The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 175
PT. 27 CH. 56 ۹۷ ركوعاتها ٣ سُورَةُ الْوَاقِعَةِ مَكِيةُ ٥٦ بسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ (AL-WAQI'AH) 1. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 4091 2. When the Event comes to pass_4092 3. None can say that its coming to pass is a lie- 4093 4. Some it will bring low, others it will exalt. 4094 وقف لازم إِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ ) لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ هُ خَافِضَةٌ رَافِعَةً "See 1:1. 52:8; 70:2. 52:9; 70:3. 4091. Commentary: See 1:1. 4092. Commentary: The "Inevitable Event" referred to in the verse is the Final Resurrection. Or it may signify total annihilation of idolatry from Arabia and complete defeat and discomfiture of the idolatrous Quraish. It may also signify the appearance of a great religious Reformer when the forces of darkness are routed, particularly the great reformation brought about by the Holy Prophet. 4093. Commentary: مصدر The word as is fem. act. part. from and means, one who tells a lie. It is used here as to impart emphasis to its meaning (Jarīr). The verse means that nothing can avert that great event. Or that there is no belying its coming to pass or denying the fact that it will come to pass. Its happening is as sure as anything. It is a dead certainty. verse 4094. Commentary: The means that the "Inevitable Event" referred to in the preceding verse will bring about a great revolution in the lives of men. A new world will come into being, the high and the mighty will be laid low and the despised and downtrodden will be exalted. In fact, the advent of every great Divine Reformer is attended with changes of far-reaching consequences. Elsewhere speaking about the object of Moses' advent the Quran says: وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّهُنَّ عَلَى الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ الْوَارِثِينَ وَ نُمَكِّنَ لَهُمْ في الأرض i. e. And We desired to show favour unto those who had been considered weak in the earth, and to make them leaders and to make them inheritors of Our favours, and to establish them in the earth (28:6-7). 3071