Commentary
Until when the dam that we have previously described is opened. The opening of it is necessary, and the reading of Ibn 'Amir with emphasis indicates either the abundance of openings or the multitude of those emerging from the opening, even if it is a single gap, as indicated by the general reading of the congregation with lightening. 'Yajuj and Majuj' then emerged upon the people. He expressed their multitude, which only He, glorified and exalted is He, knows, by saying: 'And they' meaning, while they are 'from every high place' meaning, from every high elevation of the earth, 'they rush forth' meaning they hurry, from the rushing, which is the quickness of steps as in the walking of a wolf. In the expression, there is an indication that the earth is spherical.
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