Surah Hajj ayat 7 Tafsir Quran 22:7

﴿وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَن فِي الْقُبُورِ﴾
[ الحج: 7]

22:7 And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - and that Allah will resurrect those in the graves.

and because the Hour will come whereof there is no doubt uncertainty; and because God will resurrect those who are in the graves.

He authoritatively states that: The Final Hour (Day of Judgement) is an undoubted Event and an absolute certainty and that Allah shall resurrect those deposited in the graves

Evidence of the Resurrection in the creation of Man and of Plants When Allah speaks of disbelief in the Resurrection, He also mentions the evidence of His power and ability to resurrect that is evident from the way He initiates creation.
Allah says: يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّنَ الْبَعْثِ ( O mankind! If you are in doubt about the Resurrection, ) which means the time when souls and bodies will be raised up on the Day of Resurrection, فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَـكُمْ مِّن تُرَابٍ ( then verily, We have created you from dust, ) meaning, `you were originally created from dust', which is what Adam, peace be upon him, was created from. ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ( then from a Nutfah, ) 32:8 meaning, then He made his offspring from semen of despised water. The Development of the Nutfah and Embryo in the Womb ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضْغَةٍ ( then from a clot then from a little lump of flesh ) if the Nutfah establishes itself in the woman's womb, it stays like that for forty days, then more material is added to it and it changes into a red clot, by the leave of Allah, and it remains like that for forty days.
Then it changes and becomes a lump of flesh, like a piece of meat with no form or shape.
Then it starts to take on a form and shape, developing a head, arms, chest, stomach, thighs, legs, feet and all its members.
Sometimes a woman miscarries before the fetus is formed and sometimes she miscarries after it has formed.
As Allah says: ثُمَّ مِن مُّضْغَةٍ مُّخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ ( then from a little lump of flesh -- some formed and some unformed ) meaning, as you see. لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ وَنُقِرُّ فِى الاٌّرْحَامِ مَا نَشَآءُ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ( that We may make (it ) clear to you.
And We cause whom We will to remain in the wombs for an appointed term,) meaning that sometimes the fetus remains in the womb and is not miscarried. مُّخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ ( some formed and some unformed, ) Mujahid said, "This means the miscarried fetus, formed or unformed.
When forty days have passed of it being a lump of flesh, then Allah sends an angel to it who breathes the soul into it and forms it as Allah wills, handsome or ugly, male or female.
He then writes its provision, its allotted length of life and whether it is to be one of the blessed or the wretched." It was recorded in the Two Sahihs that Ibn Mas`ud said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who is the true and truly inspired one, told us:
«إِنَّ خَلْقَ أَحَدِكُمْ يُجْمَعُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ عَلَقَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ الْمَلَكَ فَيُؤْمَرُ بِأَرْبَعِ كَلِمَاتٍ: بِكَتْبِ رِزْقِهِ وَعَمَلِهِ وَأَجَلِهِ، وَشَقِيٌّ أَوْ سَعِيدٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْفَخُ فِيهِ الرُّوح»
( Every one of you is collected in the womb of his mother for the first forty days, and then he becomes a clot for another forty days, and then a lump of flesh for another forty days.
Then Allah sends an angel to write four words: He writes his provision, his deeds, his life span, and whether he will be blessed or wretched.
Then he blows the soul into him. )" Man's Development from Infancy to Old Age His saying; ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلاً ( then We bring you out as infants, ) means, weak in his body, hearing, sight, senses, stamina and mind.
Then Allah gives him strength, gradually and causes his parents to treat him with tender kindness night and day.
Allah says: ثُمَّ لِتَـبْلُغُواْ أَشُدَّكُـمْ ( then (give you growth ) that you may reach your age of full strength.) meaning, his strength increases until he reaches the vitality and handsomeness of youth. وَمِنكُمْ مَّن يُتَوَفَّى ( And among you there is he who dies, ) means, when he is young and strong. وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ ( and among you there is he who is brought back to the miserable old age, ) meaning advanced old age with its weakness in mind and body, in steady decline in comprehension, and disability to grasp.
As Allah says: لِكَيْلاَ يَعْلَمَ مِن بَعْدِ عِلْمٍ شَيْئاً ( so that he knows nothing after having known. ) اللَّهُ الَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ مِّن ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِن بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِن بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفاً وَشَيْبَةً يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْقَدِيرُ ( Allah is He Who created you in (a state of ) weakness, then gave you strength after weakness, then after strength gave ( you ) weakness and grey hair.
He creates what He wills.
And it is He Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful.) 30:54 Another Parable of the Resurrection from Plants وَتَرَى الاٌّرْضَ هَامِدَةً ( And you see the earth Hamidatan, ) This is another sign of the power of Allah to bring the dead back to life, just as He brings the dead, barren earth back to life, the lifeless earth in which nothing grows.
Qatadah said, "( This means ) the eroded, dusty earth." As-Suddi said, "Dead." فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَآءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنبَتَتْ مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ ( but when We send down water on it, it is stirred (to life ), and it swells and puts forth every lovely kind ( of growth ).) When Allah sends the rain upon it, it is stirred to life, that is, vegetation begins to grow and it comes alive after it was dead.
Then it rises after the soil had settled, then it puts forth its different kinds of fruit and crops with all their varied colours, tastes, fragrances, shapes and benefits.
Allah says: وَأَنبَتَتْ مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ ( and puts forth every lovely kind (of growth ).) meaning, beautiful in appearance and with delightful fragrances. ذلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ ( That is because Allah: He is the Truth, ) means, the Creator, the Controller, the One Who does as He wills. وَأَنَّهُ يُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى ( and it is He Who gives life to the dead, ) means, just as He gives life to the dead earth and brings forth from it all these kinds of vegetation. إِنَّ الَّذِى أَحْيَـهَا لَمُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ( Verily, He Who gives it life, surely is able to give life to the dead.
Indeed He is able to do all things. ) 41:39 إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيْئاً أَن يَقُولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ ( Verily, His command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, "Be!" -- and it is! ) 36:82. وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ لاَّ رَيْبَ فِيهَا ( And surely, the Hour is coming, there is no doubt about it; ) meaning, it will inevitably come to pass. وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَن فِى الْقُبُورِ ( and certainly, Allah will resurrect those who are in the graves. ) means, He will bring them back to life after they have become dust; He will create them anew after they have become nothing. وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلاً وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ مَن يُحىِ الْعِظَـمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا الَّذِى أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ - الَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ الشَّجَرِ الاٌّخْضَرِ نَاراً فَإِذَآ أَنتُم مِّنْه تُوقِدُونَ ( And he puts forth for Us a parable, and forgets his own creation.
He says: "Who will give life to these bones after they are rotten and have become dust" Say: "He will give life to them Who created them for the first time! And He is the All-Knower of every creation!" He Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold you kindle there- with. ) 36:78-80.
And there are many similar Ayat. ومِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يُجَـدِلُ فِى اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَلاَ هُدًى وَلاَ كِتَـبٍ مُّنِيرٍ

