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“On the Day the Horn is blown, We shall gather the criminals—those who associated partners with Allah—blue-eyed on that Day. (102) They will murmur among themselves, ‘You remained only ten [nights].’ (103) We know best what they will say, when the soundest of them in judgment will say, ‘You remained only a day.’ (104) And they ask you about the mountains. Say, ‘My Lord will blast them away completely.’ (105)”

“On the Day the Horn is blown”: Abū ʿAmr recited it, “We shall blow,” in the first-person plural form, in keeping with His saying, “We shall gather.” The others recited it in the passive form: “the Horn will be blown.” “We shall gather the criminals”—that is, the polytheists—“blue-eyed on that Day.” The blueness meant here is a greenish hue in the darkness of the eye; thus, they will be gathered blue-eyed and black-faced. It has also been said that “blue-eyed” means blind (1), and it has also been said that it means thirsty.

“They will murmur among themselves”: that is, they will confer with one another and speak secretly. “You remained”: that is, you remained in the worldly life, “only ten”—that is, ten nights. It has also been said: in the graves. And it has been said: between the two blasts, which is forty years, because their punishment will be lifted from them between the two blasts. They will consider the duration of their stay to have been short because of the terror they will witness (2).

Allah says, “We know best what they will say”: that is, what they will whisper privately among themselves (3), “when the soundest of them in judgment will say”—the one most complete in intellect and most balanced in speech—“You remained only a day.” It will seem insignificant to them in comparison to the horrors of the Day of Resurrection that await them. It has also been said that they will have forgotten the length of their stay because of the severity of what has overwhelmed them.

Allah, exalted is He, says: “And they ask you about the mountains. Say, ‘My Lord will blast them away completely.’” Ibn ʿAbbās said: A man from Thaqīf asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “What will become of the mountains on the Day of Resurrection?” So Allah revealed this verse (4).

Blasting away means uprooting: He will uproot them from their foundations and reduce them to scattered dust.

“Then He will leave it a level, barren plain, (106) in which you will see neither depression nor elevation. (107) On that Day they will follow the Caller without deviation, and all voices will be humbled before the Most Merciful, so you will hear nothing but a faint whisper. (108) On that Day, intercession will benefit no one except one whom the Most Merciful has permitted and whose word He has approved. (109)”

“Then He will leave it”: that is, He will leave the sites of the mountains upon the earth “a level, barren plain”: smooth, even ground with no vegetation. A plain is that which lies spread out from the earth, while “level” means smooth.

(1) Ibn Abi Hatim narrated from Ibn Abbas that a man came to him and said, “What do you make of His saying, ‘And We shall gather the criminals that Day blue-eyed,’ while elsewhere they are described as blind?” He replied, “The Day of Resurrection has different states: in one state they will be blue-eyed, and in another state blind.” Al-Durr al-Manthur, 5:598. See also Tafsir al-Tabari, 16:210. (2) The author of Zad al-Masir mentions these views, 5:321. Ibn Jarir states that it refers to the time spent in worldly life; al-Tabari, 16:211. (3) In manuscript B: “they consult one another.” (4) See Ruh al-Ma'ani, 16:261.

﴿يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ وَنَحْشُرُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًا (١٠٢) يَتَخَافَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا عَشْرًا (١٠٣) نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًا (١٠٤) وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنْسِفُهَا رَبِّي نَسْفًا (١٠٥) ﴾ ﴿يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ﴾ قَرَأَ أَبُو عَمْرٍو "نَنْفُخُ " بِالنُّونِ وَفَتْحِهَا وَضَمِّ الْفَاءِ لِقَوْلِهِ: "وَنَحْشُرُ "، وَقَرَأَ الْآخَرُونَ بِالْيَاءِ وَضَمِّهَا وَفَتَحِ الْفَاءِ عَلَى غَيْرِ تَسْمِيَةِ الْفَاعِلِ، ﴿وَنَحْشُرُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ﴾ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، ﴿يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًا﴾ وَالزُّرْقَةُ: هِيَ الْخُضْرَةُ: فِي سَوَادِ الْعَيْنِ، فَيُحْشَرُونَ زُرْقَ الْعُيُونِ سُودَ الْوُجُوهِ. وَقِيلَ: ﴿زُرْقًا﴾ (١) أَيْ عُمْيًا. وَقِيلَ: عِطَاشًا. ﴿يَتَخَافَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ﴾ أَيْ يَتَشَاوَرُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ خُفْيَةً، ﴿إِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ﴾ أَيْ مَا مَكَثْتُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا، ﴿إِلَّا عَشْرًا﴾ أَيْ عَشْرَ لَيَالٍ. وَقِيلَ: فِي الْقُبُورِ. وَقِيلَ: بَيْنَ النَّفْخَتَيْنِ، وَهُوَ أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً؛ لِأَنَّ الْعَذَابَ يُرْفَعُ عَنْهُمْ بَيْنَ النَّفْخَتَيْنِ. اسْتَقْصَرُوا مُدَّةَ لَبْثِهِمْ لِهَوْلِ مَا عَايَنُوا (٢) . قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ﴾ أَيْ يَتَسَارُّونَ (٣) بَيْنَهُمْ، ﴿إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً﴾ أَوْفَاهُمْ عَقْلًا وَأَعْدَلُهُمْ قَوْلًا ﴿إِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًا﴾ قَصُرَ ذَلِكَ فِي أَعْيُنِهِمْ فِي جَنْبِ مَا اسْتَقْبَلَهُمْ مِنْ أَهْوَالِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ. وَقِيلَ: نَسُوا مِقْدَارَ لَبْثِهِمْ لِشِدَّةِ مَا دَهَمَهُمْ. قَوْلُهُ ﷿: ﴿وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْجِبَالِ فَقُلْ يَنْسِفُهَا رَبِّي نَسْفًا﴾ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ تَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ (٤) . وَالنَّسْفُ هُوَ الْقَلْعُ، أَيْ: يَقْلَعُهَا مِنْ أَصْلِهَا وَيَجْعَلُهَا هَبَاءً مَنْثُورًا. ﴿فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا (١٠٦) لَا تَرَى فِيهَا عِوَجًا وَلَا أَمْتًا (١٠٧) يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ الدَّاعِيَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُ وَخَشَعَتِ الْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ إِلَّا هَمْسًا (١٠٨) يَوْمَئِذٍ لَا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرَّحْمَنُ وَرَضِيَ لَهُ قَوْلًا (١٠٩) ﴾ ﴿فَيَذَرُهَا﴾ أَيْ: فَيَدَعُ أَمَاكِنَ الْجِبَالِ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، ﴿قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا﴾ أَيْ: أَرْضًا مَلْسَاءَ مُسْتَوِيَةً لَا نَبَاتَ فِيهَا، وَ"الْقَاعُ": مَا انْبَسَطَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، وَ"الصَّفْصَفُ": الْأَمْلَسُ.

(١) أخرج ابن أبي حاتم عن ابن عباس، أن رجلا أتاه فقال: أرأيت قوله: "ونحشر المجرمين يومئذ زرقا" وأخرى عميا؟ قال: إن يوم القيامة فيه حالات: يكونون في حال زرقا وفي حال عميا. الدر المنثور: ٥ / ٥٩٨. وانظر: تفسير الطبري: ١٦ / ٢١٠. (٢) ذكر هذه الأقوال صاحب زاد المسير: ٥ / ٣٢١. وذكر ابن جرير أنه اللبث في الدنيا، الطبري ١٦ / ٢١١. (٣) في "ب" يتشاورون. (٤) انظر: روح المعاني: ١٦ / ٢٦١.