General description of the surah
The surah
Mecca
The number of its verses
46
It's arranged in the Qur’an
79
Does the surah have other names?
Al - sahirah
Al - Tamh
Allah says
وَٱلنَّٰزِعَٰتِ غَرۡقٗا (1)
And the dislocation drowned (1)
God Almighty swears by the angels who will severely remove the souls of infidels
Our Lord, glory be to Him, swore by the removers, and the people of interpretation differed about them, what they are, and what they remove?
some of them said
They are the angels that take the souls of the sons of Adam, and those who take away the souls of humans.
On the authority of Jaafar
on the authority of Saeed, in his saying Their souls were taken away, then they drowned, then they were thrown into the fire.
On the authority of Al-Sadi, he said
The breath when it sinks into the chest
Allah says
وَٱلنَّٰشِطَٰتِ نَشۡطٗا (2)
And the active ones, active.
And the angels who actively and gently attract the souls of believers
The people of interpretation also differed about them, what they are, and what activates them. Some of them said: They are the angels, they activate the soul of the believer and seize it, just as the rein of a camel is activated when it is loosened from it.
The Arabs say
It is as if it is more active than a headband, and its link: active, and the link: active; He said: If you tie the rope in the camel's hand, you have invigorated it, and you are active, and if you loose it, you have invigorated it.
Others said
And the active ones are death, which activates the human soul.
On the authority of Al-Sadi
he said: Activate it when you activate it from the feet.
Others said
The stars are active from one horizon to another.
Others said
Angels move from place to place, and so does death
Allah says
وَٱلسَّٰبِحَٰتِ سَبۡحٗا (3)
The swimmer is swimming
And the angels who glorify God when at their descent from heaven and their ascension to it,
Mujahid saw that
The angels descend from heaven swimming, just as a horse is said to be a swimmer, and when it passes by it accelerates.
Others said
They are the stars swimming in their orbit
Others said
They are ships
Allah says
فَٱلسَّٰبِقَٰتِ سَبۡقٗا (4)
So the precedents are precedence (4)
Some scholars said
They are the angels that precede the devils with revelation to the prophets; Lest you steal it
Some of them said
They are angels
Some said
The death
Others said
Rather, they are the previous horses
Others said
Rather, they are stars that precede each other in their journey
Allah says
فَٱلۡمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمۡرٗا (5)
So those who manage their affairs (5)
Angels carry out the command of their Lord regarding the affairs of the universe entrusted to them, and it is not permissible for a creature to swear by anyone other than its Creator, If he does so, then he has committed polytheism - the creatures will be resurrected and held accountable. It is said that they are the angels who administer what they have been commanded to do of God’s command.
Allah says
يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ (6)
On the Day when the trembling one will tremble (6)
The day the earth will be shaken by the first blast, the blast of death, the day the earth and the mountains will shake at the first blast, followed by a successor followed by another after it. It is the second blast that complements the first for the resurrection on the Day of Resurrection.
On the authority of Ibn Abbas His saying
The day the trembling woman trembles. He says: The first blast.
Allah says
تَتۡبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ (7)
Followed by the follower(7)
About Qatada
The Prophet of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to say: “Between them are forty.” His companions said: By God, we did not do more than that. It was mentioned to us that the Prophet of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to say: during those forty days, rain will be sent that gives life, until the earth becomes pleasant and shakes, And the bodies of the people will sprout the herb plant, then the second blow will be blown, and behold, they are standing and looking.”
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, he said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
He mentioned the Sour, and Abu Hurairah said: O Messenger of God, what are the Sour? He said: “A century" He said: How is he? He said: “A great horn in which three blasts are blown: The first is the blast of terror, and the second is the blast of shock, The third is the blast of standing, and the people of the heavens and the earth panic, Except whom God wills, and God commands it to continue, prolong it, and not let up, and it is the one that says: all these people see is a single cry without a hiccup, and God moves the mountains, It will become a mirage, and the earth will shake with its people.
Others said
The earth trembles, and the follower: The Hour
Allah says
قُلُوبٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاجِفَةٌ (8)
The hearts of that day will be intense fear (8)
The hearts of the infidels on that day will be troubled by intense fear afraid of the great terror coming down
On the authority of Ibn Abbas
hearts on that day will be weak. He says: Fearful.
Allah says
أَبۡصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٞ (9)
they eyes are humbled (9)
The eyes of their companions were humiliated due to the depression and sadness that had overtaken them due to the fear and terror that had befallen them due to the great horror of that day.
