Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: When the sun is rolled up

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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.

The questioner:
He says: I hope you will explain the blessed verses in the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:

⁽¹⁾ When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness] ⁽²⁾ And when the stars fall, dispersing,

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

[At-Takwir 81:1-2]

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The Shaykh:

⁽¹⁾ In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. ⁽²⁾ [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2]

and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and all his Companions. The saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, in the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy:

⁽¹⁾ When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness] ⁽²⁾ And when the stars fall, dispersing, ⁽³⁾ And when the mountains are removed

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

[At-Takwir 81:1-3]

to the end of the verses. This is at the time of the Hour and the transformation of this universe, for Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, will roll up the sun and then cast it into the Fire, as mentioned in the hadith. Likewise, this universe will be transformed:

[It will be] on the Day the earth will be replaced by another earth, and the heavens [as well], and all creatures will come out before Allah, the One, the Prevailing.

يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ وَبَرَزُوا لِلَّهِ الْوَاحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ

[Ibrahim 14:48]

This is among the terrors of the Day of Resurrection. Yes.

Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/119 — archive.org (1:00)

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