Translation:
The Trumpet will (just) be sounded, when all that are in the heavens and on earth will swoon, 4343 except such as it will please Allah (to exempt). Then will a second one be sounded, when, behold, they will be standing and looking on!
The Trumpet will (just) be sounded, when all that are in the heavens and on earth will swoon, 4343 except such as it will please Allah (to exempt). Then will a second one be sounded, when, behold, they will be standing and looking on!
Translation:
And [on that Day,] the trumpet [of judgment] will be sounded, and all [creatures] that are in the heavens and all that are on earth will fall down senseless, unless they be such as God wills [to exempt]. 67 And then it will sound again - and lo! standing [before the Seat of Judgment], they will begin to see [the truth]! 68
And [on that Day,] the trumpet [of judgment] will be sounded, and all [creatures] that are in the heavens and all that are on earth will fall down senseless, unless they be such as God wills [to exempt]. 67 And then it will sound again - and lo! standing [before the Seat of Judgment], they will begin to see [the truth]! 68
Commentary:
67 As is evident from 27:89, the above is an allusion to the unbroken spiritual life in this world - and, therefore, happiness in the hereafter - of those who have attained to faith and have done righteous deeds. Cf. 21:103 - "the supreme awesomeness [of the Day of Resurrection] will cause them no grief".
68 Cf. 37:19.
67 As is evident from 27:89, the above is an allusion to the unbroken spiritual life in this world - and, therefore, happiness in the hereafter - of those who have attained to faith and have done righteous deeds. Cf. 21:103 - "the supreme awesomeness [of the Day of Resurrection] will cause them no grief".
68 Cf. 37:19.
4343 Sa'iqa implies the idea of a swoon, or loss of all consciousness of being; it implies a cessation of the normal functioning of the usual powers of life or feeling. With the first Trumpet of the Resurrection, the whole world will cease to be in the form and the relations which we see now: there will be a new heaven and a new earth, see 14:48, n. 1925; human souls will for the time being be dazed and lose all memory or consciousness of time or place or personality. With the second one, they will stand in a new world; they will see with clearer vision than ever before; and judgement will proceed. (R).