The Thullah and the Qillah in Surat al-Waqi'ah

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The questioner: Your Eminence! What is the difference between the saying of Allah (Mighty and Majestic):

⁽¹³⁾ A [large] company of the former peoples ⁽¹⁴⁾ And a few of the later peoples,

ثُلَّةٌ مِنْ الأَوَّلِينَ * وَقَلِيلٌ مِنْ الآخِرِينَ

[al-Waqi'ah: 13-14] and in the other verse:

⁽³⁹⁾ A company of the former peoples ⁽⁴⁰⁾ And a company of the later peoples.

ثُلَّةٌ مِنْ الأَوَّلِينَ * وَثُلَّةٌ مِنْ الآخِرِينَ

[al-Waqi'ah: 39-40]?The Shaykh: The difference is that the first refers to the Forerunners. The Forerunners are a thullah from the first ones and a qillah from the last ones, because as time passes, the religion weakens. The second refers to the People of the Right Hand, who are of a lower rank than the Forerunners, so among them are groups from both these and those.

The questioner: Does thullah mean qillah?The Shaykh: Thullah: a group, whether small or large, but

A [large] company of the former peoples

ثُلَّةٌ مِنْ الأَوَّلِينَ

[al-Waqi'ah: 13] means a large group,By the evidence of his saying:

And a few of the later peoples,

وَقَلِيلٌ مِنْ الآخِرِينَ

[al-Waqi'ah: 14].

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