Verses 22–25
84. Al-Inshiqaaq · The Splitting Open
Makkan25 verses
بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُكَذِّبُونَ
84:22Indeed, the faithless impugn [the Apostle],
وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
84:24So inform them of a painful punishment,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ
84:25excepting such as are faithful and do righteous deeds: for them there will be an everlasting reward.2
Tafsir
Commentary on this passage
Verse 24
1.The word Basharat (good-news), with punishment indicates a horrible spiritual torture in which non-believers will get involved and towards which previous Verses point out, that the non-believer was happy in the world and now he prays for death and believers suffered from troubles and now they return towards their own family with perfect happiness. The best occasion of family life is the one when man returns to his family with joy and happiness; in comparison to that no wealth and things of great importance have any standing. If this is not there wealth assumes the form of snake and scorpions. And all wealth becomes the reason of distress.
Footnotes
Explanations of words and phrases in these verses
- 1
Yooun - It is derived from wa-aa that is a vessel.
- 2
Mamnoon - It is derived from Mann, that is to cut off.
Benefit
In the 16-18 Verses the sequence of the events is mentioned. That in the beginning there is evening, then the darkness of the night and all the creatures will collect at that centre and then one day is the full moon and then the same sequence compares it with the stages of man, who has to present himself before the Lord one day.