(p-39) Surah Al-Muddathir

Its purpose is seriousness and striving in warning of the abode of destruction for the people of arrogance. It also establishes resurrection in the souls of the disbelieving sinners. Furthermore, it indicates glad tidings for the people of remembrance, with the forbearance of the Mighty, the Forgiving. Its name, Al-Muddathir, is the clearest indication of that. This is clear for anyone who reflects on the call and the one being called, and the reason (In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful), the Sovereign, the Most High, the One, the Subduer (the Most Merciful), who has encompassed with the blessings of existence and expression both the righteous and the wicked (the Most Compassionate), who has specifically granted the people of His chosen ones insight and success towards what leads to the abode of permanence.

* *When Surah Al-Muzzammil concluded with glad tidings for the people of insight after beginning with striving in the service prepared for the burden of the call, this Surah opened with the essence of the message, which is the warning for the people of loss. It stated, expressing what contains glad tidings of abundance in wealth, men, righteousness, and good conditions in both the present and the future. It also indicates that the addressed one is in the utmost vigilance of the heart, even if (p-40) he is covered: "O you who is wrapped up (in garments)," encompassing himself with his garment. To be wrapped means to cover oneself. The dither (with a kasra) is what is above the shirt from clothing, and the shirt is what is close to the body. "The Ansar are a shirt, and the people are a dither." And duthur refers to something that is abundant. The trees dither: its leaves. And dither for a bird means to fix its nest. The expression with the appropriate tool for proximity and distance is intended to mean utmost closeness according to what the context indicates, even if the expression with the tool contains a type of covering that is suitable for wrapping. The choice of expression here is because it is not said afterwards regarding what is great and significant among matters. The dither did not cover his noble body, as indicated by the expression with idgham (merging) without the appearance that indicates exaggeration. This is because the intention was merely to cover the eye so that the heart may gather. In this, covering the head and what is close to it from the body suffices, and idgham is highly suitable for dither.