Page 142 - Signs of the End Times in Surat Al-Kahf

SIGNS OF THE END TIMES IN SURAT AL-KAHF

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have left the fish behind, they also remember where they
W forgot it: a rocky area. This rocky place where the two
seas meet is the place where Musa (as) is to meet the blessed person.
Thanks to the fish, Musa (as) pinpoints the exact place for this meeting
at which, it is supposed, he was to meet Khidhr (as). The fish, having
fulfilled its purpose, disappears into the sea.
Also in the verse, Musa's servant states that Satan had made him for-
get about the fish. Satan’s ability to make people forget is also men-
tioned in other verses, as follows:
When you see people engrossed in mocking Our Signs, turn
from them until they start to talk of other things. And if Satan
should ever cause you to forget, once you remember, do not stay
sitting with the wrongdoers. (Surat al-An`am, 68)
He [Yusuf] said to the one of them he knew was saved: "Please
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