I would like to explain exactly who he is.
Inshallah my next post I will explain prophet Musas unheard life (my evidence is solely on Quran as always)
To understand who Khidr you must understand prophet Musa first and why he was sent.
Prophet Musa had a mission.
He said
18:60-61-
" So when they had reached the junction of the two (rivers) they forgot their fish, and it took its way into the sea, going away.
Notice what prophet Musa is doing.
He is taking a fish to the junction of the two rivers, salt water and fresh water.
Why would you take a fish there?
Scientifical experiment
Musa was going to put the fish in the salt water (or fresh water) and see why the fish couldn’t swim to the other water.
Actually, the truth is however Musa is asking Allah for guidance.
He was telling Allah that he needs some sort of Knowledge to continue. That is why when the fish is forgotten, he knows Allah is going to help.
18:64- He said: This is what we sought for; so they returned retracing their footsteps.
This is why Musa was desperate to see Al-Khidr. He has no knowledge and asks the Blessed character for guidance.
Khidr then does 3 things that Musa questions.
Khidr responds to them in a logical format so Musa can understand.
Below I have listed
What Khidr did,
Musas response,
Khidrs response to Musa
Then what Musa got out of it.
Lesson 1 for Moses
Khidr
18:71- So they went (their way) until when they embarked in the boat he made a hole in it.
Musa
18:71- (Musa) said: Have you made a hole in it to drown its inmates? Certainly you have done a grievous thing.
Khidr to Musa
18:79- As for the boat, it belonged to (some) poor men who worked on the river and I wished that I should damage it, and there was behind them a king who seized every boat by force.
I'll break down each word to explain the story.
An allegorical meaning of boats and ships in the Quran is Simply, BELIEF.
Here's an example
10.22-23
He it is Who makes you travel by land and sea; until when you are in the ships, and they sail on with them in a pleasant breeze, and they rejoice, a violent wind overtakes them and the billows surge in on them from all sides, and they become certain that they are encompassed about, they pray to Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience: If Thou dost deliver us from this, we will most certainly be of the grateful ones.
But when He delivers them, lo! they are unjustly rebellious in the earth. O men! your rebellion is against your own souls-- provision (only) of this world's life-- then to Us shall be your return, so We will inform you of what you did.
You believe and ask him for help in him in times of trouble and "rebel against him" (unbelief) when everything is comfortable.
The Poor men in Musas era were the Israelites, The river is the Kingdom,
The King is Faroun.
With these meanings placed into the SAME ayat we find a translation that is suitable for Musa.
(I will place both ayats (original) and what Musa interpreted below respectively)
18:79- As for the boat, it belonged to (some) poor men who worked on the river and I wished that I should damage it, and there was behind them a king who seized every boat by force.
As for the Beliefs, it belonged to the Israelites who work in the Kingdom and I wanted to save them, and there was behind them Faroun who seized ever belief by force.
Did Firoun take beliefs by force?
This can clearly be seen in many ayats like below
7:123 Firon said: Do you believe in Him before I have given you permission? Surely this is a plot which you have secretly devised in this city, that you may turn out of it its people, but you shall know:
So what is Khidr preparing Musa for?
The drowning of the Egyptians.
Musa made a oath never to kill again, claiming its the "shaitans doing", his oath can be seen in:
28.16-17 He said: My Lord! surely I have done harm to myself, so do Thou protect me. So He protected him; surely He is the Forgiving, the Merciful. He said: My Lord! because Thou hast bestowed a favor on me, I shall never be a backer of the guilty.
Khidr is saying when the time comes, drown the Egyptians,
Allah ordained so.
Lesson 2 for Musa
Khidr
18:74- So they went on until, when they met a boy, he slew him.
Musa
18:74- (Musa) said: Have you slain an innocent person otherwise than for manslaughter? Certainly you have done an evil thing.
Khidr to Musa
18:80-81- And as for the boy, his parents were believers and we feared lest he should make disobedience and ingratitude to come upon them: So we desired that their Lord might give them in his place one better than him in purity and nearer to having compassion.
Khidr is preparing Musa for the plague.
The boy represents the people of Egypt.
Parents is our parent in belief, Prophet Abraham.
Lesson 3 for Musa
Khidr
18:77- So they went on until when they came to the people of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them as guests. Then they found in it a wall which was on the point of falling, so he put it into a right state.
Musa
18:77- (Musa) said: If you had pleased, you might certainly have taken a recompense for it.
Khidr to Musa
18:82- And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father was a righteous man; so your Lord desired that they should attain their maturity and take out their treasure, a mercy from your Lord, and I did not do it of my own accord. This is the significance of that with which you could not have patience.
Khidr is preparing Musa for Mt Sinai and the following 40 year waiting period that the Israelites had to suffer due to the calf incident.
People of the Town are the People at Mt Sinai.
Food is allegorically to be fed wisdom. To be fed with Allahs guidance.
The refusal of accepting them as guest is the calf incident.
The Wall is the Final Barrier between them and the holy land.
The treasure is the Holy Land,
The father is what we inherit from our parents, our religion Abrahamic faith
the two orphan boys are Moses and Aaron,
maturity is the 40 year waiting period
(Original and allegorical)
18:77- So they went on until when they came to the people of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them as guests. Then they found in it a wall which was on the point of falling, so he put it into a right state.
So they went on until when they came to Mt Sinai, they asked Allah for guidance , but they refused and took a calf. Then they found in it a final barrier (between them and the Holy Land) which was on the point of falling, so he put it into a right state.