On the authority of Qatada, he said:
Those who deny the resurrection say: After our death, will we return to what we were while alive on earth? these Quraysh polytheists who deny resurrection say when they are told: You will be resurrected after death: we will be returned to our original state before death, so we will return alive as we were before our destruction and before our death. This is from their saying: So-and-so returned on his hoof: if he returns from whence he came.
Allah says
يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرۡدُودُونَ فِي ٱلۡحَافِرَةِ (10)
They say, “Indeed, we will be returned to the Haferah: the world” (10)
That's life
On the authority of Ibn Abbas, he said:
Shall we be thrown back into the Haferah? He says: Shall we live after our death and be resurrected from this place of ours?
Others said
Al-Hafira: the excavated land in which their graves were dug, so they made that similar to his saying: from flowing water, It means dug, and they said: Al-Hafarah means engraved.
other said
It's the Hell fire
Allah says
أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمٗا نَّخِرَةٗ (11)
When we were worn out bones (11)
Shall we return when we have become worn out bones?
Some of the people who knew the speech of the Arabs from the Kufans used to say: That return is alive after death, so: they mean now, once again: they mean a return, lost.
Allah says
قَالُواْ تِلۡكَ إِذٗا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٞ (12)
They said: “That is a loser return (12)
That is, a lost return. They were revived and then went to Hell, and it was an ordeal of misfortune.
Allah says
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجۡرَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ (13)
It is only one rebuke (13)
It is just one puff
And His saying: It is but one rebuke. God Almighty says: It is but one cry, and a blast that is blown in the trumpet, and that is the rebuke.
Allah says
فَإِذَا هُم بِٱلسَّاهِرَةِ (14)
Then, they were at Saherah (14)
So they are alive on the face of the earth after they were in its belly
Arabs were called
The desert and the face of the earth are awake, and I think they called that because it contains the sleep of animals and its staying awake, so it was described by the quality of it; So they are on the face of the earth.
Al saherah
Flat place
About Qatada
So they were at the top of the earth after they had been in its depths
On the authority of Saeed bin Jubair with the land
On the authority of Wahb bin Munabbih He said
Al-Sahira: a mountain next to Jerusalem
Allah says
هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰٓ (15)
Has the hadith of Moses reached you (15)
Have you heard of Moses, O Muhammad?
Allah says
إِذۡ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٱلۡمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى (16)
When his Lord called him in the holy valley of Tuwa (16)
O Muhammad, have you heard the hadith of Musa ibn Imran, and have you heard the news of him when his Lord spoke to him in the sacred valley, meaning by the sacred: the blessed purgatory?
He stepped on the ground barefoot
Allah says
ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ (17)
Went to Pharaoh, he had transgressed (17)
He said to him: Go to Pharaoh. He has committed excessive disobedience?
He is arrogant and exceeds his limit in aggression and arrogance towards his Lord.
Allah says
فَقُلۡ هَل لَّكَ إِلَىٰٓ أَن تَزَكَّىٰ (18)
So tell him, “Do you have the right to purify yourself?” (18)
So say to him: Do you wish to purify yourself of your shortcomings and adorn your soul with faith? Tell him: Do you have the right to purify yourself from the filth of disbelief and believe in your Lord?
And purification is in the entire Qur’an
Islam
On the authority of Ikrimah, Moses said to Pharaoh
(Do you have to purify yourself?) Can you say:
'There is no god but God
Allah says
وَأَهۡدِيَكَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَتَخۡشَىٰ (19)
And I will guide you to your Lord, so that you may fear (19)
And guide you to obey your Lord, so that you fear Him and fear Him?
So you fear His punishment by performing what He has obligated you to do, and avoiding the sins He has forbidden you to do.
Allah says
فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلۡأٓيَةَ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ (20)
So he showed him the major sign (20)
So Moses showed Pharaoh the great sign: of the staff and the hand, His saying: (So he showed him the great sign) God Almighty says: So Moses saw Pharaoh the great sign, It means the greatest indication that God has a messenger whom He sent to him, so that sign was the hand of Moses when he brought it out, white for onlookers, and his staff turned into a clear serpent.
Ibn Zaid said
The stick and the snake
Allah says
فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ (21)
So he lied and disobeyed (21)
So Pharaoh lied to God’s Prophet Moses, peace be upon him, and disobeyed his Lord Almighty
Allah says
ثُمَّ أَدۡبَرَ يَسۡعَىٰ (22)
Then he turned away and seeking (22)
Then he turned away from the faith, striving to oppose Moses
Pharaoh denied Moses regarding the miraculous signs that came to him, and disobeyed him regarding his obedience to his Lord and his fear of Him.
Allah says
فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰ (23)
So he was gathered and called (23)
So he gathered the people of his kingdom and called them
He works to disobey God and to displease Him.
