Qur'an 89:22
| Verse's Information | |
|---|---|
| Sura | Sura al-Fajr |
| Verse | 22 |
| Juz' | 30 |
| Page | 593 |
| Content Information | |
| Place of Revelation | Mecca |
| Topic | Theological |
| About | Establishment of the Resurrection and the arrival of the Divine command |
| Others | Ambiguous verses |
| Related Verses | Qur'an 16:33 |
Qur'an 89:22, known as the Verse of Majīʾ or the Verse of the Attribute of Majīʾ, is verse 22nd of Sura al-Fajr, which attributes the quality of "coming" (majīʾ) to God on the Day of Judgment.[1] This verse refers to the return of humans to a new life after the Resurrection and the establishment of the Divine Court of Justice. It states that when the command of the Lord arrives, angels will appear in ranks, surrounding those present in the Gathering Place (Mahshar), ready to execute the Divine command.[2]
| “ | ” | |
| — Qur'an 89: 22 | ||
Qur'an 89:22 is considered one of the ambiguous verses (Mutashabihat) which must be interpreted by means of clear verses (Muhkamat).[3] The Mushabbiha (Assimilators) or Mujassima (Corporealists) sects have used this verse to argue for God's resemblance to creatures and His corporeality;[4] however, such attributions to God are not considered correct in Shi'a theology.[5] Therefore, according to Shi'a exegetes, "God's coming" is not in its literal sense;[6] based on other verses such as Qur'an 16:33 and narrations, they have interpreted it as the coming of God's command (amr) and decree,[7] or the manifestation and revelation of God's power.[8]
Fadl b. Hasan al-Tabrisi in Majma' al-bayan narrated that "Your Lord has come" (jaʾa rabbuka) means the removal of any doubt and uncertainty about God, just as doubts about a physical object disappear when it arrives.[9]
Notes
- ↑ Markaz-i Iṭṭilāʿāt wa Madārik-i Islāmī, Farhang-nāma-yi ʿulūm-i Qurʾān, 1394 Sh, vol. 1, p. 102.
- ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i nimūna, 1371 Sh, vol. 26, pp. 469–470.
- ↑ Ṭabāṭabāʾī, Al-Mīzān, 1390 AH, vol. 20, p. 284.
- ↑ Ḥillī, Nahj al-ḥaqq, p. 47.
- ↑ Ḥillī, Nahj al-ḥaqq, p. 47.
- ↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i nimūna, 1371 Sh, vol. 26, p. 470.
- ↑ Ṭabāṭabāʾī, Al-Mīzān, 1390 AH, vol. 20, p. 284.
- ↑ Fayḍ al-Kāshānī, Al-Ṣāfī, 1373 Sh, vol. 5, p. 326; Qummī Mashhadī, Tafsīr kanz al-daqāʾiq, 1423 AH, vol. 14, p. 273.
- ↑ Ṭabarsī, Majmaʿ al-bayān, 1415 AH, vol. 10, p. 254.
References
- Fayḍ al-Kāshānī, Mullā Muḥsin. Al-Ṣāfī. Tehran, Maktabat al-Ṣadr, 1373 Sh.
- Ḥillī, Yūsuf b. Muṭahhar al-. Nahj al-ḥaqq wa kashf al-ṣidq. Beirut, Dār al-Kitāb al-Lubnānī, n.d.
- Makārim Shīrāzī, Nāṣir. Tafsīr-i nimūna. Tehran, Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, 10th ed., 1371 Sh.
- Markaz-i Iṭṭilāʿāt wa Madārik-i Islāmī. Farhang-nāma-yi ʿulūm-i Qurʾān. Qom, Pazhūheshgāh-i ʿUlūm wa Farhang-i Islāmī, 1394 Sh.
- Qummī Mashhadī, Muḥammad b. Muḥammad Riḍā al-. Tafsīr kanz al-daqāʾiq wa baḥr al-gharāʾib. Edited by Ḥusayn Dargāhī. Tehran, Wizārat-i Farhang wa Irshād-i Islāmī, 1423 AH.
- Ṭabāṭabāʾī, Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusayn. Al-Mīzān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān. Beirut, Al-Aʿlamī, 1390 AH.
- Ṭabarsī, Faḍl b. al-Ḥasan al-. Majmaʿ al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān. Beirut, Muʾassasat al-Aʿlamī, 1415 AH.