The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming — Verse 6

so that they become a scattered dust the second idh ‘when’ is a substitution for the first idh

إذا حُرِّكت الأرض تحريكًا شديدًا، وفُتِّتت الجبال تفتيتًا دقيقًا، فصارت غبارًا متطايرًا في الجو قد ذَرَتْه الريح.

قال أبو إسحاق عن الحارث عن علي رضي الله عنه: هباء منبثا كرهج الغبار يسطع ثم يذهب فلا يبقى منه شيء وقال العوفي عن ابن عباس في قوله "فكانت هباء منبثا" الهباء الذي يطير من النار إذا اضطرمت يطير منه الشرر فإذا وقع لم يكن شيئا وقال عكرمة: المنبث الذي قد ذرته الريح وبثته وقال قتادة "هباء منبثا" كيبيس الشجر الذي تذروه الرياح. وهذه الآية كأخواتها الدالة على زوال الجبال عن أماكنها يوم القيامة وذهابها وتسييرها ونسفها أي قلعها وصيرورتها كالعهن المنفوش.

فكانت تلك الجبال كالهباء المنبث أى : المتفرق الذى يلوح من خلال شعاع الشمس إذا ما دخل من نافذة . .إذا ما حدث كل ذلك ، وجد كل إنسان جزاءه من خير أو شر ، ( فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْراً يَرَهُ وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرّاً يَرَهُ ) فجواب الشرط ما ذكرته الآيات بعد ذلك من حسن عاقبة أصحاب الميمنة وسوء عاقبة أصحاب المشأمة .ومن الآيات الكثيرة ، التى وردت فى معنى هذه الآيات قوله - تعالى - : ( يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الأرض والجبال وَكَانَتِ الجبال كَثِيباً مَّهِيلاً ) .

وقوله: ( فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُنْبَثًّا ) اختلف أهل التأويل في معنى الهباء، فقال بعضهم: هو شعاع الشمس، الذي يدخل من الكوة كهيئة الغبار.* ذكر من قال ذلك:حدثني عليّ، قال: ثنا أبو صالح، قال: ثني معاوية، عن عليّ، عن ابن عباس، في قوله: ( فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُنْبَثًّا ) يقول: شعاع الشمس.حدثنا ابن حُميد، قال: ثنا حكام، عن عمرو، عن عطاء، عن سعيد ( هَبَاءً مُنْبَثًّا ) قال: شعاع الشمس حين يدخل من الكوّة.قال: ثنا جرير، عن منصور، عن مجاهد، في قوله: ( فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُنْبَثًّا ) قال: شعاع الشمس يدخل من الكوّة، وليس بشيء.وقال آخرون: هو رهج الدوابّ.* ذكر من قال ذلك:حدثنا ابن حُميد، قال: ثنا مهران، عن سفيان، عن أبي إسحاق، عن الحارث، عن عليّ رضي الله عنه قال: رهج الدوابّ.وقال آخرون: هو ما تطاير من شرر النار الذي لا عين له.* ذكر من قال ذلك:حدثني محمد بن سعد، قال: ثني أبي، قال: ثني عمي، قال: ثني أبي، عن أبيه، عن ابن عباس، قوله: ( فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُنْبَثًّا ) قال: الهباء: الذي يطير من النار إذا اضطرمت، يطير منه الشرر، فإذا وقع لم يكن شيئا.وقال آخرون: هو يبيس الشجر الذي تذروه الرياح.* ذكر من قال ذلك:حدثنا بشر، قال: ثنا يزيد، قال: ثنا سعيد، عن قتادة، في قوله: ( فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُنْبَثًّا ) كيبيس الشجر، تذروه الرياح يمينا وشمالا.حدثنا ابن عبد الأعلى، قال: ثنا ابن ثور، عن معمر، عن قتادة، في قوله: ( هَبَاءً مُنْبَثًّا ) يقول: الهباء: ما تذروه الريح من حطام الشجر.وقد بيَّنا معنى الهباء في غير هذا الموضع بشواهده، فأغنى عن إعادته في هذا الموضع.وأما قوله: ( مُنْبَثًّا ) فإنه يعني متفرّقا.

( فكانت هباء منبثا ) غبارا متفرقا كالذي يرى في شعاع الشمس إذا دخل الكوة وهو الهباء .

فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُنْبَثًّا (6(وقوله : { فكانت هباءً منبثاً } تشبيه بليغ ، أي فكانت كالهباء المنبث .

{ فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُنْبَثًّا } فأصبحت الأرض ليس عليها جبل ولا معلم، قاعا صفصفا، لا ترى فيها عوجا ولا أمتا.