18:82- And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father was a righteous man; so your Lord desired that they should attain their maturity and take out their treasure, a mercy from your Lord, and I did not do it of my own accord. This is the significance of that with which you could not have patience
And as for the Final barrier, it belonged to Moses and Aaron, and there’s was beneath it the Holy Land, and their religion (Abrahamic faith) was right; so your Lord desired that they should attain a 40 year waiting period and then receive the Holy Land , a mercy from your Lord,
Who Al-Khidr really is.
Ok guys,
Firstly just to reiterate no where in the Quran is the name Al-Khidr mentioned. It is presumed to be so from Hadiths.
Alkhidr is Zulqarnain.
There are 4 reasons why it can be debated that Khidr is Zulqarnain.
The first is chronological order. Zulqarnain is mentioned straight after the story of the boat incident
18.82And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father was a righteous man; so your Lord desired that they should attain their maturity and take out their treasure, a mercy from your Lord, and I did not do it of my own accord. This is the significance of that with which you could not have patience.
18:83-
AND THEY ASK YOU ABOUT ZULQARNAIN. Say: I will recite to you an account of him.
Second Khidr is never mentioned in the Quran.
Third reason is Zulqarnains story has a remarkable resemblance to that of the character on the boat. As mentioned in Musa in my previous post, I will repeat these stories with the Story of Zulqarnain with the proclaimed Khidr respectively.
Please remember this is not in regards to Musa what so ever. This is in regards to the Character on the Boat and the Story of Zulqarnain
First Course
18:86-88- Until when he reached the place where the sun set, he found it going down into a black sea, and found by it a people. We said: O Zulqarnain! either give them a chastisement or do them a benefit. He said: As to him who is injust, we will chastise him, then shall he be returned to his Lord, and He will chastise him with an exemplary chastisement: And as for him who believes and does good, he shall have goodly reward, and We will speak to him an easy word of Our command.
18:79- As for the boat, it belonged to (some) poor men who worked on the river and I wished that I should damage it, and there was behind them a king who seized every boat by force.
Zulqarnain was asked to either give them chastisement or do them a benefit. When looking at the boat story Zulqarnain actually did them a benefit by damaging the boat.
He also mentions in 18:87, those who are unjust will receive punishment and will have an “exemplary chastisement” and in 18:88, those believers who do good should be goodly rewarded. This passage seems to also speak to the Poor Men the Israelites .
From amongst the Israelites those who followed the calf were punished and the others were rewarded.
“The place where the sun set” could easily be translated as their test (struggle) was coming to an end. This translation comes because of the following Ayats.
Second Course
18:90-91- Until when he reached the land of the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people to whom We had given no shelter from It; Even so! and We had a full knowledge of what he had.
18:80-81- And as for the boy, his parents were believers and we feared lest he should make disobedience and ingratitude to come upon them: So we desired that their Lord might give them in his place one better than him in purity and nearer to having compassion.
In Zulqarnain’s second course he reaches a land where “we had given no shelter from it”. A child tests does not begin until puberty. We also see he reached the land of “rising of the sun”. Hence both “given no shelter from it” and “the rising of the sun” could possibly mean the test hadn’t begun.
A clearer connection between the two different incidents can be seen with the comment “Even so! We had a full knowledge of what he had.” This fits perfectly with a boy who was killed for “disobedience and ingratitude” that he still had not commited.
Third Course
18.93-98- Until when he reached (a place) between the two mountains, he found on that side of them a people who could hardly understand a word. They said: O Zulqarnain! surely Gog and Magog make mischief in the land. Shall we then pay you a tribute on condition that you should raise a barrier between us and them. He said: That in which my Lord has established me is better, therefore you only help me with workers, I will make a fortified barrier between you and them; Bring me blocks of iron; until when he had filled up the space between the two mountain sides, he said: Blow, until when he had made it fire, he said: Bring me molten brass which I may pour over it. So they were not able to scale it nor could they make a hole in it. He said: This is a mercy from my Lord, but when the promise of my Lord comes to pass He will make it level with the ground, and the promise of my Lord is ever true.
18:77 So they went on until when they came to the people of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them as guests. Then they found in it a wall which was on the point of falling, so he put it into a right state. (Musa) said: If you had pleased, you might certainly have taken a recompense for it.
18:82- And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure belonging to them, and their father was a righteous man; so your Lord desired that they should attain their maturity and take out their treasure, a mercy from your Lord, and I did not do it of my own accord. This is the significance of that with which you could not have patience.
The similarities are astounding with these Ayats.
The Character with Musa
Refused to entertain them as guests
Zulqarnain
Hardly understood a word
The Character with Musa
Musa mentions the “recompense” he could have earn for the task
Zulqarnain
They say Shall we pay you a tribute for the task
The Character with Musa
Two Orphan Boys
Zulqarnain
Two Mountains
The Character with Musa
Wall built between them to stop Gog and Magog
Zulqarnain
Wall built to save their treasure
The Character with Musa
Wall will come to pass and be levelled with the ground
Zulqarnain
Wall will come to pass after attaining maturity
The fourth reason and important reason is the Quran is specific that nobody know the future except Allah.
27.65 "No one in the heavens and the earth knows the future except Allah"
How can Khidr guide Musa without knowing the future?
If you accept the character on the boat to be Zulqarnain, it makes logical sense that he already lived a situation like that before and can pass on his knolwedge of what to do.
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