Day 18 | Ayat 23-26 | Say InshaAllah

We learn the etiquette, adhab, for when we speak about the future. We are instructed to say "InshaAllah", but if we forget, we say it when we remember. No need to call or text that friend to say you forgot to say InshaAllah when you both made plans to meet at Harazi Coffee House on Thursday at 6PM. Just say InshaAllah to Allah when you remember. When the youths awoke in the cave, they didn't know how long they slept. We then learn they slept for 300 years plus 9. When the Christians narrate this story, they say the men slept for 100-289 years, but those are solar years as the Christians keep time for months and years with the sun. In Ayat 25, Allah corrects how we keep time. It is not through solar years or months, it is through lunar months and years. While the Jews keep monthly time based on the moon, they keep years based on the sun. Lastly, in Ayat 26, Allah reminds us that we take no Wali, Protector, Disposer of Affairs other than Allah. The Christians made the people of the Cave into saints who were prayed to for protection. Allah is reminding us that there is no other than Allah. We do not have saints in Islam, we do not glorify graves, we do not pray to others for intercession. There is and has only ever been Allah.