بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Surah Kahf mentions the story of Prophet Musa (peace be upon him). He is the most named prophet in the Quran but how much do you know about him? What lessons can you extract from the life of Prophet Musa, especially from the story mentioned in Surah Kahf?
Prophet Musa once told his people that he is the most knowledgeable person on earth, possessing portals of knowledge and wisdom. And so Allah revealed to him that there is someone who knows more. After traveling with this man (Al-Khidr), he could not be patient of the things he would do, and did not see the wisdom.
As recorded in the Quran, Al-Khidr said to Prophet Musa (peace upon them):
قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا ﴿٦٧
Indeed, with me you will never be able to have patience. [Quran, Al-Kahf 18:67]
Learning knowledge needs patience. Sometimes Allah might test our patience just to see whether we are worthy of the knowledge or not.
The way to survive the trial of knowledge is to remain humble and not to let your knowledge delude you.
قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِي إِن شَاءَ اللَّـهُ صَابِرًا وَلَا أَعْصِي لَكَ أَمْرًا ﴿٦٩
[Musa] said, "You will find me, if Allah wills, patient, and I will not disobey you in [any] order." (69) [Quran, Al-Kahf 18:69] 64)
Knowing that Allah is the ultimate deity and His supremacy is infallible is the epitome of knowledge.
وَكَانَ اللَّـهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُّقْتَدِرًا ﴿٤٥ ...
... And Allah is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability. (45) [Quran, Al-Kahf 18:45]
The difference between us and Prophet Musa is that he couldn't be patient when he saw a boy being killed in front of him. But we can't be patient when the internet connection is bad or when we have to wait in line or when someone talk back to us.
Prophet Musa learned how the Divine Wisdom can sometimes be hidden in matters which we perceive as bad.
The story of Prophet Musa and Al-Khidr (peace be upon them) gives us solace and hope when things are not going the way we want or the way we like. The lesson here is this "You should have full faith in the wisdom of what is happening is in accordance with the will of Allah. As the reality is hidden from you, you are at a loss to understand the wisdom of what is happening, and sometimes if it appears that things are going against you, you become devastated. The fact is that if the curtain be removed from the "unseen", you would yourselves come to know that what is happening here is for the best. Even if sometimes it appears that something is going against you, you will see that in the end it also produces some good results for you.
We have to be patient, although patience does not come easy especially about something we don't know, as Al-Khidr told Musa,
“And how can you have patience about a thing which you know not?” [Qur'an, Al-Kahf 18:68]
But we know now, regardless, we must be patient if we want the best. Only Allah knows what's best for us. Allah is in control of everything, so patience entails that we wait, accept the situation and tolerate the delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.
If Musa were to remain patient with Al-Khidr, we might have learned more about their story as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said, "We wish that Musa could have remained patient by virtue of which Allah might have told us more about their story." (Sufyan, the sub-narrator, said that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said: "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Musa! If he had remained patient, we would have been told further about their case.")'
May Allah make us of those who are patient and increase us in beneficial knowledge and grant us humility. Ameen.
Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.
And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.
Wassalaam
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