(22:7) and (this is a proof that) the Hour of Resurrection is sure to come and there is absolutely no doubt about it, and most surely He will raise up those who are lying in the graves. *9

And [that they may know] that the meaning

*9) In this passage, different stages of the life of man, the effects of rain on the earth and the growth of vegetation have been cited as pointers to five realities:
( 1 ) " Allah alone is the Truth ".

( 2 ) " He brings the dead to life ".

( 3 ) " He has power over everything ".

( 4 ) " The Day of Resurrection and the end of the world is inevitable ".

( 5 ) Most surely Allah will bring back to life all the people who have died" , Let us now consider how these signs point to the above five realities:
( 1 ) "Allah is the Truth" : In order to prove this, let us first take the case of man.
All the stages of his development are a clear proof that Allah has designed them with wisdom.
He takes his birth from a sperm-drop which itself is produced in a wonderful manner.
The food, which a man takes, turns into hair, flesh, bones and a part of it is turned into semen, which is potentially capable of producing millions of human beings.
It is the Wise and True God Who decides which of these millions of seeds from the semen should be utilized to make a woman pregnant by mixing the seed with the egg-cell.
This insignificant thing turns into a living child in nine months in the womb of the mother.
If we consider the different stages of the child's birth we come to the inevitable conclusion that all these have been designed by the True, EverLiving Designer.
For it is He Who decides whether it should be a male or a female, seeing or blind, etc.
Then it is He Who decides how long a child is destined to live.
All these things are a clear proof that Allah alone is the Truth.

