Qur'an Majeed Series | Ch1: Surat al-Kahf, Ayats 74 and 80 - Syedi Mukasir Saheb AAB

In the first chapter, Mukasir-ud-Da'wat Syedi Husain Bhaisaheb Burhanuddin AAB elaborates on the meaning of the Quranic ayats that narrate Nabi Musa’s SA questioning of a learned man who killed a young person because he felt that, in the future, the boy would betray his parents. He explains why this zahir meaning is not applicable, and therefore the ayats’ true meaning is in its taawil.

"The (the Alim and Musa) proceeded: until, when they met a young man, (the Alim) killed him. (Musa) sad: "What! Have you killed an innocent person who had killed no one? Truly a horrible thing you have done!"