The Guiding Light — Page 517
S u rah al-Gh a shiyah, Chapter 88 517 ﺎﺷ ﻴ ( ghashiyah ) (44: 11-12). It was indeed a terrific calamity for the Makkans. × νθ ã _ ã ρ > ‹ Í × t Β ö θ t ƒ î π y è Ï ± ≈ y z ∩∪ [88:3] Some faces on that day will be downcast; Commentary وﺟﻮہ ( wuj u h ) Meaning ‘chiefs’ or ‘leaders of men; the verse signifies that on the Day of Reckoning the great leaders of disbelief will be debased and humiliation will be writ large on their faces. × ' s # Ï Β % t æ × π t 6 Ï ¹$ ‾ Ρ ∩∪ [88:4] Toiling, weary. Commentary The verse means to say that all the endeavours of the leaders of disbelief against Islam will be wasted as they will fail to arrest or retard its progress.