Page 176 - Signs of the End Times in Surat Al-Kahf

SIGNS OF THE END TIMES IN SURAT AL-KAHF

swamps, and mists and vapours rising from it due to the heat, to a
muddy spring, together with word `ayn, which in Arabic means both
spring, and sun, and eye, is most meaningful and apt according to
the mysteries of eloquence…
Terming the Atlantic Ocean a muddy spring indicates that Dhu’l-
Qarnayn saw that huge ocean as a spring due to the distance. But
because the Qur’an sees everything from close to, it did not see what
Dhu’l-Qarnayn saw, which was a sort of illusion. Indeed, since the
Qur’an comes from the heavens and looks to them, it sees the earth
sometimes as an arena, sometimes as a palace, sometimes as a cradle,
and sometimes as a page. Thus, its calling the vast misty, vaporous
Atlantic Ocean a spring shows its great elevatedness. 1

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