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1. Allah took an oath by the Day of Judgement when people stand before the Lord of the worlds.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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2. He took an oath by the pure soul that reproaches its owner for falling short in righteous deeds and for doing wrong deeds. He took an oath by these two things that He will certainly resurrect people for reckoning and recompense.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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3. Does man think that I will not gather his bones to be resurrected after he dies?!

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

at is to say, la- tub'athunna, ‘you shall indeed be resurrected!’, as indicated by [what follows]): [75:3] Does man, that is, [does] the disbeliever, suppose that We shall not assemble his bones?, for the raising [from the graves] and [for] the bringing back to life. [75:4] Yes, indeed!. We shall assemble them.…

Al-Mukhtasar

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4. Indeed, I am able together with gathering them to restore his fingertips in a proportionate form just as they were.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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5. But man by his denial of the resurrection wants to continue sinning in the future unchecked.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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6. He skeptically asks about the Day of Judgement: When will it occur?

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

[preceding] an, ‘that’) what lies ahead of him, namely, the Day of Resurrection, as is indicated by: [75:6] He asks, ‘When is the Day of Resurrection?’ — the question is meant in mockery and denial. [75:7] But when the eyes are dazzled (read bariqa or baraqa). Startled and perplexed upon seeing some of those things which it used to deny; [75:8] and the moon is eclipsed, darkening, its light disappearing, [75:9] and the sun and the moon are brought together, so that both of them will rise from the weSt; or [it means when] the light of both of them disappears — and this will be on the Day o…

Al-Mukhtasar

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7. When the sight is dazzled and astonished at the time when it sees what it used to deny.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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8. And the light of the moon disappears.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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9. And the mass of the sun and the moon are brought together.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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10. The sinning person will say on that day: Where is the escape?!

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Al-Mukhtasar

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11. There is no escape on that day and there is no place in which the sinner can take refuge nor any place that he can seek protection in.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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12. The return and destination on that day will be to your Lord, O Messenger, for the reckoning and recompense.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ed! — a deterrent againSt seeking to escape — There is no refuge, no shelter to seek protection in. [75:12] On that day the recourse will be to your Lord, the [final] recourse of all creatures, whereupon they will be reckoned with and requited. [75:13] On that day man will be informed of what he has sent ahead and left behind, [he will be in¬ formed] of the his firSt and laSt deeds. [75:14] Rather man has insight into his [own] soul, for his limbs will SJieak of his deeds (the ha [sc.…

Al-Mukhtasar

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13. On the day man will be informed about the actions that he sent forward and those that he left behind.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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14. Instead, man is a witness against himself as his limbs will testify against him in respect of the sins he committed.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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15. Even if he brings excuses to argue on behalf of himself that he did not do any evil, these will not benefit him.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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16. Do not move your tongue, O Messenger, with the Qur’ān hastily for fear of its escaping from you.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

usual madhira, maddhir ]) that is to say, whatever excuse he offers will not be accepted from him. [75:16] God, exalted be He, says to His Prophet: Do not move your tongue with it, with the Qur’an, before Gabriel is through with [reciting] it, to hasten it, fearing to lose it. [75:17] Assuredly it is for Us to bring it together, in your breast, and to recite it, your reciting of it, that is, its flowing off your tongue. [75:18] So, when We recite it, to you, by means of Gabriel’s recital, follow its recitation, listen to its recita- tion: thus the Prophet (s) would listen to it and then…

Al-Mukhtasar

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17. It is My duty to gather it in your chest and to establish its recitation on your tongue.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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18. When Gabriel has completed its recitation to you, then be attentive and listen to its being recited.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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19. Then, it is My duty to explain it to you.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

recitation, listen to its recita- tion: thus the Prophet (s) would listen to it and then repeat it. [75:19] Then, it is for Us to explain it, by making you comprehend [it]: the connection between this verse and what preceded [it] is that those [verses before] imply turning away from Gods signs, whereas this one implies applying oneself to them by memorising them. [75:20] No indeed! ( kalla is for commencement, with the sense of ala) Rather you love the transitory [life], this world (both verbs [here and below] may be read in the second or third person plural), [75:21] and forsake the Her…

Al-Mukhtasar

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20. Nay, the matter is not as you claimed about the impossibility of resurrection. You know that the One Who was able to create you the first time is not unable to bring you back to life after you die. However, the reason for your denial of resurrection, is your love for the fleeting life of the world.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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21. And your disregard for the life of the afterlife, the path of which is to carry out the acts of obedience that Allah has instructed you to and to leave the unlawful acts that He has prohibited you from.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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22. The faces of the people of faith and fortune on that day will be radiant with light.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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23. Looking at their Lord with enjoyment.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

Some faces on that day, that is, on the Day of Resurrection, will be radiant, fair and resplendent, [75:23] looking upon their Lord, in other words, they will see God, glorified and exalted be He, in the Hereafter. [75:24] And other faces on that day will be scowling, glowering, frowning terribly, [75:25] certain that a 4 pine-crushing calamity will fall on them, a great catastrophe, one that crushes the Spine’ (fiqdr ). [75:26] No indeed! (kalla : in the sense of ala ) When it, the soul, reaches up to the collar bones, [75:27] and it is said, [and] those around him [the dying one] say:…

Al-Mukhtasar

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24. The faces of the people of disbelief and wretchedness on that day will be gloomy.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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25. They will be sure that a great punishment and painful punishment is to come down on them.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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26. The matter is not as the idolaters imagined - that they will not be punished when they die. When the soul of any one of them reaches the upper part of his chest.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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27. And people say to one another: Who can heal this person, perhaps he can be cured?!

