The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 315
PT. 29 AL-ḤĀQQAH CH. 69 وَحُمِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا And the earth and the. 15 Ešíójkajóájvická mountains are heaved up and then are crushed in a single crash. 4349 16. On that day will the great Event come to pass. 4350 دَكَةً وَاحِدَةً فَيَوْمَذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ وَانْشَقَّتِ السَّمَاءِ فَهِيَ يَوْمَذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ And the heaven will cleave. 17 a asunder, and it will be frail that day 4351 b standing on the sides thereof, وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَى اَرْجَابِهَا وَيَحْمِلُ And the angels will be. 18 عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَبِذٍ ثَمُنِيَةٌ and above them on that day eight angels will bear the throne of thy Lord. 4352 55:38; 84:2. 39:76; 40:8. the righteous and the guilty will stand before God's Great Judgement Seat to render an account of their actions and deeds. 4349. Commentary: The verse may also signify that the whole of Arabia will be shaken from one end to the other; leaders of Arab aristocracy and the common folk will feel the strong impact of the conquests of Islam and of the great and violent change it will bring about in their lives. J may signify leaders of men and common folk. 4350. Commentary: On that day Mecca, the great centre of idol worship in Arabia will fall. The great event referred to here is also mentioned in 56:2, along with the results that followed from it. 4351. Important Words: a, (frail) is derived from e. They 3211 say, i. e. the thing became worn out and weak. means, the wall was about to fall. means, the cloth was worn out. as, means, weak, frail; broken or rent (Aqrab). Commentary: The reference in the verse may be to some natural phenomenon which took the form of Divine punishment. Or the word meaning the covering overhead, the verse may signify that the covering over the heads of disbelievers would cleave asunder, i. e. with the Fall of Mecca their political power would vanish and no protection or asylum would remain for them except that they should join the fold of Islam. 4352. Important Words: For see 7:55, 10:4 and 20:6. The word represents God's صفات تنزيهية) transcendent attributes which are His exclusive prerogative.