The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 427
PT. 30 AT-TAKWIR 8. And when people are brought together, 4595 9. And when the girl-child buried alive is questioned about, 10. 'For what crime was she killed?'4596 11. And when books are spread abroad, 4597 12. And when the heaven is laid bare, 4598 13. And when Hell is set ablaze, 4599 4595. Commentary: CH. 81 وَإِذَا النُّفُوْسُ زُوجَتْ وَإِذَا الْمَوْادَةُ سُلَتْ 8 بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ 8 وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ وَإِذَا السَّمَاءِ كُشِطَتْ وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُقِرَتْ 4598. Important Words: means, he كشط الشيء. laid bare) کشت روعه کشط The verse means: When the means of transport and communication will removed, took off or stripped off become so developed and when from the thing what had covered it. intercourse between peoples living in means, I skinned the camel. far off lands will become so easy and means, his fright was frequent as to make them unite into removed (Lane & Aqrab). one people. Or the verse may signify that people holding analogous social or political views will form themselves into "parties. " The reference may be to the Labour, Communist, Nazi and Fascist parties. 4596. Commentary: The burying or burning alive of girls will be declared a capital crime. 4597. Commentary: The reference clearly seems to be to the vast circulation of newspapers, journals, and books and to the system of libraries and reading rooms and such other places and means of spreading knowledge in the latter days in the time of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. 3323 Commentary: The reference in the verse may be to the vast strides that the science of astronomy has made in the latter days. The advance in this branch of science during the past decade has startled the world. The verse also signifies that with the advent of the Promised Messiah the doors of spiritual sciences will be thrown wide open. 4599. Commentary: On account of the sinful and iniquitous behaviour of man, God's wrath will be kindled, and a veritable Hell will be let loose upon the world in the form of destructive wars in which all that human civilization has