The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 217
PT. 17 AL-HAJJ CH. 22 every woman giving suck shall يَوْمَ تَرَوْنَهَا تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّا The day when you see it. 3 أَرْضَعَتْ وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمْلٍ حَمْلَهَا forget her suckling and every وَتَرَى النَّاسَ سُكرى وَمَا هُم بشغرَى وَلَكِنَّ عَذَابَ اللَّهِ شَدِيدٌ وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُجَادِلُ فِي اللهِ pregnant woman shall cast her burden; and thou shalt see men as drunken while they will not be drunken, but severe will indeed be the punishment of Allah. 2438 4. And among men there are some who dispute concerning "13:14; 22:9; 31:21; 40:70. break and crumble or it may refer to a terrible calamity that would overtake mankind in the form of a global war and would bring calamitous changes in its wake. The present verse read along with 2:213 lends further support to the inference that the words (the Hour) or a(the Day of Judgement) used in the Quran generally signify a great national calamity that overtakes a people. 2438. Important Words: (forget) is derived from Jos. They say as Jos i. e. he forgot it or neglected it; he was or became unmindful of it; he neglected it intentionally or in consequence of his being diverted by something. Jis the neglecting of a thing, dismissing it from the mind; or the quitting of a thing with confusion or perplexity or alienation of mind such as arises from fear etc. or being diverted from one's constant companion so as to forget him (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: or similes to express the extreme severity of "the earthquake of the Hour," referred to in the preceding verse. Nothing is dearer to a mother than the babe to which she gives suck and there could be no terror more dreadful in its effects than the one that makes a woman cast down her burden and which drives men to frenzy and yet, the verse says, the suddenness and severity of the terror inspired by the dreadful event would be such that mothers would abandon the babes at their breasts and pregnant women would cast down their burdens and people would go mad with fright and like a drunken man would lose all control over their actions. The wording of the verse incidentally implies that the "Hour" referred to in the preceding verse is not the final Day of Judgement but, as stated in the preceding verse, is the destruction of the political power of Meccans in the form of the Fall of Mecca and other calamities that would overtake them, The verse has used three metaphors and the victory of Islam. 2131