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CH. 77 AL-MURSALĀT PT. 29 11. And when the mountains are blown away", 4507 12. And when the Messengers are made to appear at the appointed time 4508 13. To what day have these portents been deferred?4509 14. To the Day of Decision. 15. And what should make thee know what the Day of Decision is! 4510 16. Woe on that day unto those who reject the truth! 4511 17. 'Did We not destroy the earlier peoples? 4507. Commentary: a78:21; 81:4. 6:134. The purport of the verse is: When great changes take place, or when powerful and influential men are brought low; or when old and time- honoured institutions are destroyed, root and branch. In short, when the whole corrupt order changes. For see 14:47. 4508. Commentary: The meaning is: When prophecies concerning the second advent of various Messengers will be fulfilled with the appearance in the world of a great heavenly Reformer who will come in the power and spirit of such Messengers, clad, as it were, in the mantles of all of them. 4509. Important Words: وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ وَإِذَا الرُّسُلُ أُقْتَتْ لاتِ يَوْمٍ أُجْلَتُ لِيَوْمِ الْفَصْلِ وَمَا اَدْرُكَ مَا يَوْمُ الْفَصْلِ وَيْلٌ يَوْمَبِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ اَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ الْأَوَّلِينَ (ajila) which means, it was or became delayed, postponed, kept back or it had a term or period appointed for it at which it should fall due or come to pass. (ajjala) means, he delayed or postponed or deferred the thing or he appointed a period or term for it. (Lane & Aqrab). 4510. Commentary: The Day of Decision may mean the day of the triumph of Islam over all other Faiths in the time of the Promised Messiah. Or it may mean the Resurrection Day. 4511. Commentary: The reference in the verse may be to the disbelievers in the Holy Prophet's time or in that of the Promised Messiah. أجل deferred) is derived from) أجلت 3284