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As-Sajdah - 32:11
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Then Allah says
قُلْ يَتَوَفَّاكُم مَّلَكُ الْمَوْتِ الَّذِي وُكِّلَ بِكُمْ
Say:"The angel of death, who is set over you, will take your souls..."
The apparent meaning of this Ayah is that the angel of death is a specific personality among the angels, as is also apparent from the Hadith of Al-Bara' which we quoted in (our Tafsir of) Surah Ibrahim.
In some reports he (the angel of death) is called `Izra'il, which is well known. This is the view of Qatadah and others.
The angel of death has helpers. It was reported in the Hadith that his helpers draw out the soul from the rest of the body until it reaches the throat, then the angel of death takes it.
Mujahid said, "The earth is brought together for him and it is like a platter from which he takes whenever he wants."
ثُمَّ إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ
Then you shall be brought to your Lord.
means, on the Day when you are resurrected and brought forth from your graves to receive your reward or punishment
As-Sajdah - 32:12
The Bad State in which the Idolators will be on the Day of Resurrection
Allah says;
وَلَوْ تَرَى إِذِ الْمُجْرِمُونَ نَاكِسُو رُوُوسِهِمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ
And if you only could see when the criminals shall hang their heads before their Lord, (saying):
Allah tells us the state of the idolators on the Day of Resurrection and what they will say when they see the Resurrection and are standing before Allah -- may He be glorified -- humiliated and brought low, with their heads bowed, i.e., in shame.
They will say:
رَبَّنَا أَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا
Our Lord! We have now seen and heard,
meaning, `now we hear what You say and we will obey You.'
This is like the Ayah,
أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا
How clearly will they see and hear, the Day when they will appear before Us! (19:38)
And they will blame themselves when they enter the Fire, and will say:
لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِى أَصْحَـبِ السَّعِيرِ
"Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we would not have been among the dwellers of the blazing Fire!" (67:10)
Similarly, here they are described as saying:
رَبَّنَا أَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا فَارْجِعْنَا
Our Lord! We have now seen and heard, so send us back, (to the world),
نَعْمَلْ صَالِحًا إِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ
that we will do righteous good deeds. Verily, we now believe with certainty.
means, `now we are sure and we believe that Your promise is true and that the meeting with You is true.'
But the Lord, may He be exalted, knows that if He were to send them back to this world, they would behave as they did previously, and they would reject and disbelieve in the signs of Allah and would go against His Messengers, as He says:
وَلَوْ تَرَى إِذْ وُقِفُواْ عَلَى النَّارِ فَقَالُواْ يلَيْتَنَا نُرَدُّ وَلَا نُكَذِّبَ بِـَايَـتِ رَبِّنَا
If you could but see when they will be held over the (Hell) Fire! They will say:"Would that we were but sent back! Then we would not deny the Ayat of our Lord," (6:27)
As-Sajdah - 32:13
And Allah says here
وَلَوْ شِيْنَا لَاتَيْنَا كُلَّ نَفْسٍ هُدَاهَا
And if We had willed, surely We would have given every person his guidance,
This is like the Ayah,
وَلَوْ شَأءَ رَبُّكَ لامَنَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا
And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed, all of them together. (10:99)
وَلَكِنْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ مِنِّي لَاَمْلََنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ
but the Word from Me took effect, that I will fill Hell with Jinn and mankind together.
i.e., from both classes, so their abode will be Hell and they will have no escape from it and no way out.
We seek refuge with Allah and in His perfect Words from that
As-Sajdah - 32:14
فَذُوقُوا بِمَا نَسِيتُمْ لِقَاء يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا
Then taste because of your forgetting the meeting of this Day of yours.
means, it will be said to the people of Hell by way of rebuke:`taste this punishment because you denied it and believed that it would never happen; you tried to forget about it and acted as if you had forgotten it.'
إِنَّا نَسِينَاكُمْ
Surely, We too will forget you,
means, `We will deal with you as if We have forgotten you,' but nothing escapes Allah's attention, and He makes the punishment fit the crime, as He says:
الْيَوْمَ نَنسَاكُمْ كَمَا نَسِيتُمْ لِقَأءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَـذَا
This Day We will forget you as you forgot the meeting of this Day of yours. (45:34)
وَذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْخُلْدِ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
so taste you the abiding torment for what you used to do.
i.e., because of your disbelief and rejection, as Allah says in other Ayat:
لااَّ يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْداً وَلَا شَرَاباً
Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink.
إِلاَّ حَمِيماً وَغَسَّاقاً
Except Hamim, and Ghassaq) until:
فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلاَّ عَذَاباً
No increase shall We give you, except in torment. (78:24-30)
As-Sajdah - 32:15
The State of the People of Faith and Their Reward Allah states:
Allah says;
إِنَّمَا يُوْمِنُ بِأيَاتِنَا
Only those believe in Our Ayat,
means, who accept them as true,
الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهَا خَرُّوا سُجَّدًا
who, when they are reminded of them, fall down prostrate,
means, they listen to them and obey them in word and deed.
وَسَبَّحُوا بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَهُمْ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ
and glorify the praises of their Lord, and they are not proud.
means, they are not too proud to follow them and submit to them, unlike the ignorant among the rebellious disbelievers.
Allah says:
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَخِرِينَ
Verily, those who scorn My worship, they will surely enter Hell in humiliation! (40:60)
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