CHAP. LXXXIV.
Intitled, The Rending in sunder; revealed at Mecca
[a]
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In the name of the most merciful God.
[a] There are some who take this chapter to have been revealed at Medina.
[b] When the earth shall be stretched out;] Like a skin; every mountain and hill being levelled.
[c] And shall cast forth that which is therein;] As the treasures hidden in its bowels, and the dead bodies which lye in their graves.
[d] And thou shalt meet him;] Or, And thou shalt meet thy labour; whether thy works be good, or whether they be evil
[e] His family;] i.e. His relations or friends who are true believers; or rather, to his wives and servants, of the damsels and youths of paradise, who wait to receive him [1] .
[1] Idem.
[f] Behind his back;] That is, into his left hand; for the wicked will have that hand bound behind their back, and their right hand to their neck.
[g] I swear;] Or, I will not swear. See chap. 56. p. 436. not. f.
[h] Ye shall surely be transferred from state to state to another;] i.e. From the state of the living, to that of the dead; and from the state of the dead, to a new state of life in another world.
[i] They worship not;] Or, humble not themselves.