Blessings of Quran and Tafsir of Surah Kahf

The Revelation of the Qur'an brings both Good News and a Warning

Allah praises His Holy Self;

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ الْكِتَابَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُ عِوَجَا ﴿١﴾  

All praise is due to Allah, Who has sent down to His servant the Book, and has not placed therein any crookedness.

Allah praises His Holy Self at the beginning and end of matters, for He is the One to be praised 
in all circumstances,

 all praise and thanks be to Him, in the beginning and in the end. He praises Himself for revealing
 His Mighty Book

 to His Noble Messenger Muhammad, which is the greatest blessing 
that Allah has granted the people of this earth.

Through the Qur'an, He brings them out of the darkness into light. He has made it a Book that is straight, 

neither distorted nor confusion therein. It clearly guides to a straight path, plain and manifest,
giving a warning to the disbelievers 

and good news to the believers. This is why Allah says, وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُ عِوَجَا and has not placed therein
any crookedness.

meaning, there is nothing twisted or confusing about it.

Benefits of Reciting Surah Kahf

Imam Ahmad recorded that Al-Bara' said: 

"A man recited Al-Kahf and there was an animal in the house which began acting in a nervous manner.

 He looked, and saw a fog or cloud overhead. He mentioned this to the Prophet, who said:

اقْرَأْ فُلَانُ، فَإِنَّهَا السَّكِينَةُ تَنْزِلُ عِنْدَ الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ تَنَزَّلَتْ لِلْقُرْآن

Keep on reciting so and so, for this is the tranquility which descends when one reads Qur'an

 or because of reading Qur'an;

This was also recorded in the Two Sahihs.

This man who recited it was Usayd bin Al-Hudayr, as we have previously mentioned

 in our Tafsir of Surah Al-Baqarah.

Imam Ahmad recorded from Abu Ad-Darda' that the Prophet said:

مَنْ حَفِظَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ سُورَةِ الْكَهْفِ عُصِمَ مِنَ الدَّجَّال

Whoever memorizes ten Ayat from the beginning of Surah Al-Kahf will be protected from the Dajjal.

This was also recorded by Muslim, Abu Dawud, An-Nasa'i and At-Tirmidhi.

According to the version recorded by At-Tirmidhi,

مَنْ حَفِظَ ثَلَاثَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْكَهْف

Whoever memorizes three Ayat from the beginning of Al-Kahf.

He said, it is "Hasan Sahih.''

In his Mustadrak, Al-Hakim recorded from Abu Sa`id that the Prophet said:

مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْكَهْفِ فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ أَضَاءَ لَهُ مِنَ النُّورِ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجُمُعَتَيْن

Whoever recites Surah Al-Kahf on Friday, it will illuminate him with light from one Friday to the next.

Then he said: "This Hadith has a Sahih chain, but they (Al-Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.''

Al-Hafiz Abu Bakr Al-Bayhaqi also recorded it in his Sunan from Al-Hakim,

then he narrated with his own chain that the Prophet said:

مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْكَهْفِ كَمَا نَزَلَتْ، كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَة

Whoever recites Surah Al-Kahf as it was revealed, it will be a light for him on the Day of Resurrection.