Tafsir for verse: 18:98
قَالَ هَٰذَا رَحۡمَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّيۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ رَبِّي جَعَلَهُۥ دَكَّآءَۖ وَكَانَ وَعۡدُ رَبِّي حَقّٗا ٩٨ ﴿98﴾
98He said, “This is a mercy from my Lord. Then, when the promise of my Lord will come, He will make it leveled to the ground. The promise of my Lord is true.”
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Commentary
This is a reference to the barrier, meaning: this barrier is a blessing from Allah and a mercy upon His servants. Or this decree and enabling of its leveling. So when the promise of my Lord comes, meaning when the day of resurrection approaches and is near to coming, He will make the barrier leveled, meaning crushed and spread out on the ground. Everything that spreads out after being elevated has been crushed. From it: the camel that is 'adak: the one with a spread out hump. And it is recited: 'dakkā', with elongation, meaning a flat land. And the promise of my Lord was certainly true, another narration of the saying of Dhul-Qarnayn.
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