Surah Ya-Sin 36:51
سُورَةُ يسٓ · Meccan · Verse 51 of 83
وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ
Translation
The Trumpet will be sounded and- lo and behold!- they will rush out to their Lord from their graves.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'And the Trumpet is blown, and at once from the graves they hasten to their Lord.' Ibn Ashur and al-Biqa'i note the verb 'yansilun', streaming out, hurrying, the reassembly of all who ever lived, rushing from the earth toward their Lord. What seemed a permanent end becomes a sudden beginning. Ask yourself: I picture the grave as a full stop. The Qur'an pictures it as a pause before a summons, and when the summons comes, there is no reluctance, only hastening. If everyone who ever lived will one day stream toward the same meeting, the question is not whether I go, but in what state I arrive. What am I becoming, in the meantime, that I will bring to that gathering?
Grounded in classical tafsir: Ibn Ashur, al-Biqa'i, al-Saadi.
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