In sha Allah, whenever possible on a Friday, a small tafsir of a portion of Surah Kahf will be posted. The tafsir is compiled by sister Amatul Wadood – who is a student at Al-Huda and Al-Maghrib Institutes – from her notes from the Taleemul Quran Diploma Course at the Al-Huda Institute.
The portions of Surah Kahf that will be posted each week may be one ayah, two ayahs, or more depending on the topic being discussed. I personally like the piecemeal approach – learning a small portion every week consistently – to learning Qur’an. This is because:
- It’s more effective as you can apply what you learned to your life immediately.
- It’s more beloved to Allah [SWT] to have something consistent than to have something haphazard.
- The Qur’an was revealed in a similar fashion to strengthen the resolve of the Prophet [SAWS].
Suratul Kahf is a Makkee surah (revealed before the hijrah) between the 8th and 10th year of Prophethood when the persecution was at the highest peak. It was revealed after Suratul Ghaasiyah (88). It has 110 ayaat (verses), 1,577 words, and 6,360 letters.
To read Surah Kahf, click here (pdf).
- Tafsir of Ayah 1
- Tafsir of Ayah 2-3
- Tafsir of Ayah 4-5
- Tafsir of Ayah 6-8
- Tafsir of Ayah 9-10
- Tafsir of Ayah 11-12
- Tafsir of Ayah 13
- Tafsir of Ayah 14
- Tafsir of Ayah 15
- Tafsir of Ayah 16
- Tafsir of Ayah 17-18
- Tafsir of Ayah 19-20
- Tafsir of Ayah 21-22
- Tafsir of Ayah 23-26
- Tafsir of Ayah 27-28
- Tafsir of Ayah 29-31
- Tafsir of Ayah 32-26
- Tafsir of Ayah 37-41
- Tafsir of Ayah 42-44
- Tafsir of Ayah 45-46
- Tafsir of Ayah 47-49
- Tafsir of Ayah 50-51
- Tafsir of Ayah 52-53
- Tafsir of Ayah 54
Surah Kahf on a Friday
We are encouraged to recite/read Surah Kahf on Fridays. This is something proven from the Sunnah of the Prophet [SAWS]. Below is an excerpt from IslamQA.com on the authentic traditions from the Prophet about Surah Kahf.
There are saheeh ahaadeeth from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) concerning the virtues of reciting Soorat al-Kahf during the day or night of Jumu’ah (Friday). These include:
(a) From Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri, who said: “Whoever reads Soorat al-Kahf on the night of Jumu’ah, will have a light that will stretch between him and the Ancient House (the Ka’bah).”
(Narrated by al-Daarimi, 3407. This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami, 6471)
(b) “Whoever reads Soorat al-Kahf on the day of Jumu’ah, will have a light that will shine from him from one Friday to the next.”
(Narrated by al-Haakim, 2/399; al-Bayhaqi, 3/249. It was classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 6470)
The soorah may be read during the night or the day of Jumu’ah. The night of Jumu’ah starts from sunset on Thursday, and the day of Jumu’ah ends at sunset. Therefore the time for reading this soorah extends from sunset on Thursday to sunset on Friday.