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 Surah Az-Zumar 39:64-70 [7/8] ↕
  
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قُلْSay,
أَفَغَيْرَ`Is (it) other than
ٱللَّهِAllah
تَأْمُرُوٓنِّىٓyou order me
أَعْبُدُ(to) worship,
أَيُّهَاO
ٱلْجَـٰهِلُونَignorant ones?`
﴿٦٤﴾
وَلَقَدْAnd verily,
أُوحِىَit has been revealed
إِلَيْكَto you
وَإِلَىand to
ٱلَّذِينَthose who
مِن قَبْلِكَ(were) before you,
لَئِنْif
أَشْرَكْتَyou associate (with Allah)
لَيَحْبَطَنَّsurely, will become worthless
عَمَلُكَyour deeds
وَلَتَكُونَنَّand you will surely be
مِنَamong
ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَthe losers.
﴿٦٥﴾
بَلِNay!
ٱللَّهَ فَٱعْبُدْBut worship Allah
وَكُنand be
مِّنَamong
ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَthe thankful ones.
﴿٦٦﴾
وَمَاAnd not
قَدَرُواْthey appraised
ٱللَّهَAllah
حَقَّ(with) true
قَدْرِهِۦappraisal,
وَٱلْأَرْضُwhile the earth
جَمِيعًاentirely
قَبْضَتُهُۥ(will be) in His Grip
يَوْمَ(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ(of) the Resurrection,
وَٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتُand the heavens
مَطْوِيَّـٰتُۢ(will be) folded
بِيَمِينِهِۦ‌ۚin His Right Hand.
سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥGlory be to Him!
وَتَعَـٰلَىٰAnd High is He
عَمَّاabove what
يُشْرِكُونَthey associate (with Him).
﴿٦٧﴾
وَنُفِخَAnd (will) be blown
فِى[in]
ٱلصُّورِthe trumpet,
فَصَعِقَthen (will) fall dead
مَنwhoever
فِى(is) in
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِthe heavens
وَمَنand whoever
فِى(is) on
ٱلْأَرْضِthe earth
إِلَّاexcept
مَنwhom
شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ‌ۖAllah wills.
ثُمَّThen
نُفِخَ(it will) be blown
فِيهِ[in it]
أُخْرَىٰa second time,
فَإِذَاand behold!
هُمْThey
قِيَامٌ(will be) standing
يَنظُرُونَwaiting.
﴿٦٨﴾
وَأَشْرَقَتِAnd (will) shine
ٱلْأَرْضُthe earth
بِنُورِwith (the) light
رَبِّهَا(of) its Lord
وَوُضِعَand (will) be placed
ٱلْكِتَـٰبُthe Record
وَجِاْىٓءَand (will) be brought
بِٱلنَّبِيِّــۧنَthe Prophets
وَٱلشُّهَدَآءِand the witnesses,
وَقُضِىَand it (will) be judged
بَيْنَهُمbetween them
بِٱلْحَقِّin truth,
وَهُمْand they
لَا يُظْلَمُونَwill not be wronged.
﴿٦٩﴾
وَوُفِّيَتْAnd (will) be paid in full
كُلُّevery
نَفْسٍsoul
مَّاwhat
عَمِلَتْit did;
وَهُوَand He
أَعْلَمُ(is the) Best-Knower
بِمَاof what
يَفْعَلُونَthey do.
﴿٧٠﴾

