الإنشقاق

See 1:1.

55:38; 69:17.

Commentary:

The verse refers to the time when the gates of heaven will open and heavenly signs in support of Islam will appear in large numbers and highly placed persons will begin to give serious thought to the revealed guidance. For a detailed note on this spiritual phenomenon of the bursting forth or opening out of the heaven see 21:31.

41:12.

Important Words:

أذنت لربھا (hearkens to her Lord). They say أذن الیه و له i.e. he listened to him, being pleased with him (Lane). The Holy Prophet is reported to have said: ما أذن الله لشیء ما أذن للنبی یتغنی بالقرآن i.e. God is not so fond of listening to anything as when the Prophet recites the Quran (Bukhari, chapter Fada’ilul Qur’an).

حقت (this is incumbent upon her). حق means, it was or became necessary or unavoidable; it was or became binding, obligatory, incumbent or due. حق لک أن تفعل کذا i.e. it is incumbent, obligatory, necessary, etc. for thee that thou shouldst do this (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

The verse taken with its predecessor purports to say that a new Adam will be born and the angels of the heaven will take their stand on his side, ready to help him in the furtherance and propagation of his divine mission (69:18), because that is mainly the object of their creation. The verse further implies that a new order will come into being and great heavenly signs will appear and the Word of God will descend in quick succession, disclosing to the God-fearing heavenly mysteries and spiritual sciences.

50:45.

Important Word:

مدت (is spread out). مد الله الارض means, God expanded or stretched out and made level the earth. مد فی عمره means, he had his life lengthened. أمد له فی الأجل means, he deferred or postponed for him the period of duration. مد القوم means, he aided or succoured the people or became an auxiliary to them. مد الارض means, he put manure in the land (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

The verse signifies that the earth will get a new lease of life and the destruction which it had deserved on account of men’s sins will be deferred; and it will receive fresh manure, i.e. new means will be provided for the spiritual progress of its dwellers. The verse may also signify that some planets which appear to pertain to the heaven will be discovered to form a part of the earth and men will try to reach them by means of rockets, etc.

Commentary:

The verse may mean:

(a) The earth will throw out its hidden treasures so abundantly that it would appear as if it was going to empty itself out.

(b) Spiritual sciences will make great progress.

(c) The science of archaeology will specially develop and expand.

(d) The earth will become cleansed of sin and iniquity on account of great miracles and signs that it will witness and people will listen to the Divine Message.

2:224; 11:30; 18:111; 29:6.

Important Words:

کادح (toiling hard) is act. part. from کدح which means, he laboured hard and actively; he toiled or laboured hard till he wearied himself (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

Man has to work hard to attain to God. To suffer physical, mental and monetary sacrifice in order to achieve this goal.

17:72; 56:28; 69:20.

Commentary:

"The right hand" being a metaphor for power and strength, the verse means that those fortunate people who had acted upon the teachings of the Quran with patience and perseverance will be given their record in their right hand, signifying that they had lived up to its commandments to the best of their ability.

56:42; 69:26.

Commentary:

Those "who had thrown the Book of God behind their backs, i.e. those who had treated the Quran as a discarded thing" (25:31), will be given their record behind their backs. This will constitute a sign that they had not acted upon its teaching.

Important Words:

ثبور (destruction) is derived from ثبر which means, he perished; he suffered loss; he erred; he became lost. ثبور means, loss, perdition; complete destruction, woe, etc. (Lane). See also 25:15.

Commentary:

When a man is in extreme distress, he desires death might end his life. The verse under comment describes this state of mind of the disbelievers. Face to face with Divine punishment in the form of blazing fire, the disbelievers will wish death to come upon them and "death will come to them from every direction but they will not die" (14:18).

83:32.

18:36.

Important Words:

یحور (would return) is formed from حار which means, he returned from a good state to a bad state. They say نعوذ بالله من الحور بعد الکور i.e. we seek protection with God that we should return to a bad state after a good state. حار also means, it decreased or became defective or deficient; he perished or died; he became changed from one state or condition to another; he was or became perplexed and confounded and was unable to see his right course. The Arabs say حار و بار i.e. he was reduced to or became in a defective and bad state (Lane & Aqrab).

Commentary:

See note on 84:19.

Commentary:

See note on 84:19.

Important Words:

اتسق (becomes full) is derived from وسق . They say وسق الشیء i.e. he gathered and heaped up the thing. اتسق الامر means, the affair became in good order, complete, perfect, whole.

اتسق القمر means, the moon became full; its light became complete and it became بدر (moon of the 14th night); the moon became full and its light became complete, from the 13th to the 16th night (Lane, Farra’).

Commentary:

In this verse reference is made to the moon of the 14th night which, shining in all its brightness, would dispel the spiritual darkness that had enshrouded the entire face of the earth. This moon was the Promised Messiah who was born in the 13th century of Hijrah and who announced his claim in the 14th century, the period of his ministry extending to the end of the 16th century, A. H. (Taryaqul-Qulub). Thus these verses (17-19) contained a prophecy about the temporary decline of Muslims, and their renaissance through the Promised Messiah who was to reflect in his person fully and faithfully the glorious light of the sun, i.e. the Holy Prophet.