Surah Yasin ayat 52 Tafsir Quran 36:52

﴿قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا مَن بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا ۜ ۗ هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَصَدَقَ الْمُرْسَلُونَ﴾
[ يس: 52]

36:52 They will say, "O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping place?" [The reply will be], "This is what the Most Merciful had promised, and the messengers told the truth."

They the disbelievers among them will say ‘O yā is for calling attention to something woe to us! waylanā means halākanā ‘O our destruction!’ and it is a verbal noun which has no regular verbal conjugation Who has raised us from our place of sleep? they say this because they will have been asleep in the interval between the two blasts and will not have been punished yet. This that is this raising is that which the Compassionate One had promised and regarding which the messengers had spoken the truth’ they affirm this truth when such affirmation is no longer of any benefit to them — but it is also said that this is said to them.

Wherefore they exclaim: woe betide us! Who has awakened us from our resting site? This is, they are told, what Allah had promised and the verity which the truthful Messengers had related

The Trumpet Blast of the Resurrection This will be the third blast of the trumpet, the trumpet blast of the resurrection when people will come forth from their graves.
Allah says: فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ الاٌّجْدَاثِ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ ( and behold from the graves they will come out quickly to their Lord. ) Yansilun means they will be walking quickly.
This is like the Ayah: يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الاٌّجْدَاثِ سِرَاعاً كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَى نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ ( The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly as racing to a goal. ) ( 70:43 ). قَالُواْ يوَيْلَنَا مَن بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا ( They will say: "Woe to us! Who has raised us up from our place of sleep." ) meaning, their graves, which in this world they thought they would never be raised from.
When they see with their own eyes that in which they had disbelieved, قَالُواْ يوَيْلَنَا مَن بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا ( They will say: "Woe to us! Who has raised us up from our place of sleep." ) This does not contradict the fact that they will be punished in their graves, because in comparison to what is to come afterwards, that will seem like a nap.
Ubayy bin Ka`b, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, Al-Hasan and Qatadah said, "They will sleep before the Resurrection." Qatadah said, "That will be between the two trumpet blasts, they will say, `Who has raised us up from our place of sleep"' When they say that, the believers will respond.
This was the view of more than one of the Salaf. هَذَا مَا وَعَدَ الرَّحْمـنُ وَصَدَقَ الْمُرْسَلُونَ ( (It will be said to them ): "This is what the Most Gracious had promised, and the Messengers spoke truth!") Al-Hasan said, "The angels will reply to them in this manner.
There is no contradiction because both are possible.
And Allah knows best. إِن كَانَتْ إِلاَّ صَيْحَةً وَحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ ( It will be but a single Sayhah, so behold they will all be brought up before Us! ) This is like the Ayat: فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَحِدَةٌ - فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ ( But it will be only a single Zajrah, when behold, they find themselves (on the surface of the earth ) alive ( after their death ).) ( 79:13-14 ), وَمَآ أَمْرُ السَّاعَةِ إِلاَّ كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ أَوْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ ( And the matter of the Hour is not but as a twinkling of the eye, or even nearer ) ( 16:77 ), and يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً ( On the Day when He will call you, and you will answer (His call ) with ( words of ) His praise and obedience, and you will think that you have stayed ( in this world ) but a little while!) ( 17:52 ) which means, `We will issue but one command, and all of them will be gathered together.' فَالْيَوْمَ لاَ تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئاً ( This Day, none will be wronged in anything, ) means, with regard to his deeds. وَلاَ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ( nor will you be requited anything except that which you used to do. )

(36:52) (nervously) exclaiming. 'Alas for us! Who roused us out of our sleeping-place?' *48 'This is what the Merciful One had promised, and what (His) Messengers had said was true.' *49

They will say, "O woe to us! meaning

*48) That is, " At that time they will not realize that they had been dead and had been raised back to life after a long period, but they will be thinking that they had fallen asleep, and had been woken up suddenly by some terrible catastrophe, and were running away from it. " ( For further explanation, sec Ta Ha: 103, AI-Hajj: 1-2 ).

*49) Here, it is not clear as to who will give this answer.
It may be that they themselves would realize after some time to their horror that it was the same thing of which the Messengers of God used to inform them and they used to belie them.
It may also be that the believers will remove their misunderstanding and tell them that it was not waking up from sleep but the second life after death.
And it may also be that they will understand this from the general conditions prevailing on the Day of Resurrection ar the angels might tell them this.

 

The Trumpet Blast of the Resurrection This will be the third blast of the trumpet, the trumpet blast of the resurrection when people will come forth from their graves.
Allah says: فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ الاٌّجْدَاثِ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ ( and behold from the graves they will come out quickly to their Lord. ) Yansilun means they will be walking quickly.
This is like the Ayah: يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الاٌّجْدَاثِ سِرَاعاً كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَى نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ ( The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly as racing to a goal. ) ( 70:43 ). قَالُواْ يوَيْلَنَا مَن بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا ( They will say: "Woe to us! Who has raised us up from our place of sleep." ) meaning, their graves, which in this world they thought they would never be raised from.
When they see with their own eyes that in which they had disbelieved, قَالُواْ يوَيْلَنَا مَن بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا ( They will say: "Woe to us! Who has raised us up from our place of sleep." ) This does not contradict the fact that they will be punished in their graves, because in comparison to what is to come afterwards, that will seem like a nap.
Ubayy bin Ka`b, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, Al-Hasan and Qatadah said, "They will sleep before the Resurrection." Qatadah said, "That will be between the two trumpet blasts, they will say, `Who has raised us up from our place of sleep"' When they say that, the believers will respond.
This was the view of more than one of the Salaf. هَذَا مَا وَعَدَ الرَّحْمـنُ وَصَدَقَ الْمُرْسَلُونَ ( (It will be said to them ): "This is what the Most Gracious had promised, and the Messengers spoke truth!") Al-Hasan said, "The angels will reply to them in this manner.
There is no contradiction because both are possible.
And Allah knows best. إِن كَانَتْ إِلاَّ صَيْحَةً وَحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ ( It will be but a single Sayhah, so behold they will all be brought up before Us! ) This is like the Ayat: فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَحِدَةٌ - فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ ( But it will be only a single Zajrah, when behold, they find themselves (on the surface of the earth ) alive ( after their death ).) ( 79:13-14 ), وَمَآ أَمْرُ السَّاعَةِ إِلاَّ كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ أَوْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ ( And the matter of the Hour is not but as a twinkling of the eye, or even nearer ) ( 16:77 ), and يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلاَّ قَلِيلاً ( On the Day when He will call you, and you will answer (His call ) with ( words of ) His praise and obedience, and you will think that you have stayed ( in this world ) but a little while!) ( 17:52 ) which means, `We will issue but one command, and all of them will be gathered together.' فَالْيَوْمَ لاَ تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئاً ( This Day, none will be wronged in anything, ) means, with regard to his deeds. وَلاَ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ( nor will you be requited anything except that which you used to do. )

( Crying ) i.e. the disbelievers after they come out of their graves: ( Woe upon us! Who hath raised us ) who has awakened us ( from our place of sleep? ) And then some will say to others: ( This is that which the Beneficent did promise ) in the life of the world; it is also said that it is the angels, the guardian angels, who say: this is that which the Beneficent did promise on the tongue of the messengers in the life of the world, ( and the messengers spoke truth ) concerning resurrection after death,

They will say: "Woe to us! Who has raised us up from our place of sleep." (It will be said to them): "This is what the Most Beneficent (Allah) had promised, and the Messengers spoke truth!"

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