قُلۡ اَفَغَيۡرَ اللّٰهِ تَاۡمُرُوۡٓنِّىۡۤ اَعۡبُدُ اَيُّهَا الۡجٰـهِلُوۡنَ‏   وَلَـقَدۡ اُوۡحِىَ اِلَيۡكَ وَاِلَى الَّذِيۡنَ مِنۡ قَبۡلِكَ​ۚ لَـئِنۡ اَشۡرَكۡتَ لَيَحۡبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَلَتَكُوۡنَنَّ مِنَ الۡخٰسِرِيۡنَ‏  بَلِ اللّٰهَ فَاعۡبُدۡ وَكُنۡ مِّنَ الشّٰكِرِيۡنَ‏  وَمَا قَدَرُوْا اللّٰهَ حَقَّ قَدۡرِهٖ ​ۖ  وَالۡاَرۡضُ جَمِيۡعًا قَبۡضَتُهٗ يَوۡمَ الۡقِيٰمَةِ وَالسَّمٰوٰتُ مَطۡوِيّٰتٌۢ بِيَمِيۡنِهٖ​ ؕ سُبۡحٰنَهٗ وَتَعٰلٰى عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُوۡنَ‏  وَنُفِخَ فِى الصُّوۡرِ فَصَعِقَ مَنۡ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَنۡ فِى الۡاَرۡضِ اِلَّا مَنۡ شَآءَ اللّٰهُ​ ؕ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِيۡهِ اُخۡرٰى فَاِذَا هُمۡ قِيَامٌ يَّنۡظُرُوۡنَ‏   وَاَشۡرَقَتِ الۡاَرۡضُ بِنُوۡرِ رَبِّهَا وَوُضِعَ الۡكِتٰبُ وَجِآىْ ئَ بِالنَّبِيّٖنَ وَالشُّهَدَآءِ وَقُضِىَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ بِالۡحَقِّ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُوۡنَ‏  وَوُفِّيَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتۡ وَهُوَ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَفۡعَلُوۡنَ‏  
Translation
(39:64) (O Prophet), say: “Ignorant people! Do you bid me to serve any other beside Allah?” (39:65) (Tell them clearly that) it was revealed to you and to all Prophets before you: “If you associate any others with Allah in His Divinity, your works will surely come to naught74 and you will certainly be among the losers.” (39:66) Therefore, serve Allah alone and be among those who give thanks. (39:67) They did not recognise the true worth of Allah.75 (Such is Allah's power that) on the Day of Resurrection the whole earth will be in His grasp, and the heavens shall be folded up in His Right Hand.76 Glory be to Him! Exalted be He from all that they associate with Him.77 (39:68) And the Trumpet shall be blown78 and all who are in the heavens and the earth shall fall down dead save those whom Allah wills. Then the Trumpet shall be blown again, and lo! all of them will be standing and looking on.79 (39:69) The earth shall shine with the light of its Lord, and the Scroll (of deeds) shall be set in place, and the Prophets and all witnesses80 shall be brought, and judgement shall be justly passed among them, and they shall not be wronged; (39:70) and everyone shall be paid in full for all that he did. Allah is best aware of all that they do.
Commentary

74. That is, no act which is performed along with shirk will be adjudged as a righteous act, and no one who, being a mushrik, performs many acts as good acts in his personal judgment, will deserve any reward for them, and his whole life work will be deemed to have gone waste.

75. That is, they have no conception of the greatness and glory of Allah; they have never tried to understand how high is the position of the Lord of the Universe and how insignificant are the beings whom these foolish people have made associates in Godhead and worthy of their worship.

76. This is a figurative way of describing the complete control and authority of Allah over the earth and heavens. Just as a man encloses a small ball in the hollow of his hand with perfect ease, or a person rolls up an handkerchief in his hand without any difficulty, so will all men (who fail to conceive the greatness and glory of Allah) see with their own eyes, on the Day of Resurrection, that the earth and the heavens are like an ordinary ball and a small scroll in the hand of Allah. Traditions have been related in Musnad Ahmad, Bukhari, Muslim, Nasai, Ibn Majah, Ibn Jarir and others, on the authority of Abdullah bin Umar and Abu Hurairah, that once during a sermon the Prophet (peace be upon him) recited this verse and then said: Allah will hold the heavens and the earths (i.e. the planets) in His grasp and will roll them about in such a way as a child rolls a ball, and will say: I am God, the One: I am the King: I am the All-Mighty, Owner of glory: Where are the kings of the world? Where are the tyrants? Where are the arrogant? Saying these words he started so shaking that we feared that he might topple over along with the pulpit.

77. That is, there is no comparison whatever between Allah’s greatness and glory and the insignificance of those who are associated with Him in Godhead.

78. For the explanation of Thoor (Trumpet), see (Surah Al- Anaam, Ayat 73); (Surah Ibrahim, Ayat 48); (Surah Al-Kahf, Ayat 99); (Surah TaHa, Ayats 102-103); (Surah Al-Hajj, Ayat 1); (Surah Al-Momioon, Ayat 101); (Surah An-Naml, Ayat 87) and the E,Ns thereof.

79. Here, mention has been made of the Turmpet’s being blown only twice. Besides, in Surah An-Naml there is the mention of another blowing of the Trumpet before these two, on hearing which everything in the earth and the heavens will be struck with terror (verse 87). On this very basis, the Ahadith mention that the Trumpet will be blown thrice:

(1) Nafakhat al-Fazaon, hearing which everything will be struck with terror.

(2) Nafakhat as-Saaq, on which everyone will fall down dead,

(3) Nafakhat al-qiyam li-Rabbit-alamin, i.e. the Trumpet on the blowing of which all dead men will return to life and arise from their graves to present themselves before their Lord.

80. “The witnesses”: those who will bear witness to the effect that the Message of Allah had been conveyed to the people as well as those who will bear witness to the acts and deeds of the people. It is not necessary that these witnesses will be only human beings. The angels, the jinns, the beasts, men’s own limbs, their dwelling places and the trees and stones, will all be included among the witnesses. 7