The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 398
CH. 78 AN-NABA' PT. 30 وَجَنَّتٍ الْفَافًات إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيْقَاتًا 17. And gardens of luxuriant growth. 4534 18. Surely, the Day of Decision has an appointed time:4435 يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًان The day when the trumpet. 19 وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَايَّان وَسُيَّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابَاتٌ will be blown; and you will come in large groups; 4536 20. And the heaven shall be opened and shall become all doors:4537 21. And the mountains shall be made to move and shall become as if they were a mirage. 4538 a80:30-31. 18:100; 20:103; 27:88; 36:52. 18:48; 52:11; 81:4. 4534. Commentary: In these verses (7-17) some of the basic Divine bounties on which man's physical sustenance mainly depends have been mentioned, the implication being that God Who has made such adequate arrangement for the physical sustenance of man could not have omitted to make a similar provision for his spiritual sustenance. verses also point to a striking parallelism between the physical and the spiritual universes. Just as the sun is the centre of the whole solar The system, similarly the Holy Prophet is the pivotal point of the spiritual universe. Like the physical universe the spiritual universe has its "earth", "mountains", "rivers", etc. 4535. Commentary: "The Day of Decision" may signify the Day of Resurrection or the day of the final and complete triumph of Truth and the utter defeat, 3294 discomfiture and destruction of the forces of darkness—the day of the Fall of Mecca which was the centre and citadel of idolatry in Arabia. 4536. Commentary: On the day of the Fall of Mecca the Quraish, as if by the blowing of the trumpet, were gathered before the Holy Prophet, before whom they placed their request that their tyrannies and transgressions might be forgiven and they might be accepted into the fold of Islam. 4537. Commentary: The verse means that at that time heavenly signs will be shown in large numbers in support of the righteous, and to the confusion of the wrongdoers. 4538. Commentary: The verse signifies that men of power and position will lose their authority or influence; or that before