إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انشَقَّتْ
When the sky is split open
Commentary on Quran 84:1
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:1] Refer to the commentary of Infitar: 1 to 4 and Takwir: 1 to 13. As soon as Allah issues His command the whole material existence that has been created by Him will disintegrate in obedience because every created being, by its nature, must hearken to the voice (will) of its creator even to the extent of its own extinction.
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
and gives ear to its Lord as it should.
Commentary on Quran 84:2
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:2] (see commentary for verse 1)
وَإِذَا الْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ
When the earth is spread out
Commentary on Quran 84:3
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:3] (see commentary for verse 1)
وَأَلْقَتْ مَا فِيهَا وَتَخَلَّتْ
and throws out what is in it, emptying itself,
Commentary on Quran 84:4
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:4] (see commentary for verse 1)
وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ
and gives ear to its Lord as it should.
Commentary on Quran 84:5
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:5] (see commentary for verse 1)
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَى رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ
O man! You are labouring toward your Lord laboriously, and you will encounter Him.
Commentary on Quran 84:6
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:6] Although the life of this world is sometimes full of toil and misery for the believers and the righteous yet they strive hard to follow the right path because they are convinced that there is a day of resurrection when they shall go to their Lord with their account to meet Him before His throne of judgement. The disbelievers and the transgressors, the deniers and beliers of the day of reckoning shall also come before the Lord but without the hope of salvation.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ
Then, as for him who is given his record [of deeds] in his right hand,
Commentary on Quran 84:7
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:7] Refer to the commentary of Bani Israil: 71 and Waqi-ah: 7 to 56. For those who spent their lives in goodness and truth their reckoning will be made easy. They will rejoice in the rewards given to them.
فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
he will receive an easy reckoning,
Commentary on Quran 84:8
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:8] (see commentary for verse 7)
وَيَنقَلِبُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا
and he will return to his folks joyfully.
Commentary on Quran 84:9
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:9] (see commentary for verse 7)
وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ
But as for him who is given his record from behind his back,
Commentary on Quran 84:10
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:10] Refer to the commentary of Haqqah: 24 and 25. The wicked will cry for death and annihilation, but they will neither live nor die as said in verse 74 of Ta Ha. In the life of this world they were, in utter neglect of the hereafter, in extreme self-complacency and self-conceit, imagining that they would not be called upon to account for their evil deeds.
فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُو ثُبُورًا
he will pray for annihilation
Commentary on Quran 84:11
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:11] (see commentary for verse 10)
وَيَصْلَى سَعِيرًا
and enter the Blaze.
Commentary on Quran 84:12
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:12] (see commentary for verse 10)
إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا
Indeed he used to be joyful among his folk,
Commentary on Quran 84:13
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:13] (see commentary for verse 10)
إِنَّهُ ظَنَّ أَن لَّن يَحُورَ
and he thought that he would never return.
Commentary on Quran 84:14
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:14] (see commentary for verse 10)
بَلَى إِنَّ رَبَّهُ كَانَ بِهِ بَصِيرًا
Yes, his Lord had been watching him.
Commentary on Quran 84:15
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:15] (see commentary for verse 10)
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ
I swear by the evening glow,
Commentary on Quran 84:16
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:16] See commentary of Muddaththir: 32 for "I call to witness"-adjuration. Man's attention is drawn to the flawless functioning of the universe under the precise laws made by Allah. Man, therefore, must observe, study and understand the disciplined functioning of the material existence and also follow the laws ordained by Allah and conveyed to him through the Holy Prophet, not only to establish a fair, just and harmonious social order in this world but also attain success in the life of hereafter. There is something wrong with his understanding and will if he does not do so. He must follow the laws given to him in the Quran which is the real submission and gratitude to Allah. The ignorant and obstinate among the people who are weak in wisdom do not understand, so they disbelieve and consequently suffer punishment.
وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
by the night and what it is fraught with,
Commentary on Quran 84:17
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:17] (see commentary for verse 16)
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ
by the moon when it blooms full:
Commentary on Quran 84:18
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:18] (see commentary for verse 16)
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
you will surely fare from stage to stage.
Commentary on Quran 84:19
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:19] (see commentary for verse 16)
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
What is the matter with them that they will not believe,
Commentary on Quran 84:20
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:20] (see commentary for verse 16)
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ
and will not prostrate when the Quran is recited to them?
Commentary on Quran 84:21
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:21] (see commentary for verse 16)
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ
Indeed, the faithless impugn [the Apostle],
Commentary on Quran 84:22
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:22] (see commentary for verse 16)
وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
and Allah knows best what they keep to themselves.
Commentary on Quran 84:23
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:23] (see commentary for verse 16)
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
So inform them of a painful punishment,
Commentary on Quran 84:24
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:24] (see commentary for verse 16)
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ
excepting such as are faithful and do righteous deeds: for them there will be an everlasting reward.
Commentary on Quran 84:25
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 84:25] (see commentary for verse 16)