قوله تعالى : فكانت هباء منبثا قال علي رضي الله عنه : الهباء الرهج الذي يسطع من حوافر الدواب ثم يذهب ، فجعل الله أعمالهم كذلك . وقال مجاهد : الهباء هو الشعاع الذي يكون في الكوة كهيئة الغبار . وروي نحوه عن ابن عباس . وعنه أيضا : هو ما تطاير من النار إذا اضطربت يطير منها شرر فإذا وقع لم يكن شيئا . وقاله عطية . وقد مضى في ( الفرقان ) عند قوله تعالى : وقدمنا إلى ما عملوا من عمل فجعلناه هباء منثورا وقراءة العامة منبثا بالثاء المثلثة أي متفرقا من قوله تعالى : وبث فيها من كل دابة أي فرق ونشر . وقرأ مسروق والنخعي وأبو حيوة " منبتا " بالتاء المثناة أي منقطعا من قولهم : بته الله أي قطعه ، ومنه البتات .

In the present world, man observes that he is free to do whatever he likes. So the question of retribution in the Hereafter makes no impact on his mind. But the formation of the ‘other world’ is just as possible as the formation of the present world. When that time comes, the whole system will be reversed. Those who were higher in position will go down and those who were lower in position will be elevated. At that time human beings will be divided into three groups, the forward group (as-sabiqun), the people of the Right (ashab al-yamin) and the people of the Left (ashab ash-shimal).

خَافِضَةٌ رَّ‌افِعَةٌ (It will be abasing [ some ], exalting [ others ]...56:3). The verse means that the 'Inevitable Event' referred to in the previous verse will bring about a great revolution in the lives of men, as is witnessed at the time of revolution of governments. The high and the mighty will be laid low and the despised and down-trodden will be exalted; the poor become rich and the rich become poor. This is how Sayyidna Ibn ` Abbas ؓ interprets this statement. The purpose is to depict the horrors of the Day of Resurrection.

(So that they become a scattered dust) like the dust which sticks to the hooves of beasts or the atoms of dust which can be seen when the rays of the sun emerge from a hole in a house or a crack in a door,

