Surah Kahf ayat 102 Tafsir Quran 18:102

﴿أَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَن يَتَّخِذُوا عِبَادِي مِن دُونِي أَوْلِيَاءَ ۚ إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ نُزُلًا﴾
[ الكهف: 102]

18:102 Then do those who disbelieve think that they can take My servants instead of Me as allies? Indeed, We have prepared Hell for the disbelievers as a lodging.

Do the disbelievers reckon that they can take My servants namely My angels as well as Jesus and Ezra as patrons as lords beside Me? awliyā’a ‘as patrons’ constitutes the second direct object of the verb yattakhidhū ‘that they can take’; the second direct object of the verb hasiba ‘reckon’ has been omitted. The meaning is do they suppose that the mentioned ‘taking as patrons’ will not incur My wrath and that I will not punish them for this? No! Truly We have prepared Hell for the disbelievers these the ones mentioned above and others as a place of hospitality in other words it has been prepared for them just as a house is prepared for a guest.

Do they -the infidels- think they do better by taking My servants as their tutelary guardians besides Me! Indeed We have prepared Hell and made it ready for the abode of the infidels whom it asserts as its own

Hell will be displayed before the Disbelievers on the Day of Resurrection Allah tells us what He will do to the disbelievers on the Day of Resurrection.
He will show Hell to them, meaning He will bring it forth for them to see its punishment and torment before they enter it.
This will intensify their distress and grief.
In Sahih Muslim it is recorded that Ibn Mas`ud said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«يُؤْتَى بِجَهَنَّمَ تُقَادُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِسَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ زِمَامٍ، مَعَ كُلِّ زِمَامٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَك»
( Hell will be brought forth on the Day of Resurrection, pulled by means of seventy thousand reins, each of which will be held by seventy thousand angels. ) Then Allah says of them: الَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِى غِطَآءٍ عَن ذِكْرِى ( (To ) those whose eyes had been under a covering from My Reminder,) meaning, they neglected it, turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to it, refusing to accept guidance and follow the truth.
As Allah says: وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَـنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ ( And whosoever turns away blindly from the remembrance of the Most Gracious, We appoint for him a Shaytan to be a companion for him. ) 43:36 And here Allah says: وَكَانُواْ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعاً ( and they could not bear to hear (it ).
) meaning, they did not understand the commands and prohibitions of Allah.
Then He says: أَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ أَن يَتَّخِذُواْ عِبَادِى مِن دُونِى أَوْلِيَآءَ ( Do then those who disbelieved think that they can take My servants as Awliya' protectors besides Me ) meaning, do they think that this is right for them and that it is going to benefit them كَلاَّ سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَـدَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدّاً ( Nay, but they will deny their worship of them, and become opponents to them ) 19:82.
Allah says that He has prepared Hell as their abode on the Day of Resurrection.

(18:102) What, *74 do these people, who have disbelieved, presume that they would make My servants their helpers beside Me *75 ? We have prepared Hell for the hospitality of such people.

Then do those who disbelieve think that meaning

*74) This is the conclusion of the whole Surah and is not connected with the story of Zul-Qarnain only but with the subject-matter of this Surah as a whole.
That theme was enunciated at the beginning of the Surah ( 1-8 ): The Holy Prophet invited his people ( 1 ) to give up shirk and adopt the doctrine of Tauhid instead, ( 2 ) to give up the worship of the world and to believe in the life of the Hereafter.
But the chiefs of his people, who were puffed up with their wealth and grandeur, not only rejected his invitation but also persecuted and insulted those righteous people who had accepted his invitation.
The discourse deals with the Same themes and utilizes in an excellent manner the.
three stories which were related in answer to the questions put by the opponents of Islam as a test of his Prophethood.

*75) That is, " Do they still stick to their presumption even after hearing all this, and believe that their attitude will be profitable for them? "
 

Hell will be displayed before the Disbelievers on the Day of Resurrection Allah tells us what He will do to the disbelievers on the Day of Resurrection.
He will show Hell to them, meaning He will bring it forth for them to see its punishment and torment before they enter it.
This will intensify their distress and grief.
In Sahih Muslim it is recorded that Ibn Mas`ud said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, «يُؤْتَى بِجَهَنَّمَ تُقَادُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِسَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ زِمَامٍ، مَعَ كُلِّ زِمَامٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَك» ( Hell will be brought forth on the Day of Resurrection, pulled by means of seventy thousand reins, each of which will be held by seventy thousand angels. ) Then Allah says of them: الَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِى غِطَآءٍ عَن ذِكْرِى ( (To ) those whose eyes had been under a covering from My Reminder,) meaning, they neglected it, turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to it, refusing to accept guidance and follow the truth.
As Allah says: وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَـنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ ( And whosoever turns away blindly from the remembrance of the Most Gracious, We appoint for him a Shaytan to be a companion for him. ) 43:36 And here Allah says: وَكَانُواْ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعاً ( and they could not bear to hear (it ).
) meaning, they did not understand the commands and prohibitions of Allah.
Then He says: أَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ أَن يَتَّخِذُواْ عِبَادِى مِن دُونِى أَوْلِيَآءَ ( Do then those who disbelieved think that they can take My servants as Awliya' protectors besides Me ) meaning, do they think that this is right for them and that it is going to benefit them كَلاَّ سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَـدَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدّاً ( Nay, but they will deny their worship of them, and become opponents to them ) 19:82.
Allah says that He has prepared Hell as their abode on the Day of Resurrection.

( Do the disbelievers ) in Muhammad ( pbuh ) and in the Qur’an ( reckon that they can choose My bondmen ) can worship My servants ( as protecting friends beside Me? ) think that they can choose my servants as deities beside Me; thinking that they will help them in this life and in the Hereafter? It is also said that this means: is it enough that the disbelievers choose to worship My servants as deities? ( Lo! We have prepared hell as a welcome for the disbelievers ).

Do then those who disbelieve think that they can take My slaves [i.e., the angels, Allah's Messengers, 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), etc.] as Auliya' (lords, gods, protectors, etc.) besides Me? Verily, We have prepared Hell as an entertainment for the disbelievers (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism).

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