The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 426
CH. 81 AT-TAKWIR PT. 30 6. And when the beasts are gathered together, 4593 7. "And when the seas are made to flow forth one into the other,4594 "52:7; 82:4. in a saying of the Holy Prophet which وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ means, a sea; a great river; a spacious i. e. place comprising a large quantity of وليتركن القلاص فلا يسعى عليها :is to the effect the camels will be abandoned and will not be used for going from one place to another (Muslim). 4593. Important Words: water. It is also the plural of which means, a town or village (Lane & Aqrab). (made to flow forth). They say ie. the water filled the سجر الماء النهر gathered together) is passive) حشرت voice in the fem. gen. from. They say i. e. he collected the people. means, he drove the people from one place to another. ab, means, he banished him from ,means حشرت الوحوش. his native country the wild beasts died or were destroyed (Lane) Commentary: In view of different meanings of the root word the verse would signify: When animals will be collected in zoos or when primitive people will be settled in organized, civil communities; or when they will be compelled to leave their homelands, as the natives in Uganda and the Kenya Colony, etc. were told to till their lands or go out; or when they will be destroyed as the Native Americans in the United States of stream. (sajjara) means, he made the whithersoever water to flow forth it would. Thus means: When the seas are اذا البحار سجرت filled; when the rivers are made to flow into one another; when the seas will be set on fire; when the seas will meet together and become one; when towns or cities will swell with their populations (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: In view of different meanings of the words and given under Important Words the verse signifies: When the waters of rivers will be drained away for irrigation and other purposes, and rivers will be linked up together for these purposes; when in sea battles very large ships will be set on fire and it would seem as if the America and the Aborigines in will be joined together by means of seas were on fire; when large oceans Australia and New Zealand, etc. have been practically annihilated. 4594. Important Words: canals; when the rural population will go into towns and cities and they will overflow with their inhabitants. which بحر seas) is the plural of) البحار 3322