CHAP. LXXV.
Intitled, The Resurrection; revealed at Mecca.
In the name of the most merciful God.
[a] I swear;] Or, I will not swear. See chap. 56. p. 436. not. f.
[b] The soul which accuseth itself;] Being conscious of having offended, and of failing of perfection, notwithstanding its endeavours to do its duty; or, the pious soul which shall blame others, at the last day, for having been remiss in their devotions, &c. Some understand the words of the soul of Adam, in particular; who is continually blaming himself for having lost paradise by his disobedience [1] .
[1] Idem.
[a] And the sun and the moon shall be in conjunction;] Rising both in the west [1] : which conjunction is no contradiction to what is mentioned just before, of the moon’s being eclipsed; because those words are not to be understood of a regular eclipse, but metaphorically, of the moon’s losing her light at the last day in a preternatural manner. Some think the meaning rather to be, that the sun and the moon shall be joined in the loss of their light [2] .
[1] See the Prelim. Disc. p. 79.
[2] Al Beidawi.
[b] That which he hath done first and last;] Or, the good which he hath done, and that which he hath left undone, &c.
[c] Ye love that which hasteneth away;] i.e. The fleeting pleasures of this life. The words intimate the natural hastiness and impatience of man [3] , who takes up with a present enjoyment, tho’ short and bitter in its consequences, rather than wait for real happiness in futurity.
[3] See chap. 17. p. 228.
[d] And one leg shall be joined with the other leg;] i.e. And when he shall stretch forth his legs together, as is usual with dying persons. The words may also be translated, And when one affliction shall be joined with another affliction.
[e] He believed not;] Or, He did not give alms; or, He was not a man of veracity. Some suppose Abu Jahl, and others one Adi Ebn Rabîa, to be particularly inveighed against in this chapter.