It is a story whose events go
round the latest part of the first century A.D. at which the new
Christian religion in Rome started spreading at slow paces and
through hard conditions where idols and stars were the most
common religion of the time and which used to compel and cruelly
treat the attendants of the new Christian religion.
The events of this story goes
around one of the regions that belongs to the Roman Empire,
definitely, Philadelphia (a district in Jordan now) and these
young men work in the royal castle of the Roman Empire and much
closer in status and position to the Emperor's royal majesty
–Duqianus.
Some of his individuals embraced
the new Christian religion which has aroused the discontent and
exasperation of the Ruler whose religion was paganism. The Roman
ruler called for them to be there in his court.
On hearing they were wanted for
questioning, they gave their legs to the wind and made their way
towards one of the nearby mountains and from here begins the
scheme or the plot of the story.
They have slept there in the cave
after spending a whole night of tiredness, fear and fatigue and
Allah ordained that they should keep on sleeping there for three
hundred years to be awakened then by Allah's Will without knowing
of this fact- expecting that they have slept for one night or
some nights.
Then they sent one of them to the
town to buy some food for themselves with some money. At this
point, the baker who has been in the town discovers that the
coins which were in the hand of the young man were different from
what were in use and common; so, he thinks that the bearer has
got an old treasure.
The baker delivers the man to the
police who in turn, delivered him to the police and the police
finally handed him over to the Ruler of the town. After long and
strict investigation, the Ruler discovers that this man really
belongs to the group who hid in the cave since long
ago.
The Ruler then intends to visit
them in their cave accompanied by a great number of his followers
and a gathering of the citizens of the town. After meeting them
and witnessing the truth with their eyes, an elderly man of the
gathering asked the Ruler to speak privately with the group of
the cave.
No sooner had they entered the cave than they
saw them all died the moment they entered the cave and thus, the
story of the companions of the cave comes to an end after having
achieved its aim which shows ability of Allah in returning the
dead into life again after a long time since their death…after
suspicion pierced into the hearts of so many people who used to
say:
"How can Allah regather the bones
and bring them back to life after being fragmented and
scattered.?"
Sun -
22 Jamadilawal 1446H -
