Allah, Almighty, said at Surah Al-Haqqah..
"Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity." 69:4
"So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast]." 69:5
"And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind." 69:6
"Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession.. " 69:7
".. so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees."
And we will continue with the verses..
while explaining them.
Allah, Almighty, has mentioned two Arabic nations..
according to the place of the disbelievers from Quraish.. who were living at Makkah..
the main people whom Qur'an was talking to.
Thamud was at their north..
and 'Aad..
was at their south.
"And mention, [O Muhammad], the brother of 'Aad.. " 46:21
".. when he warned his people.. "
".. in the [region of] Al-Ahqaf.. "
today, this region is between, Yemen and Oman.
And the people of Thamud..
were in the region of Wadi Al-Qura..
to the north of Al-Madinah, the city of the prophet from Allah, SAW.
At the verse, Allah, Almighty, is beginning by mentioning the most recent nation..
as Thamud came after 'Aad!
He said: "Thamud and 'Aad denied [Al-Qariah] ."
the meaning is..
The tribe of Thamud has denied..
and the tribe of 'Aad has denied..
that [Al-Qariah] will occur!
It was named; [Qariah=banging=striking]..
because, it strikes people..
with horror and disasters.
and, it strikes the heaven, causing splitting it..
and it strikes earth and mountains, causing destruction!
and it strikes the sun.. moon.. and stars..
so they will be wrapped up in darkness.. fall, scattering.. and lose their light.
and we can find the verses about this at Surah At-Takwir and Al-Infitar
That was the meaning of [Al-Qariah].
"Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity."
and that was in brief.
Next, comes the details..
After He has mentioned the two tribes together..
He is telling us about each one of them separately..
Allah, Almighty, said:
"Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity."
"So as[Ama] for Thamud.. " 69:5
Grammatically, [Ama]..
is an article, for giving details!
"So as[Ama] for Thamud they were destroyed.. "
i.e. They were completely destroyed..
".. they were destroyed by [At-Taghia]
The scholars have different explanations for the word; [Bet-Taghia]
Some scholars said that the letter; [Ba.]
gives the reason.
So, the meaning of the verse would be..
"So as for Thamud they were destroyed [Bet-Taghia].. "
i.e. because of their tyranny..
their transgression.
And, an example of this word is found at..
Surah Ash-Shams;
"Thamud denied [their prophet] [Bet-Taghwaha= Tyranny] " 91:11
i.e. by the reason of their transgression.
This was an opinion..
another opinion..
"So as for Thamud denied [their prophet] [Bet-Taghia] "
[At-Taghia] means..
a group of transgressive people.
as Allah said about them..
"And there were in the city.." 27:48
".. nine family heads.. '
".. causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs]."
"They said, "Take a mutual oath by Allah that we will kill him by night, he and his family.. " 27:49
".. Then we will say to his executor, 'We did not witness the destruction of his family.. "
".. and indeed, we are truthful.' ". "
So, this was another opinion of the scholars.
Some scholars said..
In the word; [At-Taghiata]..
the last [Ta] letter is extra..
e.g. we say; a knowledgeable[Alamata] man.. i.e.[Alama]..
or, a man, narrator[Rawita] i.e [Rawi].
This[Ta] does not indicate a feminine noun!
But, we mean a specific person..
and here, he is the Ohaimer of Thamud..
who had slaughtered the female camel..
because, Allah, Almighty said:
"But they called their companion.. " 54:29
".. and he dared and [Aqar] [her]."
So, we know that the person who had slaughtered the female camel, was one man.
His name was Qudar Ibn Salef.
So, Allah, Almighty, said here..
"So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast][Taghiata]."
That was about the varied explanations of the word; [At-Taghiata].
Then, after Thamud, Allah has mentioned 'Aad..
The Lord of the servants said:
"And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed.. " 69:6
".. by a screaming, [Sarsar]." violent wind."
The word; [Ar-Reeh=the wind], does not need an explanation.
The prophet, SAW, said:
'I had victory with [Saba] wind..
and 'Aad was destroyed with [Ad-Daboor] wind.'
And he used to say, when seeing the wind..
