Commentary: They will Awaken On a Day liken When It Is Too Late. In the former verses the transgressors who love the wealth of the world and oppress the rights of others are described. In these verses the oppressors are warned that there will be a Reckoning Day and a violent punishment waiting for them, so, they should expect it. At first it says: "Nay!", that is, it is not as they think such that there will he no record and a Reckoning Day, and they should not think that the worldly property which Allah has given them is for their honouring and not for their trial. Then it continues: "When (he earth i crushed with crushing upon crushing," The term /dakk/ originally means' a level land ` so, then, it is used in the sense of 'to pound the hills and buildings level, into dust ` , and /dakkin/ is' a platform leveled and flat for sitting'. The repetition of /dakk/, in the verse, is for emphasis. On the whole, the idea touches on the earthquakes and the horrible events at the end of this world and the beginning of the Ressurrection. There will be such a great revolution in all creatures that all mountains cleave asunder and the land will be leveled and smooth as Sura Taha. No. 20. verses 105-107 say: "They ask thee concerning the Mountains: Say, My Lord will uproot them and scatter them as dust;" `He will leave them as plains smooth and level," "Nothing crooked, or curved with thou see in their place'." ******** When the First stage of the Resurrection ends, that is, after the dissolution the worId. the second stage will begin and all human being will return to life again, they will be present for the Divine Judgement: ".And comes (the command af) your Lord and the angels in ranAs arrayed". The angels will surround all who are attending the gathering place of resurrection to Carry out Allah's command to them. This is an out line on the glory and greatness of That Day and the inability of Man to escape from the grips of Justice. The term / ja'a rabbuka / `your Lord comes ` means that the command of the Lord comes for verifying Mankind's reckoning. |