Al-Kahf, verse 7
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا
We have adorned the earth with attractive things so that We may test people to find out which of them do best,
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 18:6.
Do not feel sorry because the Idolators do not believe Allah consoles His Messenger for his sorrow فَلاَ تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَتٍ (So destroy not yourself in sorrow for them.) 35:8 وَلاَ تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ (And grieve not over them.) 16:127 لَعَلَّكَ بَخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلاَّ يَكُونُواْ مُؤْمِنِينَ (It may be that you are going to kill yourself with grief, that they do not become believers.) 26:3 meaning, maybe you will destroy yourself with your grief over them. Allah says: فَلَعَلَّكَ بَخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَى ءَاثَرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُواْ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ (Perhaps, you would…
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- Verse 5 مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ ۚ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ ۚ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبًا They have no knowledge about this, nor did their forefathers––it is a monstrous assertion that comes out of their mouths: what they say is nothing but lies.
- Verse 6 فَلَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا But [Prophet] are you going to worry yourself to death over them if they do not believe in this message?
- Verse 7
- Verse 8 وَإِنَّا لَجَـٰعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيدًا جُرُزًا but We shall reduce all this to barren dust.
- Verse 9 أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْكَهْفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا۟ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا عَجَبًا [Prophet], do you find the Companions in the Cave and al-Raqim so wondrous, among all Our other signs?