'Allahumma, I ask You its goodness, and the best of that, which it was sent with..
And, I ask refuge with You, from its evilness, and the most evil of that, which it was sent with.'
And, Allah has given more details about this wind at Surah Al-Ahqaf.. He said:
"And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys.. " 46:24
".. they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!".. "
".. Rather, it is that for which you were impatient:.. "
".. a wind, within it a painful punishment."
"Destroying everything by command of its Lord. 46:25
".. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings..".
The wind that is; [Reeh Sarsar]
means; a cold wind.
But, the problem is about explanation of the next word; [A'atiyah]
What is the meaning of the word; [A'atiyah]?
Some scholars said..
[A'atiyah]..
i.e. rebelling..
even upon its controlling Angels!
Its Angels, who are to control it and to guide it..
It became uncontrollable for them; [Attat], with anger for its Lord.
[Attat ] means that it has disobeyed their control..
of anger for its Lord..
because of the doings committed by 'Aad.
And this explanation..
can be accepted, by logic[A'aklan]..
But, it need reinforcement, with tangible[Naklan] evidences..
and I couldn't find any!
Others said;
[A'atiyah] means; rebelling..
but it wasn't rebellion to the Angels..
but, it was violent to 'Aad!
i.e. 'Aad weren't able.. they couldn't stop in front of the strong wind..
For that, we can say..
the wind was rebelling against them.
so, they couldn't hide behind a mountain..
nor behind walls..
nor behind anything!
Others said..
and this explanation is eloquent.
[A'atiyah] means..
doesn't mean; rebelling..
But, it means; reaching the end of a thing!
i.e. it has reached the maximum level of torturing
We said; what is the evidence..
They said, Allah, Almighty, said..
about his servant, Zakaria..
".. and I have reached extreme['Aetya] old age?"." 19:8
['Aetya], means the extreme of it.
and ['Aetya] in our verse..
is the same..
Allah, Almighty, said:
".. by a screaming, violent wind."
Blessed viewers, these are a group of explanations that were given by scholars..
I'm bringing them all to you..
and you can choose any one of them..
and each of them have scholars behind it.
and the subject is wide..
"And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind."
"Which He imposed upon them.." 69:7
i.e. Allah imposed it upon them..
".. for seven nights and eight days in succession.. "
most of the historians say..
These days were at the month of [Shawwal]..
and, they began on the morning of Wednesday
and, they ended at the evening of the next Wednesday..
from the morning of Wednesday till the sunset of the next Wednesday..
So, they were 7 nights..
and 8 days..
[Husuma] i.e. cutting.. Goodness was cut from them.. [days of evilness]..
and it mean; they were continuous, without interruptions..
they follow one another.
"Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession.. "
".. so you would see the people.. "
i.e. people of 'Aad.
".. therein fallen[Sar'aa].. "
i.e. dead [Qatla].
As we say; [Qatla] is the plural of [Qateel]
we say; [Sar'aa] is the plural of [Saree'a.].
".. as if[Ka'ana] they were.. "
He is giving an example to their situation..
Grammatically, [Ka'ana] is an article used with similar things.
".. as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees."
When the green palm tree is standing..
It has a great scenery, joyous to the eyes!
But, when it was cut..
and was thrown on the ground..
man wouldn't like to see it!
Allah, Almighty, said:
".. as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees."
"Then do you see of them any remains?" 69:8
This verse made the historians say..
that 'Aad and Thamud..
they are an extinct nations..
i.e. they've died out.
And, that was said in Qur'an
Our Lord said:
"Then do you see of them any remains?"
Then Allah said:
"And there came Pharaoh.. " 69:9
i.e. the pharaoh of Moses..
".. and those before him.."
I.e. nations, Allah didn't tell us about their stories..
"And there came Pharaoh and those before him .. "
".. and the overturned cities[Al-Mutafikat] with sin."
Who are [Al-Mutafikat]?
They are the cities of the people of Lut!
they are named; [Al-Mutafikat].
What is the meaning of the word[Ifk]?
It means to turn facts upside down!
"Indeed, those who came with falsehood are a group among you.. " 24:11
As, there is no woman that is more chaste, than Ayisha
So, how could they accuse Umm Al-Mumineen..
with an accusation, we refrain from accusing ordinary Muslim women of it?
This is a sort of switching facts.
What did happen to the cities of the people of Lut?
Jibril had turned them, upside down!
So, they became [Mutafika].. turned upside down.
Allah, said:
".. We made the highest part [of the city] its lowest.. " 11:82
Here, Allah, Almighty, said:
"And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with [Al-Khatia]."
[Al-Khatia] here means [Al-Shirk][the association with Allah, other deities]..
and other sins.
"And they disobeyed.. " 69:10
i.e. these nations had disobeyed..
".. the messenger of their Lord.. "
i.e. the messenger who was sent to them from Allah..
as Lut to his people.. and Moses to Pharaoh..
and each nation has its messenger!
"And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin."
"And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord.. "
".. so He seized them.. "
i.e. their Lord took hold of them..
".. with a seizure exceeding [in severity]."
i.e. extra sever, more than the limit.
".. with a seizure exceeding [in severity]."
Then Allah said.. to remind us of the people of Noah:
"Indeed, when the water overflowed.. " 69:11
i.e. the level of the water has exceeded the limit.
to have floods with rains.. it is usual..
and the flow of the torrent, follows its usual path..
and no one can stand on its way.
But, the situation at the time of Noah..
was unusual!
"Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down." 54:11
the land didn't absorb that water..
But, it has added to it..
"And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined." 54:12
We know that the land can contain the water coming from the sky..
But, it can't hold all the water coming from both the sky and the earth!
at the same time.
So, Allah said:
"Indeed, when the water overflowed.. " over its limit..
".. We carried your ancestors in [Al-Jariyah]."
[Al-Jariyah] is the sailing ship..
the ship that Allah, Almighty, has commanded His servant.. His prophet Noah..
to build it.
"Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship."
"That We might make it .. " 69:12
i.e. the ship.
"That We might make it for you a reminder..
".. and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it."
i.e. When man hears this story..
or reads about it in Qur'an..
"But We saved him and the companions of the ship.. " 29:15
"And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails. " 54:13
then, he will fear his Lord.. be afraid of His power and of His anger.
So, Allah, Almighty, said here:
".. and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it."
Then, He mentioned some of the situations of the people on earth..
He is back talking about [Al-Haqqah], The Inevitable Reality.
He, Almighty, said..
after saying.. ".. and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it."
"Then when the Horn is blown with one blast." 69:13
Who is going to blow?
Israfeel!
One of the 4 great Angels.
Jibril, Michael, the Angel of death and Israfeel.
Now, he is holding the Horn in his hand.
tilting his head..
listening carefully..
waiting for the command from Allah to blow in the Horn..
then he will blow!
After he blow the Horn..
all the inhabitants of Heavens and Earth, will receive a severe dreadful shock
except those whom, Allah wills not to affect.
Allah, said:
"Then when the Horn is blown with one blast."
"And the earth and the mountains.. " 69:14
".. are lifted and leveled with one blow. "
These are the last stages of it..
Where is the Earth, it is changed..
Where is the sky?
it is changed!
our Lord said that..
"[It will be] on the Day the earth will be replaced by another earth, and the heavens [as well].. " 14:48
".. and all creatures will come out before Allah, the One, the Prevailing."
Here, Allah said: "Then when the Horn is blown with one blast."
"And the earth and the mountains.. "
".. are lifted and leveled with one blow. "
"Then on that Day.. " 69:15
".. the Occurrence [Al-Waqi'ah] will occur. "
Before that.. when we were at Dunya life..
people used to say.. and we used to read in Qur'an..
When the Occurrence [Al-Waqi'ah] occurs!
Now, it has occured!!
"Then on that Day, the Occurrence [Al-Waqi'ah] will occur,."
What is the most thick creation, that is more thick than any creation we can see..
The heaven[As-Samaa]!!
Our Lord said:
"Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it." 79:27
"He raised its thickness[Samkaha] and with smoothness[Fasawaha]." 79:28
and He said: " And We made the sky a protected ceiling.. " 21:32
And here, He is saying:
"Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur."
"And the heaven will split [open].. " 69:16
".. for that Day it is infirm."
fragile..
It will lose its smoothly built thickness..
So, where do its guards go..?
its occupants?
Allah said:
"And the angels are at its edges.. " 69:17
its margins..
Why they are at the margins..
because, people want to escape..
So, when they try to run away..
the Angels will bring them back.
"And he who believed said, "O my people, indeed I fear for you.. " 40:30
".. [a fate] like the day of the companies."
"Like the custom of the people of Noah and of 'Aad and Thamud.. " 40:31
".. and those after them. And Allah wants no injustice for [His] servants."
"And O my people, indeed I fear for you.. " 40"32
".. the Day of [Tanad]."
We say; The camel [Nada].. i.e. it ran away!
So, at the Day of [Tanad]..
people run out.. they try to escape..
And the Angels at the edges, they bring them back.
"And the angels are at its edges.. "
".. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them]."
The Throne of the Merciful..
is the greatest among all the creations..
the most glorified..
and from it, the rivers of Jannah come out,
and Allah, Almighty, [Mustawi] on it..
as He said in His great Book..
[istewaa] that is appropriate for His Glory and His Greatness.
And the Throne..
and the carriers of the Throne..
and the Angels circling around the Throne..
and the Angels looking at the Throne..
and others, whom Allah has created..
all of them..
with no exception..
they are in need of..
the power of Allah, The Most High, The Ever-Great..
So, Allah doesn't need Al-Arsh..
and, He doesn't need the carriers of Al-Arsh..
and, He doesn't need the Angels circulating around Al-Arsh..
and, He doesn't need all His creations..
".. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them]."
Some narrations said that.. 4 of them are saying..
'Subhanak Allahumma, Wa Bihamdik..
All the praise be for You, for Your tolerance..
after Your knowing.'
And 4 of them are saying;
'Subhanak Allahumma, Wa Bihamdik..
All the praise be for You, for Your forgiveness..
after Your capability.'
Allahumma, we ask You, for Your forgiveness..
we ask you forgiveness..
we ask you forgiveness.
".. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them]."
"That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement].. " 69:18
You will be exhibited in front of Allah!
And, the verses of Qur'an explain one another..
"And they will be presented before your Lord in rows.. " 18:48
"That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed."
People will be in two groups..
"So as for he who is given his record in his right.. " 69:19
because, he will be extremely happy..
let's give an example.. [For Allah, is the ideal example].
Look at children.. a young student..
a small child at school.. a naive child..
and his teacher gives him his certificate.. he has succeeded.
He will carry it high.. in his hand..
He would like that all the people in his neighbourhood would read it!
Even, people he doesn't know..
He will stand on their way, may be, they would read it!
He will call them.. even the baker..
'Look, I've succeeded.'
And he has the right!
The person..
The person who would have such a book at Resurrection Day..
he will call the people standing there.. at that day..
after he is given his book.
Allah said:
"So as for he who is given his record in his right hand.."
".. he will say, "Here, read my record!"
he will call them..
"Indeed, I was certain[Dhanant] that.. " 69:20
i.e. I was sure..
[Dhan] here means; in certainty.
'Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account.". "
I knew that I will meet Allah..
and you.. [I don't claim you to be pure, in front of Allah]
you are not..
free of being busy..
I know that you have wives..
.. children..
and tonight is the first night after the working days during the week..
and some people go out at this time.
And, some of you are employed..
and, some of you are businessmen..
and, so on.. of you who are working to earn provision..
You have left all of that..
and you came here.. to listen to Dhikr..
Why?!!
I'll tell you..
for one reason..
Because you are confident..
that you will meet the Lord of the worlds..
and He will grant you your rewards, for your being here, now.
Allah, is saying:
"[It is] the promise of Allah.. " 30:6
".. Allah does not fail in His promise.. "
I ask Allah not to let down my expectation[Raja] nor your expectations.
He said: " Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account.". " 69:20
"So he will be in a pleasant life. " 69:21
"In an elevated garden." 69:22
Elevated in status and in position.
"In an elevated garden. "
"Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near."
It can be reached without any effort..
".. and its [fruit] to be picked will be lowered in compliance." 76:14
"Its [fruit] to be picked hanging near."
What do they say to them?
"[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth.. " 69:24
for what you did in the past..
".. in the days past."."
What days?
the days at Dunya!
".. for what you put forth in the days past."
in the opposite to them..
[May Allah protect us all.]
The Lord of Dignity said:
"But as for he who is given his record in his left hand.. " 69:25
".. he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my record."
"And had not known what is my account." 69:26
"I wish.. ".. 69:27
he will be wishing..
".. it had been the decisive one."
What is the meaning of this verse?
i.e. I wish that my death had been..
definitive.. and I didn't have to be resurrected and gathered!
as long as, this is my end.. my share.. my account!!
I wish if I would stayed dead forever..
"I wish my death had been the decisive one."
"My wealth has not availed me." 69:28
"Gone from me is my authority.". " 69:29
Then, Allah will call His angels..
"[ Allah will say], "Seize him and shackle him.." 69:30
"Then into Hellfire drive him." 69:31
Then..
Look now..
How was the Fiqh of Abu Ad-Darda, may Allah be pleased of him and please him..
Look how Abu Ad-Darda understood this..
may Allah be pleased of him and please him..
Allah is saying:
"Then into a chain whose length is.. " 69:32
".. seventy cubits insert him."
Why? Lord of Dignity?
Allah said: "Indeed, he.. " 69:33
".. did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great. "
We believe in Allah, the Most Great.
Then, after that.. Allah said:
"Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor." 69:34
Abu Ad-Darda used to..
give the poor..
and, he used to encourage his wife..
to give the poor.. saying;
We've cut half the chain..
by believing in Allah, the Most Great.
and the remaining half..
is about encouraging the feeding of the poor
This is comprehension[Fiqh]..
a way of the companions of the messenger of Allah, SAW..
how they understood the speech of Allah.
And the companions of the messenger of Allah..
After the messenger of Allah..
they are the most knowledgeable among the creations..
about the speech of Allah, Almighty!
"Indeed, he did not used to believe in Allah, the Most Great, "
"Nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor."
"So there is not for him here this Day any devoted friend." 69:35
"Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds. " 69:36
Same as that mentioned at Sutah Al-Ghashiyah.
"Nor any food except from the discharge of wounds. "
"None will eat it except the sinners." 69:37
i.e. people who are doing sins and Shirk as the first sin..
Then, Allah said:
"So I swear by what you see." 69:38
"And what you do not see. " 69:39
"[That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger" 69:40
"And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe." 69: 41
"Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember." 69:42
"[It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds." 69:43
"And if.." 69:44
and this assumption is for the purpose of debate..
"And if he had made up about Us.. "
i.e. Muhammad or any one else..
"And if he had made up about Us some [false] sayings. "
"We would have seized him by the right hand." 69:45
"Then We would have cut from him the aorta." 69:56
And Allah, knows that..
the master of the creations.. the most honored among them..
our prophet, our beloved, our intercessor..
Muhammad Ibn Abdullah, SAW
he will not do any of that..
".. Allah is most knowing of where He places His message.. " 6:124
But, the point is, to tell the creations about the greatness of the revelation!
"And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,"
"We would have seized him by the right hand."
"Then We would have cut from him the aorta.".
And Qur'an..
anyone can memorize it.. recite it.. apply it..
"And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him." 69:47
etc. with the verses.. till the last verse..
"So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great." 69:52
Application of this verse was made in our Ruko'a.. during Salat.
He, SAW, said:
'As during Ruko'a, mention the Greatness of the Lord..
but, as during Sujood, say Du'aa, as much as you can..
because, it is expected to be answered.'
And, we can find in many places in Qur'an..
the saying of Allah, Almighty:
"So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great." 56:96
As in Surah Al-Waqiah
and as here in this blessed Surah.
"Exalted is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they describe." 37:180
"And peace upon the messengers." 37:181
and may Salat be upon Muhammad and his family.
and [all] praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.