( 2 ) "He brings the dead to life" : Even a little thinking on the right lines will convince every sensible and honest man that this process of bringing the dead to life is continuously going on before our eyes.
Every human being has been created from a "dead" sperm-drop.
Then he gets life from "dead things" like food containing dead matter like coal, iron, lime, salts, gases, which help make him a living human being.
Then let us consider our surroundings.
Seeds of different things which had been scattered here and there by the wind nad birds, and the roots of different kinds of vegetation which lay rotten and dead in the soil, spring up to life as soon as there occurs a sprinkling of rain water.
This process of the dead coming to life is observed during every rainy season year after year.

( 3 ) "Allah has power over everything" : There are people who believe that no doubt Allah created everything and is governing the universe, but He cannot do anything in the future in addition to or apart from this.
This is because they do not observe the phenomena of His powers which have been and are appearing every moment.
They do not realize that if man-His creation ran perform wonderful feats of science which could not even be dreamt of in the former ages, why should Allah alone be held as having only limited powers ?
( 4 ) "The Day of Resurrection is inevitable" and "Most surely Allah will bring back to life all the people who have died": These two are the rational corollaries of the preceding three premises.
Allah is All-Powerful and therefore can bring about Resurrection at any moment He wills.
He can also bring back to life all the dead people just as He brought to life human beings out of nothing in the first instance.
As He is All-Wise, He has not created human beings without any object and purpose.
He will judge their worldly lives in accordance with the object and purpose for which He created them.
He will call them to account for everything He entrusted to them.
This is very simple: even human beings ask one another to render an account of the property etc.
they entrust to others.
Likewise, Allah's wisdom requires to call every human being to account for the things entrusted to him.
Then human nature also demands that there should be a differentiation between good and bad, and it expects the reward of good works and dreads the punishment of bad deeds.
That is why the people have set up judicial courts.
Thus man cannot imagine that the Creator will not call him to account for the things, powers and faculties, etc.
which He has entrusted to him.
Therefore common sense confirms that Allah will hold the Last Judgment so that every one should get his due reward and his due punishment.

 

