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Ayah
Word by Word
وَيَوۡمَ
And the Day
يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ
He will gather them
كَأَن
as if
لَّمۡ
they had not remained
يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ
they had not remained
إِلَّا
except
سَاعَةٗ
an hour
مِّنَ
of
ٱلنَّهَارِ
the day
يَتَعَارَفُونَ
they will recognize each other
بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ
between them
قَدۡ
Certainly
خَسِرَ
(will have) lost
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
كَذَّبُواْ
denied
بِلِقَآءِ
the meeting
ٱللَّهِ
(with) Allah
وَمَا
and not
كَانُواْ
they were
مُهۡتَدِينَ
the guided ones
وَيَوۡمَ
And the Day
يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ
He will gather them
كَأَن
as if
لَّمۡ
they had not remained
يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ
they had not remained
إِلَّا
except
سَاعَةٗ
an hour
مِّنَ
of
ٱلنَّهَارِ
the day
يَتَعَارَفُونَ
they will recognize each other
بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ
between them
قَدۡ
Certainly
خَسِرَ
(will have) lost
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
كَذَّبُواْ
denied
بِلِقَآءِ
the meeting
ٱللَّهِ
(with) Allah
وَمَا
and not
كَانُواْ
they were
مُهۡتَدِينَ
the guided ones
Translation
One day He will gather them together: (It will be) as if they had tarried but an hour of a day: they will recognise each other: assuredly those will be lost who denied the meeting with Allah and refused to receive true guidance.
Tafsir
And on the day when He shall gather them, it is, as if they had not tarried, in this world, or in the grave, but an hour of the day, because of the terror of what they see (the comparative sentence is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the [third person] pronoun); recognising one another, knowing one another, upon their being resurrected, but thereafter the recognition ceases on account of the severity of the terrors (the [last] sentence is either an implied circumstantial qualifier or one connected to the adverbial qualifier [yawma, 'on the day']); those will verily have lost who denied the encounter with God, through resurrection, for they were not guided.
"The Feeling of Brevity toward the Worldly Life at the Gathering on the Day of Resurrection
To remind people of the establishment of the Hour and their resurrection from their graves to the gathering for the Day of Judgment, Allah says:
وَيَوۡمَ يَحۡشُرُهُمۡ
كَأَن لَّمۡ يَلۡبَثُواۡ إِلاَّ سَاعَةً مِّنَ النَّهَارِ
And on the Day when He shall gather (resurrect) them together, (it will be) as if they had not stayed (in the life of this world and graves) but an hour of a day.
Similarly Allah said:
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَ مَا يُوعَدُونَ لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُواۡ إِلاَّ سَاعَةً مِّن نَّهَارٍ
On the Day when they will see that (torment) with which they are promised (threatened, it will be) as if they had not stayed more than an hour in a single day. (46:35)
Allah also said:
كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُواۡ إِلاَّ عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَـهَا
The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning. (79:46)
يَوۡمَ يُنفَخُ فِى الصُّورِ وَنَحۡشُرُ الۡمُجۡرِمِينَ يَوۡمِيِذٍ زُرۡقاً
يَتَخَـفَتُونَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ إِن لَّبِثۡتُمۡ إِلاَّ عَشۡراً
نَّحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذۡ يَقُولُ أَمۡثَلُهُمۡ طَرِيقَةً إِن لَّبِثۡتُمۡ إِلاَّ يَوۡماً
The Day when the Trumpet will be blown (the second blowing):that Day, We shall gather the criminals, blue eyed. They will speak in a very low voice to each other (saying):""You stayed not longer than ten (days).""
We know very well what they will say, when the best among them in knowledge and wisdom will say:""You stayed no longer than a day!"" (20:102-104)
and,
وَيَوۡمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُقۡسِمُ الۡمُجۡرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُواۡ غَيۡرَ سَاعَةٍ
And on the Day that the Hour will be established, the criminals will swear that they stayed not but an hour. (30:55)
These all are evidence of the brevity of the worldly life compared to the Hereafter.
Allah said:
قَـلَ كَمۡ لَبِثۡتُمۡ فِى الاٌّرۡضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ
قَالُواۡ لَبِثۡنَا يَوۡماً أَوۡ بَعۡضَ يَوۡمٍ فَاسۡأَلِ الۡعَأدِّينَ
قَالَ إِن لَّبِثۡتُمۡ إِلاَّ قَلِيلً لَّوۡ أَنَّكُمۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ
He (Allah) will say:""What number of years did you stay on earth!""
They will say:""We stayed a day or part of a day. Ask of those who keep account.""
He (Allah) will say:""You stayed not but a little, if you had only known!"" (23:112-114)
Allah then said:
يَتَعَارَفُونَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ
They will recognize each other.
The children will know their parents and relatives will recognize one another. They will know them just like they used to know them during the life in this world. However, on that Day everyone will be busy with himself.
Allah then said:
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى الصُّورِ فَلَ أَنسَـبَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ
Then, when the Trumpet is blown, there will be no kinship among them. (23:101)
Allah also said:
وَلَا يَسۡـَلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيماً
And no friend will ask a friend (about his condition). (70:10)
Allah then said:
قَدۡ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواۡ بِلِقَاء اللّهِ وَمَا كَانُواۡ مُهۡتَدِينَ
Ruined indeed will be those who denied the meeting with Allah and were not guided.
This is similar to the Ayah:
وَيۡلٌ يَوۡمَيِذٍ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
Woe that Day to the deniers. (77:15)
Woe to them because they will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. That is indeed the great loss. There is no loss greater than the loss of one who will be taken away from his dear ones on the Day of Grief and Regret."
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