Transliteration:( Wa akh rajatil ardu athqaalaha )
Near the time of the Day of Judgement, there will be widespread earthquakes that will cause the earth to split asunder. These earthquakes will expel the earth's treasures, such as gold and silver mines, from within it. In this context, the term "weight" refers to these buried treasures and other valuable resources.
On the Day of Judgement, a severe earthquake will occur due to the blow of the second Trumpet. This earthquake will cause the earth to burst open and expel the corpses of man and jinn buried within it. It is important to note that during their lifetimes, both man and jinn are a burden on the earth, and after their burial, they become a burden of the earth. This is why they are referred to as THAQALAIN (two burdens).
Earthquakes can occur for various reasons:
The earthquake on the Day of Judgement will serve a dual purpose. For the Muslims, it will be a form of mercy, while for the infidels, it will be a source of punishment.
The tafsir of Surah Zalzalah verse 2 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Zalzalah ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 8.
(99:2) and the earth will throw up all her burdens,[2]
2. This same has been expressed in Surah Al-Inshiqaq, Ayat 4, thus: And throws out whatever is within it, and becomes empty. It has several meanings:
(1) It will cast out bodies of the dead in whatever form and state and wherever they may be lying in the earth; and the following sentence indicates that at that time all the scattered parts of the bodies will reassemble and be resurrected once again in the same form and shape as they had been in their first life, for if it were not so, how will they say: What has happened to the earth? It will not only cast out the dead bodies of men but also all traces and evidences of the words, deeds and activities of their former life lying buried in it; the following sentence points out that the earth will narrate all that had happened on its back.
(2) A third meaning has also been given by some commentators, saying that it will cast out the treasures of gold, silver, jewels and every kind of wealth lying hidden in the earth’s belly and man will see it and realize how he thirsted for these things in the world, how he committed murders, thefts, robberies and piracies in the land and sea, usurped the rights of others, waged wars and devastated vast populations. On that Day all that will lie heaped up before him, yet of no avail, but will rather become a means of punishment for him.
[1962]- See verse 84:4.
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