Tafsir al-Tustari

Sahl al-Tustari — b. 203 AH / 818 CE · d. 283 AH / 896 CE Sunni (Sufi) Early Sufi Master

Tafsir al-Tustari al-Ghashiyah الغَاشِيَة (The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall) 26 verses · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
88:1 ›
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ
Abdel Haleem
Have you heard tell [Prophet] about the Overwhelming Event
88:2 ›
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
On that Day, there will be downcast faces
Sahl al-Tustari

Some faces on that day will be humbled,That is, [they will face] humiliation (dhalīla), because God, Exalted is He, had ordered them to submit, become humble, and show neediness towards Him in this life, but they did not, so He brought them low in the Hereafter with everlasting humiliation (dhilla bāqiya). His words, Exalted is He:

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88:3 ›
عَامِلَةٌ نَّاصِبَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
toiling and weary
Sahl al-Tustari

toiling, weary,That is, toiling in this world with innovations (bidaʿ) and aberrations (ḍalālāt), weary in the Hereafter from the punishment in the lowest regions of Hell (darakāt).

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88:4 ›
تَصْلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةً
Abdel Haleem
as they enter the blazing Fir
88:5 ›
تُسْقَىٰ مِنْ عَيْنٍ آنِيَةٍ
Abdel Haleem
and are forced to drink from a boiling spring
Sahl al-Tustari

made to drink from a boiling spring,That is, from a spring of pus whose heat has reached its extreme, which He also called ḥamīm ʾān [55:44], meaning that it has reached its ultimate degree of heat.His words, Exalted is He:

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88:6 ›
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ
Abdel Haleem
with no food for them except bitter dry thorn
88:7 ›
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
Abdel Haleem
that neither nourish nor satisfy hunger
88:8 ›
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاعِمَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
On that Day there will also be faces radiant with bliss
Sahl al-Tustari

Other faces on that day will be radiant with bliss,That is, [in] blessing (niʿma) and honour (karāma).

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88:9 ›
لِّسَعْيِهَا رَاضِيَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
well pleased with their labour
Sahl al-Tustari

pleased with their efforts,in the Hereafter. His words, Exalted is He:

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88:10 ›
فِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ
Abdel Haleem
in a lofty garden
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88:11 ›
لَّا تَسْمَعُ فِيهَا لَاغِيَةً
Abdel Haleem
where they will hear no idle talk
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88:12 ›
فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
with a flowing spring
Sahl al-Tustari

Therein is a flowing spring, flowing [freely] (muṭṭarada), without [being impeded] by any furrow (ghayr ukhdūd).

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88:13 ›
فِيهَا سُرُرٌ مَّرْفُوعَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
raised couches
Sahl al-Tustari

and therein are raised couches,That is, raised beds, upon each of which are seventy mattresses (firāsh) each as lofty as a high palace (ghurfa) of this world. Sahl said:God, Exalted is He, mentioned these bounties to make it [Paradise] enticing for them. While He warns them that His punishment is in proportion to His authority (sulṭān), [He also informs them that] His generosity (karāma) is in proportion to His tremendousness (ʿaẓīm al-shaʾn) and authority (sulṭān). However, the hearts of the disbelievers in Mecca did not benefit fromthis, even though He reminded them of His omnipotence (qudra), in order that they might take a lesson [from it].Then He says, Exalted is He:

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88:14 ›
وَأَكْوَابٌ مَّوْضُوعَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
goblets placed before them
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88:15 ›
وَنَمَارِقُ مَصْفُوفَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
cushions set in rows
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88:16 ›
وَزَرَابِيُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ
Abdel Haleem
and carpets spread
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88:17 ›
أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ
Abdel Haleem
Do the disbelievers not see how rain clouds are formed
Sahl al-Tustari

Will they not consider the camels, how they are made?In its inner meaning it is a command for the believers to humble themselves before Him and declare their neediness for Him. He says: �Consider the camels, how they have been created and how, notwithstanding their make up and their strength, they yield to a boy driving them without showing bewilderment (taḥayyur), and without choosing to do anything else.� Thus, you are not incapable of being with your Lord as the camel is with its owner, and this is why the Messenger said: �Be for your Lord as the yielding camel�, meaning compliant (miṭwāʿ). But God, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best.His words, Exalted is He:

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88:18 ›
وَإِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ رُفِعَتْ
Abdel Haleem
how the heavens are lifted
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88:19 ›
وَإِلَى الْجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ
Abdel Haleem
how the mountains are raised high
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88:20 ›
وَإِلَى الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ سُطِحَتْ
Abdel Haleem
how the earth is spread out
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88:21 ›
فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ
Abdel Haleem
So [Prophet] warn them: your only task is to give warning
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88:22 ›
لَّسْتَ عَلَيْهِم بِمُصَيْطِرٍ
Abdel Haleem
you are not there to control them
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88:23 ›
إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
Abdel Haleem
As for those who turn away and disbelieve
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88:24 ›
فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
Abdel Haleem
God will inflict the greatest torment upon them
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88:25 ›
إِنَّ إِلَيْنَا إِيَابَهُمْ
Abdel Haleem
It is to Us they will return
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88:26 ›
ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم
Abdel Haleem
and then it is for Us to call them to account
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