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مُهۡطِعِينَ
Racing ahead
مُقۡنِعِي
raised up
رُءُوسِهِمۡ
their heads
لَا
not
يَرۡتَدُّ
returning
إِلَيۡهِمۡ
towards them
طَرۡفُهُمۡۖ
their gaze
وَأَفۡـِٔدَتُهُمۡ
and their hearts
هَوَآءٞ
(are) empty
مُهۡطِعِينَ
Racing ahead
مُقۡنِعِي
raised up
رُءُوسِهِمۡ
their heads
لَا
not
يَرۡتَدُّ
returning
إِلَيۡهِمۡ
towards them
طَرۡفُهُمۡۖ
their gaze
وَأَفۡـِٔدَتُهُمۡ
and their hearts
هَوَآءٞ
(are) empty
Translation
Racing ahead, their heads raised up, their glance does not come back to them,1 and their hearts are void.
Footnotes
1 - This is their state at the time of resurrection from the graves. Their heads are upraised in fixed stares of terror, unable even to glance back.
Tafsir
as they come hastening (muhti'eena is a circumstantial qualifier) with their heads turned upwards, to the sky, their gaze, their sight, returning not to them, and their hearts as air, devoid of any sense, because of their being terror-stricken.
Allah gives Respite to the Disbelievers and is never unaware of what They do
Allah says,
وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللّهَ غَافِلً عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الظَّالِمُونَ
Consider not that Allah is unaware of that which the wrongdoers do,
Allah says, `O Muhammad, do not think that Allah is unaware of what the unjust disbelievers do. Do not think because Allah gave them respite and delayed their punishment that He is unaware or ignoring punishing them for what they do. Rather, Allah keeps full account of this for them and keeps it on record against them,
إِنَّمَا يُوَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ الَابْصَارُ
but He gives them respite up to a Day when the eyes will stare in horror.
from the horror of the Day of Resurrection.
Allah next mentions how they will all be raised up from their graves and hurriedly gathered for the Day of Gathering
مُهْطِعِينَ
hastening forward,
in a hurry.
Allah said in other Ayat,
مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ
Hastening towards the caller. (54:8)
يَوْمَيِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ الدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُ
On that Day mankind will follow strictly Allah's caller, no crookedness will they show him.) (20:108) until,
وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ الْقَيُّومِ
And (all) faces shall be humbled before the Ever Living, the Sustainer. (20:111)
Allah said:another Ayah,
يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الاٌّجْدَاثِ سِرَاعاً
The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly. (70:43)
Allah said next,
مُقْنِعِي رُءُوسِهِمْ
with necks outstretched,
meaning, raising their heads up, according to Ibn Abbas, Mujahid and several others.
Allah said next,
لَا يَرْتَدُّ إِلَيْهِمْ طَرْفُهُمْ
their gaze returning not towards them,
meaning, their eyes are staring in confusion, trying not to blink because of the horror and tremendous insights they are experiencing, and fear of what is going to strike them, we seek refuge with Allah from this end.
This is why Allah said,
وَأَفْيِدَتُهُمْ هَوَاء
and their hearts empty.
meaning, their hearts are empty due to extreme fear and fright.
Qatadah and several others said that;
the places of their hearts are empty then, because the hearts will ascend to the throats due to extreme fear.
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