The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 434
CH. 82 AL-INFITĀR 5. "And when the graves are laid open, 4617 6. "Every soul shall then know what it has sent forth and what PT. 30 وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ ) عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ يَايُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ man! what has deceived. 7 الْكَرِيمِ it has kept back. 4618 O thee and emboldened thee against thy Gracious Lord, 4619 a100:10. 3:31; 81:15. into one another by means of canals; or their mouths would be dug wide open so as to make large ships ply in them. The reference may be to the Panama and Suez canals. The substitution of the word in the present verse for in the 7th verse of the preceding Surah is also worthy of note. 4617. Commentary: Message far and wide. "The flowing forth of the rivers" would signify that the rivers of Quranic knowledge would be made to flow and would fertilize the land that had lain dry and parched for long centuries. And "the laying open of the graves" would mean that through the teachings of Islam the spiritually dead people would receive a new life and, as it were, come out of their graves. Or the verse may mean that the earth would throw out its treasures of mineral wealth. 4618. Commentary: In this and the next few verses the address is to the protagonists and propagandists of the false Christian doctrines. They will come to realize the enormity and heinousness of their false teaching. The verse may signify that in the latter days graves will be laid open as has been done in the case of the tombs of the ancient kings of Egypt; or it may mean that towns and monuments submerged and long forgotten would be dug out. These verses (2-5) may also refer to the great spiritual resolution brought about by the Holy Prophet. In this case "the cleaving asunder of the heaven" would signify that the gates of heaven would be thrown open and The reference in the verse may be heavenly signs in support of the Holy to preachers of the false doctrines of Prophet would appear in large Christianity and may imply a subtle numbers. And "the scattering of the rebuke to them, saying in effect: How stars" would mean that the could they dare invent such self- Companions of the Holy Prophet contradictory doctrines as those of would spread out in the world and Atonement and the Sonship of Jesus, scatter the seeds of the Quranic | describing God as a loving Father and 3330 4619. Commentary: