Qur'aanic Verse 47:18:
Transliteration:
Transliteration:
18. Fahal yanthuroona illa alssaAAata an ta/tiyahum
baghtatan faqad jaa ashratuha faanna lahum ithajaat-hum thikrahum
Translation:
18. Are they, then, waiting for the Hour (the time when the present
world will end and the Hereafter begin) to come upon them of a sudden? Portends2
of it have verily come! And what will mention of these [portends]
avail them, once it [the Hour] has come upon them?
Study Note:
2.
Calamities suffered by ancient peoples like those of Noah and Lot, the Aad, the
Samood etc. were but portends of what would happen when the Hour comes
affecting the entire earth. Such portends do come even now in the form of
hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis etc. But people now hardly take them as
portends. They dismiss them as just natural phenomena!
The above is an extract from yet-to-be-pubished Qur'aanic Studies Manzil VI.
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ReplyDeleteI may be wrong, but this verse is referring the fact that the time to leave this world for each of us is unknown to us. It may come upon us unexpectedly through natural calamaties/sickness/accidents/war/violence,etc. We don't need to be warned about it as we observe this in life all the time (the time to leave this world through a cause is anytime!). However, man prefers to think that his time has not come yet!!
ReplyDeleteVerse 41:50 indicates that 'the Hour' signifies not only death but also resurrection. 'The Hour' therefore signifies what Surah 99 describes.
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