Which was revealed in Makkah The Virtues of Surat Al-Waqi`ah Abu Ishaq reported from `Ikrimah from Ibn `Abbas that Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Messenger! You are becoming gray" The Messenger ﷺ replied, «شَيَّبَتْنِي هُودٌ وَالْوَاقِعَةُ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتُ وَعَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ وَإِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَت» (Hud (chapter 11), Al-Waqi`ah (56), Al-Mursalat (77), `Amma Yatasa'alun (78) and Idha Ash-Shamsu Kuwwirat (81) have made me gray.) At-Tirmidhi collected this Hadith and said, "Hasan Gharib." بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The Horrors of the Day of Resurrection Al-Waqi`ah (the occurrence), is one of the names of the Day of Resurrection, because that Day is real and will surely come. Allah the Exalted said in other Ayat, فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ (Then on that Day shall the Waqi`ah occur.)( 69:15) Allah the Exalted said, لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ (There is not, for its occurrence, Kadhibah.) means, when He commands the Day of Resurrection to begin, none can stop it from happening or prevent it from beginning, اسْتَجِيبُواْ لِرَبِّكُمْ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ لاَّ مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ (Answer the call of your Lord before there comes from Allah a Day which can not be averted.) (42:47), سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ - لِّلْكَـفِرِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَافِعٌ (A questioner asked concerning a torment about to occur -- upon the disbelievers, which none can avert.)(70:1-2), وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ كُن فَيَكُونُ قَوْلُهُ الْحَقُّ وَلَهُ الْمُلْكُ يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى الصُّوَرِ عَـلِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَـدَةِ وَهُوَ الْحَكِيمُ الْخَبِيرُ (And on the Day He will say: "Be!" -- and it is! His Word is the Truth. His will be the dominion on the Day when the Trumpet will be blown. All-Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is the All-Wise, Well Aware.)(6:73) As for the meaning of كَاذِبَةٌ (Kadhibah) Muhammad bin Ka`b said: "It will certainly occur," while Qatadah said, "It shall not be discontinued, taken back or aborted. Allah's statement, خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ (Bringing low, exalting.) indicates that Al-Waqi`ah lowers some people to the lowest parts of the Fire, even if they had been mighty in this life. It also elevates others to the highest grades in the residence of eternal delight, even if they were weak in this life. This was said by Al-Hasan, Qatadah and others. Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas: خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ (Bringing low, exalting), "It made the near and the far hear it," while `Ikrimah said, "It lowered, and thus those who were close heard it, and elevated, and thus those in the distance heard it." Ad-Dahhak and Qatadah said similarly. Allah said, إِذَا رُجَّتِ الاٌّرْضُ رَجّاً (When the earth will be shaken with a terrible shake.) meaning, it is shaken and moved violently over all of its surface and through its depths. Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah and others said about Allah's saying:, إِذَا رُجَّتِ الاٌّرْضُ رَجّاً (When the earth will be shaken with a terrible shake.) it means "Violently shaken." Ar-Rabi` bin Anas said, "The earth will be shaken with all that is in it, just as a sifter is shaken with its contents." This is like Allah's saying: إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الاٌّرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا (When the earth is shaken with its earthquake.)(99:1) and, يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ السَّاعَةِ شَىْءٌ عَظِيمٌ (O mankind! Have Taqwa of your Lord! Verily, the earthquake of the Hour is a terrible thing.)(22:1). Allah said: وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسّاً (And the mountains will be powdered to dust,) meaning, relentlessly pulverized. This was said by Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah and Qatadah and others. Ibn Zayd said: "The mountains will become just like Allah described them, كَثِيباً مَّهِيلاً (A heap of sand poured out.)(73:14)." Allah's saying: فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنبَثّاً (So that they will become floating dust particles.) Abu Ishaq narrated from Al-Harith, from `Ali: "It will become like the rising dust storm that soon fades away leaving no trace of itself behind." Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas about Allah's saying: فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءً مُّنبَثّاً (So that they will become floating dust particles.) "It describes the rising embers from the fire when it is kindled, but when the embers land, they are extinguished quickly." `Ikrimah said, "The floating dust particles that the wind scatters all around," while Qatadah said, هَبَآءً مُّنبَثّاً (floating particles), "Like the dry parts of trees that the wind scatters all about." This Ayah is similar to several other Ayat that indicate that the mountains will be moved from their places, demolished and blown off their bases, becoming like carded wool on the Day of Resurrection. Three Categories of People on the Day of Resurrection Allah's statement, وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَاجاً ثَلَـثَةً (And you (all) will be in three groups.) This means that people will be divided into three categories on the Day of Resurrection. Some will on the right of Allah's Throne, and they are those who were brought forth from `Adam's right side. This category will be given their Books of Records in their right hand and will be taken to the right side. As-Suddi explained that they will comprise the majority of the residents of Paradise. Another category is those who will be placed to the left of Allah's Throne, and they are those who were brought forth from `Adam's left side. This category will be given their Books of Records in their left hands and will be taken to the left side. They are the residents of the Fire, may Allah save us from their actions. A third category is comprised of those who are the foremost and nearest before Allah. They are in a better grade and status and nearer to Allah than those on the right side. They are the chiefs of those on the right side, because they include the Messengers, Prophets, true believers and martyrs. They are fewer than those on the right side; so Allah said, فَأَصْحَـبُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـبُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ - وَأَصْحَـبُ الْمَشْـَمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَـبُ الْمَشْـَمَةِ - وَالسَّـبِقُونَ السَّـبِقُونَ (So those on the right -- how will be those on the right! And those on the left -- how will be those on the left! And those foremost will be foremost.) Allah divides people into these three groups upon their death, as indicated by the end of this Surah. Allah mentioned them in His statement as well, ثُمَّ أَوْرَثْنَا الْكِتَـبَ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفَيْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا فَمِنْهُمْ ظَـلِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ وَمِنْهُمْ مُّقْتَصِدٌ وَمِنْهُمْ سَابِقٌ بِالْخَيْرَتِ بِإِذُنِ اللَّهِ (Then We gave the Book as inheritance to such of Our servants whom We chose. Then of them are some who wrong themselves, and of them are some who follow a middle course, and of them are some who are, by Allah's leave, foremost in good deeds.)(35:32) Muhammad bin Ka`b, Abu Hazrah Ya`qub bin Mujahid said that, وَالسَّـبِقُونَ السَّـبِقُونَ (And those foremost will be foremost.) is about the Prophets, peace be upon them, while As-Suddi said that they are the residents of the utmost highs (Ahl Al-`Illiyyin, in Paradise). The meaning of foremost is that they were foremost in performing the acts of righteousness just as Allah commanded them, وَسَارِعُواْ إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَـوَتُ وَالاٌّرْضُ (And march forth in the way to forgiveness from your Lord, and for Paradise as wide as the heavens and the earth.)(3:133) and, سَابِقُواْ إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا كَعَرْضِ السَّمَآءِ وَالاٌّرْضِ (Race with one another in hastening towards forgiveness from your Lord, and Paradise the width whereof is as the width of the heaven and the earth.)(57:21) Therefore, those who rush to obey Allah in this life and are foremost in performing acts of righteousness, will be among the foremost believers honored in the Hereafter. Verily, the reward is according to the kind of deed, and as one does, so he is judged. So Allah said: أُوْلَـئِكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ فِى جَنَّـتِ النَّعِيمِ (These will be the nearest (to Allah). In the Gardens of Delight.)