Explanation of the author's statement: And his saying: (And your Lord will come, and the angels, rank after rank) (And the Day the sky will be split open by clouds)
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The Shaykh : And Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Fajr 89:21]
Here, it is for emphasis, like "alaa."
And his saying:[Al-Fajr 89:21] This is the Day of Resurrection. He emphasized this crushing because of its magnitude, for it crushes the mountains and the valleys, and everything is crushed until it becomes like leather. Leather is skin. [Taha 20:106-107] He said: [Al-Fajr 89:22] Meaning, on the Day of Resurrection, after the earth is crushed and leveled and the people are gathered, Allah the Exalted will come to judge between His servants. But this coming is preceded by the intercession of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
And his saying:[Al-Fajr 89:22] The "al" here is for the generic, not for the universal? It is for the universal, meaning every angel. So it means "all," meaning the angels will descend to the earth.
Meaning, a rank behind a rank, as came in the hadith: and so on.
And Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Furqan 25:25] And is more emphatic than "tanshaqq" because its apparent meaning is splitting, meaning bit by bit. And this cloud will rise like the rising of smoke, emerging bit by bit.
Splitting open by clouds is like what is said: "The earth grows with crops."
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
كَلاّ إِذَا دُكَّتِ الأَرْضُ دَكّاً دَكّاًNay!
كَلاّAnd his saying:
When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
إِذَا دُكَّتِ الأَرْضُ دَكّاً دَكّاً(106) And He will leave the earth a level plain; (107) You will not see therein a depression or an elevation."
فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعاً صَفْصَفاً لا تَرَى فِيهَا عِوَجاً وَلا أَمْتاًAnd your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفّاً صَفّاًAnd your Lord came
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَAnd his saying:
And your Lord has come and the angels
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُRank after rank
صَفّاً صَفّاًThe angels of the lowest heaven will descend and form ranks, and behind them the angels of the second heaven, and behind them the angels of the third heaven
تنزل ملائكة السماء الدنيا فيصفون ومن ورائهم ملائكة السماء الثانية ومن ورائهم ملائكة السماء الثالثةAnd Allah the Exalted said:
And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds
وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ السَّمَاءُ بِالْغَمَامِSplitting open
تَشَقَّقُSplitting open by clouds is like what is said: "The earth grows with crops."