On the authority of Mujahid, his saying: (Then he turned back and ran)
He said: He works with corruption.
Allah says
فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ (24)
Then He said, “I am your Lord, the Most High.” (24)
He said: I am your Lord above whom there is no Lord. And his saying: (So he was gathered and called) says: So he gathered his people and his followers and called to them.
Allah says
فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ وَٱلۡأُولَىٰٓ (25)
So God punished him with severe punishment in the Hereafter and the First (25)
So God took revenge on him with torment in this world and the hereafter, and made him an example and a punishment for the rebels like him.
The punishment of the Hereafter is one of his two words, which is his saying: I am your Lord, the Most High, and the better is his saying: I do not know that you have any god other than Me.
I do not know that you have any god other than Me, and His saying
I am your Lord, the Most High. He said: They are his two words, (So God seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the first.) It was said to him: Who mentioned him? He said: Abu Husayn, and he was told: On the authority of Abu Ad-Duha, on the authority of Ibn Abbas? He said: Yes.
On the authority of Mujahid he said:
It is his saying: I do not know that you have any god other than Me, and his saying: I am your Lord, the Most High, and there was forty years between them.
Allah says
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّمَن يَخۡشَىٰٓ (26)
Indeed, in that is a lesson for those who fear. (26)
The punishment with which God punished Pharaoh in this present world, and in his taking of him the punishment of the hereafter and the first, is an admonition and a consideration for those who fear God and fear His punishment.
Allah says
ءَأَنتُمۡ أَشَدُّ خَلۡقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُۚ بَنَىٰهَا (27)
Are you stronger in creation than the heavens? (27)
Shall I resurrect you, O people, who is more appreciative of you after death or the creation of heaven?
Allah says
رَفَعَ سَمۡكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا (28)
He raised its thickness and settled it (28)
He is equal to the sky, nothing is higher than anything, and nothing is lower than anything, but they are all equal in height and extension.
Allah says
وَأَغۡطَشَ لَيۡلَهَا وَأَخۡرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا (29)
And He darkened its night and brought out its morning (29)
The night of the sky became dark, adding the night to the sky, because the night is the setting, setting and rising of the sun in it, then it was added to it because of what was in it, as it was said: the stars of the night, since it included rising and setting.
Allah says
وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ دَحَىٰهَآ (30)
And the Earth after that, spread it out (30)
After creating the heavens, He spread the earth and deposited its benefits in it
the scientific interpretation of the Holy Verse
Heritage writers interpreted (Dahaha) meaning
Expand it
Some commentators went to:
Interpreting its dahyah means making it like a dahyah, which is an egg, and this contradicts the truth, as what is scientifically proven is that the earth is spherical and not oval
The astronomical calculations say
that the equatorial radius: 6,378.1 km, the polar radius: 6,356.8 km. This difference (less than 24 km) does not affect its sphericity and makes it oval.
Which can be proposed based on the interpretation of (Al-Dahiya)
It is that the earth has a shell like an egg
Take the water out of it
That is, the Lord of Glory brought water from the interior of the earth to its surface, and it became rivers, seas, oceans, and even snow. After that, the cycle of evaporation, clouds, and rain settled, and pastures emerged. With the emergence of this huge amount of water from the ground, it became almost hollow in a relative sense. Here is the interpretation of its “dhaha”, i.e. (its cavity)
After the Lord of Glory brought out the water from the depths of the earth
There are now seas, oceans, and dry land. Thus, the distribution of pressure on the surface of the earth’s crust is uneven at every point, and this threatens it to expand and collapse. Here comes the role of the mountains (and the mountains anchor them) where the Lord of Glory established the mountains and distributed them on the surface of the Earth and at the bottom of the oceans so that the pressure on the earth’s crust would be equalized so that it would not be crushed.
Where the Lord of Glory established the mountains and distributed them on the surface of the Earth and at the bottom of the oceans so that the pressure on the earth’s crust would be equalized so that it would not be crushed.
The mountains are what keep the ball from crushing under the influence of the difference in pressure on its surface, as there is a simultaneous and causal connection between the mountains and the coming of the Hour.
Allah says
أَخۡرَجَ مِنۡهَا مَآءَهَا وَمَرۡعَىٰهَا (31)
He brought out from it its water and pasture (31)
And springs of water gush forth therein, and plants grow therein for grazing
And he said (He brought forth from it its water) He says: He caused the rivers to flow into it (and its pastures) He says: He caused its plants to grow.
I heard Al-Dahhak saying this
(And its pasture) is what God has created in it of plants, and its water is the rivers that flow in it.
