Transliteration:( Wa akh rajatil ardu athqaalaha )
1. This verse has two explanations:
1. Near the time of the Day of Judgement there will be earthquakes experienced by the earth in general, by means of which the earth will split asunder and expel out of it its treasures, gold and silver mines, etc. In this case weight will denote these buried treasures, etc.
2. On the Day of Judgement, due to the blow of the second Trumpet there will be a severe earthquake in the earth. It will burst open and throw out the corpses of man and jinn buried in it. It should be remembered that man and jinn in their lifetime are a burden on the earth and after their burial are a burden of the earth.
It is for this reason that they are called THAQAL.AIN (two burdens). You should remember this as well that sometimes the tremor of the earth is to reveal the greatness of something e.g. at the time of the blessed birth of the Holy Prophet ?tremor was felt in the palace of Emperor Khosroes (Kisra). Sometimes it takes place for the purpose of mercy e.g. during | journey the Holy Prophet's ? to Syria a tremor was felt at the monastery of Baheera. Sometimes it is for the punishment e.g. the common earthquakes. This earthquake of the Day of Judgement will be a form of mercy for the Muslims and a source of punishment for the infidels.
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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