The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: “And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord, and the Book will be placed, and the prophets and the righteous and the witnesses will be brought”
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Question:
The second question is about a verse that says:[Az-Zumar 39:69] What is meant by the Book? Is it the Preserved Tablet with Allah, or the heavenly books, or the book specific to the person containing his deeds? Thank you. Thank you, may Allah bless you. He is inquiring about the noble verse in the saying of Blessed and Exalted is He: [Az-Zumar 39:69].
Answer:
This is the Day of Resurrection when Allah resurrects the people from their graves and gathers them in the long gathering place for fifty thousand years. Then they move from the gathering place to the Reckoning. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, comes in a manner befitting His Majesty.[Az-Zumar 39:69] Glorified and Exalted is He. The earth shines with the light of its Lord, shining with the light of Allah, for Allah is Light and He has light, Glorified and Exalted is He. So the earth shines with His coming, Glorified and Exalted is He, to judge between His servants. And the Book is placed, the Book of deeds. [Al-Kahf 18:49] So the Book is placed and the prophets are brought to testify against their nations that they conveyed the message to them, and they have no excuse for what they were upon of disbelief.
Then this Ummah testifies for the prophets that they conveyed the message to their nations, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) testifies against this Ummah. This is the meaning of the verse in general terms. Yes.
The second question is about a verse that says:
And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord, and the record [of deeds] will be placed, and the prophets and the witnesses will be brought
وَأَشْرَقَتِ الْأَرْضُ بِنُورِ رَبِّهَا وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَابُ وَجِيءَ بِالنَّبِيِّينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِAnd the earth will shine with the light of its Lord, and the record [of deeds] will be placed, and the prophets and the witnesses will be brought
وَأَشْرَقَتِ الْأَرْضُ بِنُورِ رَبِّهَا وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَابُ وَجِيءَ بِالنَّبِيِّينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِAnswer:
This is the Day of Resurrection when Allah resurrects the people from their graves and gathers them in the long gathering place for fifty thousand years. Then they move from the gathering place to the Reckoning. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, comes in a manner befitting His Majesty.
And the earth will shine with the light of
وَأَشْرَقَتِ الْأَرْضُ بِنُورِAnd the record [of deeds] will be placed [open], and you will see the criminals fearful of that within it, and they will say, "Oh, woe to us! What is this book that leaves nothing small or great except that it has enumerated it?" And they will find what they did present [before them]. And your Lord does injustice to no one.
وَوُضِعَ الْكِتَابُ فَتَرَى الْمُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَا وَيْلَتَنَا مَالِ هَٰذَا الْكِتَابِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّا أَحْصَاهَا وَوَجَدُوا مَا عَمِلُوا حَاضِرًا وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدًاThen this Ummah testifies for the prophets that they conveyed the message to their nations, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) testifies against this Ummah. This is the meaning of the verse in general terms. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1299 - معنى قوله تعالى (وأشرقت الأرض بنور ربها ووضع الكتاب وجيء بالنبيين والصديقين والشهداء) — youtube.com
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