And when he presented in this surah from the explanation of this great news what he presented of wisdom, admonitions, subtleties, promises, and warnings, he summarized it in his saying, confirming what they have of denial: "Indeed, we" regarding what we have of greatness, "have warned you" meaning, O community, and specifically the Arabs, of what has passed from this surah and others, "of a punishment." And since it must come, whether by death or by resurrection, and since everything that is certain to come is the closest thing, he said: "near."

And when he warned of it, he specified its time, emphasizing its severity [he said]: "On the Day when a person will see" meaning his good and bad deeds, a sight of doubt in it, "what" meaning that which "his two hands have sent forth" meaning his earnings in this world of good and evil. He expressed this with them because they are the place of ability, so he referred to them, although most of what a person does is independent with them or shared in it, whether good or evil. And when the estimation is: the believer will say: 'Oh, I wish I had done something before this,' he followed it with his saying: "And the disbeliever will say" meaning the one deeply rooted in disbelief when he sees from [those] horrors, wishing for the impossible: "Oh, I wish I were" meaning a state that must be and will not cease, "dust" meaning in this world, so I was not created and was not burdened, or on this day, so I would not be punished. The intended meaning is the species or Iblis, who was arrogant about prostrating to Adam, peace be upon him, who was created from dust, and he magnified himself with praise and pride for being created from fire. He says this when he sees what Allah has prepared for Adam, peace be upon him, and for the special among his children of honor from the eternal bliss, and for this arrogant one towards his Creator of the everlasting punishment that does not cease. And from Abu Huraira and Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, that Allah, the Exalted, will exact retribution on the Day of Resurrection for the animals, some from others, then He will say to them: 'Be dust,' and they will be, and the disbeliever will wish for something similar. For he knows that that day is of the utmost greatness and that it must occur, so he knows that questioning about it in amazement of its occurrence is among the greatest ignorance. Thus, the end of it returns to the beginning of it, and its details connect in any way to its connectors, and it is connected with what follows it in any connection. For the one who is about to die sees many of the horrors, earthquakes, and terrors for which he wishes that he had been cut off from the world, having no connection with it for a day of days or a night of nights - and Allah is the One who grants success to the truth, and to Him is the return and the abode.