Khafidatun rafiAAa (surah Waqiah: 3)

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(56:3) (a calamitous Event) that shall turn things upside down: *2

Khafidatur raafi`ah

*2) Literally: "that which causes (something or somebody j to rise and to Fall. " Its one meaning can be that it will upset every order: it will turn things up-side-down. Another meaning also can be that it will exalt the lowly and bring low the high and mighty; that is, on its advent the decision as to who is noble and who is ignoble among the people will be made on quite a different basis. Those who posed as honourable people in the world, would become contemptible and those who were considered contemptible would become honourable.