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 Surah Al-Anbya 21:94-97 [7/7] ↕
  
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فَمَنThen whoever
يَعْمَلْdoes
مِنَ[of]
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ[the] righteous deeds
وَهُوَwhile he
مُؤْمِنٌ(is) a believer
فَلَاthen not
كُفْرَانَ(will be) rejected
لِسَعْيِهِۦ[of] his effort.
وَإِنَّاAnd indeed, We
لَهُۥof it
كَـٰتِبُونَ(are) Recorders.
﴿٩٤﴾
وَحَرَٲمٌAnd (there is) prohibition
عَلَىٰupon
قَرْيَةٍa city
أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَآwhich We have destroyed,
أَنَّهُمْthat they
لَاnot
يَرْجِعُونَwill return.
﴿٩٥﴾
حَتَّىٰٓUntil
إِذَاwhen
فُتِحَتْhas been opened
يَأْجُوجُ(for) the Yajuj
وَمَأْجُوجُand Majuj,
وَهُمand they
مِّنfrom
كُلِّevery
حَدَبٍelevation
يَنسِلُونَdescend.
﴿٩٦﴾
وَٱقْتَرَبَAnd has approached
ٱلْوَعْدُthe promise
ٱلْحَقُّ[the] true
فَإِذَاthen behold,
هِىَ[it]
شَـٰخِصَةٌ(are) staring
أَبْصَـٰرُ(the) eyes
ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those who
كَفَرُواْdisbelieved,
يَـٰوَيْلَنَا"O woe to us!
قَدْVerily,
كُنَّاwe had been
فِىin
غَفْلَةٍheedlessness
مِّنْof
هَـٰذَاthis;
بَلْnay,
كُنَّاwe were
ظَـٰلِمِينَwrongdoers."
﴿٩٧﴾

فَمَنۡ يَّعۡمَلۡ مِنَ الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤۡمِنٌ فَلَا كُفۡرَانَ لِسَعۡيِهٖ​ۚ وَاِنَّا لَهٗ كٰتِبُوۡنَ‏  وَ حَرٰمٌ عَلٰى قَرۡيَةٍ اَهۡلَكۡنٰهَاۤ اَنَّهُمۡ لَا يَرۡجِعُوۡنَ‏  حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فُتِحَتۡ يَاۡجُوۡجُ وَمَاۡجُوۡجُ وَهُمۡ مِّنۡ كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَّنۡسِلُوۡنَ‏   وَاقۡتَـرَبَ الۡوَعۡدُ الۡحَـقُّ فَاِذَا هِىَ شَاخِصَةٌ اَبۡصَارُ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا ؕ يٰوَيۡلَنَا قَدۡ كُنَّا فِىۡ غَفۡلَةٍ مِّنۡ هٰذَا بَلۡ كُـنَّا ظٰلِمِيۡنَ‏  
Translation
(21:94) Then whosoever does righteous works, while believing, his striving will not go unappreciated. We record them all for him. (21:95) It has been ordained against every town that We ever destroyed that they shall not return92 (to enjoy a new lease of life) (21:96) until Gog and Magog are let loose, and begin swooping from every mound, (21:97) and the time for the fulfilment of the true promise of Allah draws near,93 whereupon the eyes of those who disbelieved will stare in fear, and they will say: "Woe to us, we were indeed heedless of this; nay, we were wrongdoers."94
Commentary

92. The Arabic text of (verse 95) may be interpreted in three ways.

(I) The community which is once destroyed by the scourge of Allah can never have a second or new life.

(2) After its destruction, its people are not given a second chance for their test, then they shall be presented in the court of Allah for final judgment.

(3) When a community transgresses the last limits in its wickedness, injustices and disobedience, and Allah ordains to destroy it, no other chance of repentance is given to it because it becomes incapable of turning back to right guidance.

93. For the details about Gog and Magog, see (E.Ns 62 and 69 of Surah Al-Kahf). They will be let loose in the sense that they will swoop down on the regions of the earth like a beast of prey which is set free from its cage suddenly. The time of the fulfillment of the true promise will come on the eve of Resurrection and the appearance of Gog and Magog will be a sign of it. In a tradition related in Muslim, by Huzaifah bin Asid Ghifari, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Resurrection will not take place until ten signs appear:

(1) The smoke. (2) Dajjal. (3) Daabat-ul-Ard. (4) Rising of the sun from the west. (5) Coming down of Jesus, son of Mary. (6) Sudden attack of Gog and Magog. (7-9) Three land slides, one in the east, the second in the west and the third in Arabia. (10) The flare up of a great fire from Yaman which will drive the people to the Plain of Resurrection. In another tradition the Prophet (peace be upon him) stated that after the swoop of Gog and Magog, Resurrection will be so near that it may take place at any moment just as a pregnant woman might deliver the child at any moment, in the day or night, after her term has expired. But the reference to the appearance of Gog and Magog in the Quran and Hadith does not indicate that they will swoop on mankind jointly. It may be that they will clash against each other near the time of Resurrection and their mutual conflict might result in a universal catastrophe and destruction.

94. “We were in heedlessness” contains a kind of excuse in it, as if to say: The Prophets warned us of the Day of Resurrection but we were wrongdoers and paid no heed to their warning.