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Al-Mukhtasar

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28. The person in agony will be certain at that time that this is the departure from the world by death.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

nd him [the dying one] say: ‘Where is the enchanter?’, to perform incantations on him and cure him, [75:28] and he suffieds, [he] the one whose soul has reached this [Stage], that it is the [time of] parting, the parting with this world, [75:29] and the shank is intertwined with the [other] shank, that is, one of his shanks [will be inter¬ twined] with his other shank at the moment of death; or [it means] the distress of parting with this world is intertwined with the distress of the arrival of the Hereafter; [75:30] on that day to your Lord will be the driving [of the souls] ( al-masdq…

Al-Mukhtasar

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29. Difficulties will come together at the time when the world ends and the afterlife commences.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

reached this [Stage], that it is the [time of] parting, the parting with this world, [75:29] and the shank is intertwined with the [other] shank, that is, one of his shanks [will be inter¬ twined] with his other shank at the moment of death; or [it means] the distress of parting with this world is intertwined with the distress of the arrival of the Hereafter; [75:30] on that day to your Lord will be the driving [of the souls] ( al-masdq means al-sawq; this indi¬ cates the operator of the [above] idha, ‘when, the meaning being: ‘when the soul reaches the throat, it will be driven towards t…

Al-Mukhtasar

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30. When this occurs, the deceased will be driven to his Lord.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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31. The disbeliever did not accept what his messenger brought to him, nor did he pray to Allah, may He be glorified.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

ng being: ‘when the soul reaches the throat, it will be driven towards the judgement of its Lord’). [75:31] For he, man, neither affirmed [the truth] nor prayed, [75:32] but he denied, the Qur’an, and he turned away, from faith, [ 75 : 33 ] then went off to his family swaggering. Strutting about in self-conceit. [75 : 34] [Woe be] nearer to you (there is a shift from the third [to the second] person address here; the term [awld] is a noun of action, with the [following] lam being explicative, in other words, ‘what you are averse to is [now] near to you’) and nearer, that is because you a…

Al-Mukhtasar

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32. Instead, he denied what his messenger brought to him and turned away from it.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

truth] nor prayed, [75:32] but he denied, the Qur’an, and he turned away, from faith, [ 75 : 33 ] then went off to his family swaggering. Strutting about in self-conceit. [75 : 34] [Woe be] nearer to you (there is a shift from the third [to the second] person address here; the term [awld] is a noun of action, with the [following] lam being explicative, in other words, ‘what you are averse to is [now] near to you’) and nearer, that is because you are more deserving of it [woe] than anyone else, [ 75 : 35 ] then [may woe be] nearer to you and nearer! — [repeated] for emphasis. [75:36] Does…

Al-Mukhtasar

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33. Then this disbeliever went to his family swaggering in his gait out of pride.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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34. Allah thus warned the disbeliever that His punishment has come close to him.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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35. He then repeated the sentence by way of emphasis and stated: “Again, closer and closer it comes to you.”

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Al-Mukhtasar

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36. Does man think that Allah will leave him neglected without imposing any laws on him?

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

an anyone else, [ 75 : 35 ] then [may woe be] nearer to you and nearer! — [repeated] for emphasis. [75:36] Does man suppose that he is to be left aimless?, left to his own devices without being obligated to the [prescribed] laws: let him not suppose that! [ 75 : 37 ] Was he not — that is, [indeed] he was — a drop of emitted semen? (read yumna or tumna) de¬ posited into the womb. [75:38] Then it, the drop of semen, became a clot; then He, God, created, from it man, and proportioned [him], making the parts of his body upright, [75 : 39] an d made of it, of the drop of semen that became a…

Al-Mukhtasar

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37. Was this human being one day not a drop of sperm spilt into the womb.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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38. Thereafter he was a piece of coagulated blood. Then Allah created him and made his form proportionate.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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39. Then he made his species into two types: Male and female?!

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Al-Mukhtasar

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40. Is not the One Who created man from a drop, then a clot, able to give life once again to the dead for the reckoning and recompense?! Indeed, He is able to do so.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

two kinds, the male and the female, at times coming together and at times each being on their own. [75:40] Is not such, a Doer of [all] these things, able to revive the dead? — the Prophet (s) would say, ‘Yes, indeed!’ Meccan or Medinese, consisting of 31 verses. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [76:1] Has there [ever] been — there has indeed [been] —for man, Adam, a period of time, forty years, in which he was a thing unmentioned? — he was during this [period] fashioned in clay and not men¬ tioned; alternatively what is meant by insdn, ‘man, is the generic noun and…