Evidence of the Resurrection in the creation of Man and of Plants When Allah speaks of disbelief in the Resurrection, He also mentions the evidence of His power and ability to resurrect that is evident from the way He initiates creation.
Allah says: يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّنَ الْبَعْثِ ( O mankind! If you are in doubt about the Resurrection, ) which means the time when souls and bodies will be raised up on the Day of Resurrection, فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَـكُمْ مِّن تُرَابٍ ( then verily, We have created you from dust, ) meaning, `you were originally created from dust', which is what Adam, peace be upon him, was created from. ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ( then from a Nutfah, ) 32:8 meaning, then He made his offspring from semen of despised water. The Development of the Nutfah and Embryo in the Womb ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضْغَةٍ ( then from a clot then from a little lump of flesh ) if the Nutfah establishes itself in the woman's womb, it stays like that for forty days, then more material is added to it and it changes into a red clot, by the leave of Allah, and it remains like that for forty days.
Then it changes and becomes a lump of flesh, like a piece of meat with no form or shape.
Then it starts to take on a form and shape, developing a head, arms, chest, stomach, thighs, legs, feet and all its members.
Sometimes a woman miscarries before the fetus is formed and sometimes she miscarries after it has formed.
As Allah says: ثُمَّ مِن مُّضْغَةٍ مُّخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ ( then from a little lump of flesh -- some formed and some unformed ) meaning, as you see. لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ وَنُقِرُّ فِى الاٌّرْحَامِ مَا نَشَآءُ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ( that We may make (it ) clear to you.
And We cause whom We will to remain in the wombs for an appointed term,) meaning that sometimes the fetus remains in the womb and is not miscarried. مُّخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ ( some formed and some unformed, ) Mujahid said, "This means the miscarried fetus, formed or unformed.
When forty days have passed of it being a lump of flesh, then Allah sends an angel to it who breathes the soul into it and forms it as Allah wills, handsome or ugly, male or female.
He then writes its provision, its allotted length of life and whether it is to be one of the blessed or the wretched." It was recorded in the Two Sahihs that Ibn Mas`ud said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who is the true and truly inspired one, told us: «إِنَّ خَلْقَ أَحَدِكُمْ يُجْمَعُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ عَلَقَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ الْمَلَكَ فَيُؤْمَرُ بِأَرْبَعِ كَلِمَاتٍ: بِكَتْبِ رِزْقِهِ وَعَمَلِهِ وَأَجَلِهِ، وَشَقِيٌّ أَوْ سَعِيدٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْفَخُ فِيهِ الرُّوح» ( Every one of you is collected in the womb of his mother for the first forty days, and then he becomes a clot for another forty days, and then a lump of flesh for another forty days.
Then Allah sends an angel to write four words: He writes his provision, his deeds, his life span, and whether he will be blessed or wretched.
Then he blows the soul into him. )" Man's Development from Infancy to Old Age His saying; ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلاً ( then We bring you out as infants, ) means, weak in his body, hearing, sight, senses, stamina and mind.
Then Allah gives him strength, gradually and causes his parents to treat him with tender kindness night and day.
Allah says: ثُمَّ لِتَـبْلُغُواْ أَشُدَّكُـمْ ( then (give you growth ) that you may reach your age of full strength.) meaning, his strength increases until he reaches the vitality and handsomeness of youth. وَمِنكُمْ مَّن يُتَوَفَّى ( And among you there is he who dies, ) means, when he is young and strong. وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَى أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ ( and among you there is he who is brought back to the miserable old age, ) meaning advanced old age with its weakness in mind and body, in steady decline in comprehension, and disability to grasp.
As Allah says: لِكَيْلاَ يَعْلَمَ مِن بَعْدِ عِلْمٍ شَيْئاً ( so that he knows nothing after having known. ) اللَّهُ الَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ مِّن ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِن بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِن بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفاً وَشَيْبَةً يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيمُ الْقَدِيرُ ( Allah is He Who created you in (a state of ) weakness, then gave you strength after weakness, then after strength gave ( you ) weakness and grey hair.
He creates what He wills.
And it is He Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful.) 30:54 Another Parable of the Resurrection from Plants وَتَرَى الاٌّرْضَ هَامِدَةً ( And you see the earth Hamidatan, ) This is another sign of the power of Allah to bring the dead back to life, just as He brings the dead, barren earth back to life, the lifeless earth in which nothing grows.
Qatadah said, "( This means ) the eroded, dusty earth." As-Suddi said, "Dead." فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَآءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنبَتَتْ مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ ( but when We send down water on it, it is stirred (to life ), and it swells and puts forth every lovely kind ( of growth ).) When Allah sends the rain upon it, it is stirred to life, that is, vegetation begins to grow and it comes alive after it was dead.
Then it rises after the soil had settled, then it puts forth its different kinds of fruit and crops with all their varied colours, tastes, fragrances, shapes and benefits.
Allah says: وَأَنبَتَتْ مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ ( and puts forth every lovely kind (of growth ).) meaning, beautiful in appearance and with delightful fragrances. ذلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ ( That is because Allah: He is the Truth, ) means, the Creator, the Controller, the One Who does as He wills. وَأَنَّهُ يُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى ( and it is He Who gives life to the dead, ) means, just as He gives life to the dead earth and brings forth from it all these kinds of vegetation. إِنَّ الَّذِى أَحْيَـهَا لَمُحْىِ الْمَوْتَى إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ( Verily, He Who gives it life, surely is able to give life to the dead.
Indeed He is able to do all things. ) 41:39 إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيْئاً أَن يَقُولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ ( Verily, His command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, "Be!" -- and it is! ) 36:82. وَأَنَّ السَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ لاَّ رَيْبَ فِيهَا ( And surely, the Hour is coming, there is no doubt about it; ) meaning, it will inevitably come to pass. وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَن فِى الْقُبُورِ ( and certainly, Allah will resurrect those who are in the graves. ) means, He will bring them back to life after they have become dust; He will create them anew after they have become nothing. وَضَرَبَ لَنَا مَثَلاً وَنَسِىَ خَلْقَهُ قَالَ مَن يُحىِ الْعِظَـمَ وَهِىَ رَمِيمٌ قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا الَّذِى أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ - الَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ الشَّجَرِ الاٌّخْضَرِ نَاراً فَإِذَآ أَنتُم مِّنْه تُوقِدُونَ ( And he puts forth for Us a parable, and forgets his own creation.
He says: "Who will give life to these bones after they are rotten and have become dust" Say: "He will give life to them Who created them for the first time! And He is the All-Knower of every creation!" He Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold you kindle there- with. ) 36:78-80.
And there are many similar Ayat. ومِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يُجَـدِلُ فِى اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَلاَ هُدًى وَلاَ كِتَـبٍ مُّنِيرٍ

( And because the Hour will come, there is no doubt thereof ) there is no doubt that it will come; ( and because Allah will raise those who are in the graves ) for requital and chastisement.

And surely, the Hour is coming, there is no doubt about it, and certainly, Allah will resurrect those who are in the graves.

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