The Pluckers (Al-Nazi‘at)
Verses 34-46 GROUP_1559 79.34-46
34
فَإِذَا جَاءتِ الطَّامَّةُ الْكُبْرَى
When the great over-whelming event arrives,
35
يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ مَا سَعَى
on the Day that man remembers what he strove for
36
وَبُرِّزَتِ الْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَى
and Hell is there for all to see,
37
فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَى
anyone who has acted arrogantly
38
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
and prefers the life of this world,
39
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى
will find himself in Hell;
40
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَى
but one who fears to stand before his Lord and restrained himself from base desires,
41
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى
shall dwell in Paradise.
42
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
They will ask you [Prophet] about the Hour, saying, ‘When it will come to pass?’,
43
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا
what have you to do with the mentioning of it?
44
إِلَى رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا
Your Lord alone knows when it will come;
45
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا
you are but a warner for those who fear it.
46
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
On the Day when they see it, they will feel as if they had tarried in this world for only one evening or one morning.
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Commentary
(a) Man is between two domains. One is the present world, which is before him, and the second is the world of the Hereafter, which is hidden from view. The real test of man is that he should prefer the Hereafter to the present world. But this can be done only by one who has the courage to exercise control over the base desires of the self and not behave arrogantly.