Allah says
وَٱلۡجِبَالَ أَرۡسَىٰهَا (32)
And the mountains He made it firm (32)
And He established the mountains as pegs therein
The scientific interpretation of the verse
It was previously mentioned in Surat Al-Naba
Allah says
مَتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَ لِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ (33)
An enjoyment for you and for the livestock (33)
The creation of the Almighty all these blessings benefit you and your cattleو He created these things, and brought forth from the earth its water and its pasture, for our benefit and enjoyment for a while.
Allah says
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلۡكُبۡرَىٰ (34)
So when the great calamity comes (34)
When the great resurrection and the great distress come, which is the second blast, When the one that overwhelms all the formidable matters comes, it overwhelms everything else with its great terror, and it is said: It is one of the names of the Day of Resurrection.
On the authority of Ibn Abbas
One of the names of the Day of Resurrection, may God glorify it and warn His servants.
He said: The people of Paradise will be led to Paradise, and the people of Hell will be led to Hell.
Allah says
يَوۡمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ (35)
On the Day when man will remember what he strived for (35)
If calamity comes on a day when a person remembers what good and evil he did in this world, that is his effort.
Allah says
وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلۡجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ (36)
And Hell has become appeared to him who sees it (36)
Allah says
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ (37)
As for him who transgresses (37)
As for the one who rebels against God’s command, then the one who rebels against his Lord, disobeys Him, and is arrogant in worshiping Him.
Allah says
وَءَاثَرَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا (38)
And he preferred the life of this world (38)
He says: He preferred the enjoyment of this worldly life over the dignity of the Hereafter, and what God had prepared therein for His guardians, so he worked for this world and strived for it, and left work for the Hereafter.
Allah says
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ (39)
Indeed, Hell is the refuge (39)
His destination is to Hell, (For Hell is a refuge) He says: God’s fire, whose name is Hell, is his home, his refuge, and his destination, which he will reach on the Day of Resurrection.
Allah says
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِۦ وَنَهَى ٱلنَّفۡسَ عَنِ ٱلۡهَوَىٰ (40)
And as for him who fears the standing of his Lord and forbids the soul from inclinations (40)
As for the one who fears God’s questioning of him when he stands before him on the Day of Resurrection, he should fear Him by performing His obligations and avoiding His sins, He forbade himself from its desires for what God hates and does not please him, so he rebuked her from that and went against her desires to what his Lord had commanded him to do.
Allah says
فَإِنَّ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ هِيَ ٱلۡمَأۡوَىٰ (41)
For indeed, Paradise is the refuge (41)
He says: Paradise is his shelter and home on the Day of Resurrection, We have mentioned the sayings of the people of interpretation regarding the meaning of his saying: And for the one who fears standing before his Lord in the past, in a way that is sufficient for him to repeat it in this situation.
Allah says
يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا (42)
They ask you about the Hour, Its anchorage (42)
God Almighty says in His mention to His Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace: O Muhammad, those who deny resurrection ask you about the hour in which you will raise the dead from their graves, when it will rise and appear.
Al-Farra was saying
If the one who said: Anchoring is for the ship, and the anchored mountains and the like, then how can he describe the Hour as an anchor? I said: It is like a ship if it is underway and anchored, and its anchoring means its standing; He said: Its rise is not like the rise of the Qaim, but rather it is like your saying: Justice has been established, and truth has been established: that is, it has appeared and been established.
Allah says
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ (43)
Where are you from the remember of it? (43)
(What are you in remembrance of?) He says: What are you in remembrance of the Hour and research about it? It was reported that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to mention the Hour frequently, until this verse was revealed.
Allah says
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ (44)
To your Lord is its final destination (44)
Rather, this is due to God Almighty, and His saying: (To your Lord is its end) means: To your Lord is the end of its knowledge, meaning to Him the knowledge of the Hour ends, and no one knows the time of its resurrection except Him.
Allah says
إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا (45)
You are only a warner of those who fear it (45)
You are only a messenger sent to warn of the Hour, whoever fears God’s punishment therein for his crimes, and you were not charged with knowledge of the time of its coming. He says: So leave what you are not charged with knowing, and do what you have been commanded to do in warning whomever you have been commanded to warn.
Allah says
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا (46)
As if on the day they saw it, they had not stayed except in the evening or forenoon (46)
It is as if, on the day they see the coming of the Hour, they will not remain in the life of this world, for the final Hour, except between noon and sunset, or between sunrise and midday, It is as if those who disbelieve in the Hour, on the day they see that the Hour has arisen from its great horror, have not remained in this world except the eve of a day, or the morning of that evening, and the Arabs say: I will come to you in the evening or the morning of it.
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