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Sura 55
Aya 31
31
سَنَفرُغُ لَكُم أَيُّهَ الثَّقَلانِ

Ali Unal

We will (in time) settle your affairs, O you two most honorable classes of creatures (of the earth endowed with important faculties and, therefore, having heavy responsibilities)!1
  • The original of the word “moment” in the verse 29 is yawm, the first meaning of which is day. So the whole of creation consists of two days, one being the entire lifetime of this visible universe, the other being the Hereafter. So when the word yawm is taken to mean a day, the second part of verse 29 suggests that God manifests Himself with all His Attributes and Names in the world in a manner particular to this world, and He will manifest Himself in the other world peculiar to it. In this world, which is the world of wisdom, creatures live a life according to its conditions, and humankind and the jinn, the responsible beings, sow here to reap in the Hereafter. But in the other world, He will take them to account for their deeds in the world and recompense them accordingly. This world is the world of labor, while the other is the world of remuneration.