Tafseer of Sooraatul Zalzalah by Shaykh Sa'dee

[عبد الله بن مسلم]

{ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ {

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا

“When the earth is shaken with its (final) earthquake.!

وَأَخْرَجَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا

And when the earth throws out its burdens,

وَقَالَ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا لَهَا

And man will say: "What is the matter with it?"

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا

That Day it will declare its information (about all what happened over it of good or evil).

بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَى لَهَا

Because your Lord has inspired it.

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ النَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِيُرَوْا أَعْمَالَهُمْ

That Day mankind will proceed in scattered groups that they may be shown their deeds.[]

فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَه

So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant), shall see it.

وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ

And whosoever does evil equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant), shall see it.”



The Tafseer

The Most Exalted informs on what will happen on The Day of Judgment , and that the earth will be shaken and it will tremor and it will falter ; Until it gets rid of all that is on it of the buildings and the world.

And its mountains will be demolished , and it will be leveled , and it [the earth] will turn into spread out field ; with no curvatures nor any raised places.

} وَأَخْرَجَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا {

And when the earth throws out its burdens

Meaning : that which is in it ; of the buried corpses and the resources.

{ وَقَالَ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا لَهَا }

And man will say :

When he sees what it [the earth] is doing , of the great actions , astonished with this [happenings] :

{ مَا لَهَا }

"What is the matter with it?"

Meaning : what is the reason [ or purpose ] of it [the earth for doing this] ?

{ يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ }

That Day it will declare

i.e. The earth

{ أَخْبَارَهَا }

…its information

Meaning : it will testify and bear witness on the doers , of what they have done on its surface ; of the good actions and the bad actions.

For verily the earth is among the witnesses which will bear witness on the slaves regarding their actions .

This is …

{ بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَى لَهَا }

Because your Lord has inspired it.

[meaning] And He ordered it to inform that which was done on its surface.

Thus it wont disobey His order.

{ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ النَّاسُ }

That Day mankind will proceed

To the Standing of the last Day , when Allaah will Judge between them

{ أَشْتَاتًا }

in scattered groups

meaning : In different groups

{ لِيُرَوْا أَعْمَالَهُمْ }

that they may be shown their deeds.

That is : So that Allaah will show them what they deed of the good and the evil deeds , and He will show and present to them an equal reward.

{ فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَه }

So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant), shall see it.

{ وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ }

And whosoever does evil equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant), shall see it.”

And this is including all the good and evil deeds ; all of them.

This is because if the weight of an atom – which is the smallest thing- is going to be presented [ and rewarded to the one who deed it ] , then no doubt what is bigger than it takes more priority and precedence.

Just as Allaah said :

{ يَوْمَ تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا عَمِلَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مُحْضَرًا وَمَا عَمِلَتْ مِنْ سُوءٍ تَوَدُّ لَوْ أَنَّ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَهُ أَمَدًا بَعِيدًا }

“On the Day when every person will be confronted with all the good he has done, and all the evil he has done, he will wish that there were a great distance between him and his evil…” [Suratul Aali Imraan : 30]

[And just as Allaah said :]

{ وَوَجَدُوا مَا عَمِلُوا حَاضِرًا }

“..And they will find all that they did, placed before them...” [Suratul Kahf : 49]

And this verse contains the utmost encouragement [exhortations] of doing good ; even if little , [and it also contains utmost] warnings of doing evil even if small.
Taken from : Tayseer Al Kareem Ar-Rahmaan fee Tafseer Kalaam Al Mannaan.
Authored by : al-Allaamah as-Shaykh Abdurrahmaan ibn Sa’dee
Translated by Aboo Waheeda as-salafee.



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