision. In his Vision the Prophet saw a man calling him from across the road and then he was offered a cup of wine which he refused to accept. Gabriel told him that the man who called him was Satan and that the cup of wine signified deviating from the right path (Jarīr). Similarly, in the second part of his vision Moses was shown a young man which, in the language of dreams signifies, among other things, ignorance, power and love of sensuous pleasures. Moses' objection to the killing of the young boy by the righteous servant of God in his vision meant that Islam would require its followers to bring a veritable death over their carnal desires and passions but that the pleasure-loving Jews and Christians would find fault with this Islamic commandment. verses is The expression i. e. so they journeyed on, which has been used several times in these exactly the expression used by the Archangel Gabriel for the Holy Prophet in his Vision, namely, stil i. e. go on, go on. The words, when they met a young boy, he slew him, may refer to the vision murder by a party of Muslims of that 1892