Sūrah Al-Zilzāl (Warnings and Counsel)

even stop to look at it.

Sayyidunā Abū Hurayrah رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ narrates that the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said:

The Earth shall reveal its inner parts, like pillars of gold and silver. A murderer shall look at this and say, “I committed murder due to this wealth.” He who severed family ties will look and say, “I broke ties of kinship due to this.” A thief will look and say, “I stole and was punished because of this.” They shall all leave the wealth alone and not take any of it.^{^[1]}

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The third verse

Allah Almighty further declares:

وَ قَالَ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مَا لَہَا ۚ(۳)

And mankind says, “What has happened to it?^{”^[2]}

This means, when this calamitous earthquake signalling the Day of Judgement arrives, people will say, “What has happened to the Earth? Why is it shaking so much?”^{^[3]}

Imam Fakhr al-Dīn al-Razī رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه explains, “Some scholars say regarding non-Muslims who do not believe in the Day of Judgement that when the dead are brought to life again, these non-Muslims will say, مَا لَہَا –

[1] Saḥīḥ Muslim, p. 363, hadith 1,013

[2] Al-Quran, part 30, al-Zilzāl, verse 3; translation from Kanz al-ʿIrfān

[3] Tafsīr Ṣirāṭ al-Jinān, part 30, Sūrah al-Zilzāl, verse, 3 vol. 10, p. 790

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