What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Faces, on that Day, will be humble, working, weary, entering a blazing Fire)?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The honorable Shaykh, Allah Blessed and Exalted is He says:[Al-Ghashiyah 88:1-4] : How do these faces work and become weary, and then in the Hereafter they enter a blazing Fire? And is the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih Muslim 2643a in agreement with this verse?
The Shaykh : The humility and work in this verse are not in this world; this is the Day of Resurrection, because Allah said: meaning: on that Day the Overwhelming will come [Al-Ghashiyah 88:2-3] And Allah the Exalted said: [Ash-Shuraa 42:45] So this occurs on the Day of Resurrection, not in this world.
The questioner : Do you mean that the humility, the weariness, and the work are all intended for the Day of Resurrection?
The Shaykh : It is all on the Day of Resurrection. "Working" means working in a way that they do not know what the work is that they are burdened with on the Day of Resurrection, and "weary" is from the weariness that is fatigue.
The honorable Shaykh, Allah Blessed and Exalted is He says:
(1) Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]? (2) [Some] faces, that Day, will be humbled, (3) Working [hard] and exhausted. (4) They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fire.
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ * وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَاشِعَةٌ * عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌ * تَصْلَى نَاراً حَامِيَةًthat one amongst you acts like the people deserving Paradise until between him and Paradise there remains but the distance of a cubit, when suddenly the writing of destiny overcomes him and he begins to act like the denizens of Hell and thus enters Hell
إن أحدكم ليعمل بعمل أهل الجنة حتى ما يكون بينه وبينها إلا ذراع فيسبق عليه الكتاب فيعمل بعمل أهل النار فيدخلهاThe Shaykh : The humility and work in this verse are not in this world; this is the Day of Resurrection, because Allah said:
Faces on that Day
وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍhumbled, (3) Working [hard] and exhausted.
خَاشِعَةٌ * عَامِلَةٌ نَاصِبَةٌAnd you will see them being exposed to the Fire, humbled from humiliation, looking from [behind] a covert glance.
وَتَرَاهُمْ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا خَاشِعِينَ مِنَ الذُّلِّ يَنْظُرُونَ مِنْ طَرْفٍ خَفِيٍّThe questioner : Do you mean that the humility, the weariness, and the work are all intended for the Day of Resurrection?
The Shaykh : It is all on the Day of Resurrection. "Working" means working in a way that they do not know what the work is that they are burdened with on the Day of Resurrection, and "weary" is from the weariness that is fatigue.