Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: Nay, when it reaches the throat
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Question : This questioner is asking about the interpretation of the words of Allah the Exalted: [An-Nahl 16:98] [Al-Qiyamah 75:26-30].
Answer : The interpretation of these verses is found in books of tafsir, such as the tafsir of Ibn Kathir and other well-known tafsirs. The meaning is that Allah the Exalted reminds the human being of this state, the state of parting with this world. He says:[Al-Qiyamah 75:26] meaning the soul, just as He the Exalted said: [Al-Waqi'ah 56:83-84] It is also said that "ta-raqi" means that his family seek someone to perform ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) for this person, hoping he will be cured of the illness he has fallen into. "The leg is joined to the leg" is said to mean that severity is joined to severity, meaning that one hardship befalls the person after another. It is also possible that the meaning is that the leg is joined to the leg, meaning that some of them are joined together, unlike the state of life when he is able to separate them and walk, whereas now it is not possible.
To your Lord is the destination on that day, because he will be carried to his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, and will face his reckoning. It is like His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Inshiqaq 84:6]
in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ(26) No! When the soul has reached the collar bones (27) And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?" (28) And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation (29) And the leg is wound about the leg, (30) To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.
كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الْفِرَاقُ وَالْتَفَّتِ السَّاقُ بِالسَّاقِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمَسَاقُAnswer : The interpretation of these verses is found in books of tafsir, such as the tafsir of Ibn Kathir and other well-known tafsirs. The meaning is that Allah the Exalted reminds the human being of this state, the state of parting with this world. He says:
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ(83) Then why, when the soul at death reaches the throat (84) And you are at that time looking on -
فَلَوْلَا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍ تَنظُرُونَTo your Lord is the destination on that day, because he will be carried to his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, and will face his reckoning. It is like His saying, the Exalted:
O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it.
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَاقِيهِ
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لقاء مفتوح ببريدة - 2 — archive.org (1:00:10)
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