(2) Al-Shanqiti, may Allah have mercy on him, comments on the verse wa tarahum yu‘raduna ‘alayha khashi‘ina mina al-dhulli yanzuruna min tarfin khafi (You will see them exposed to it, humbled by disgrace, looking with furtive glances) – Surah 42:45. This verse shows that, on the Day of Resurrection, the unbelievers’ eyesight will be weak and timid. Another verse seems to suggest the opposite: fakashafna ‘anka ghita’aka fabasaru-ka al-yawma hadid (We have removed your covering, so today your sight is sharp) – Surah 50:22. The answer, as stated in al-Itqan, is that “sharp sight” here means clear knowledge and full awareness. Qutrub explains: fabasaruka means “your knowledge and recognition,” for the Arabs say basira bi-kadhā, i.e. “he knew it”; it is not a reference to physical vision. Al-Farisi points out that the phrase “We have removed your covering” supports this meaning. Other scholars interpret fabasaruka al-yawma hadid as: “today you perceive what you were blind to in worldly life.” Supporting texts include: rabbana absarna wa-sami‘na farji‘na (Our Lord, we have now seen and heard; send us back…) – 32:12; wa ra-a al-mujrimuna al-nara fa-dhannu annahum muwaqi‘uha (The sinners will see the Fire and think they are about to fall into it) – 18:53; asmi‘ bihim wa-absir yawma ya’tunana lakin al-zalimuna al-yawma fi dalalin mubin (How clearly they will hear and see on the Day they come to Us, whereas today the wrongdoers are in manifest error) – 19:38. The Qur’anic evidence for this second interpretation is strong, and it is probably the preferable view, even though al-Itqan mentions only the first. See: Daf‘ Iham al-Idtirab, vol. 10, p. 176.