Meccan, consisting of verses, and they are: These are two adversaries ... until His saying ... to the path of the Praiseworthy, and it is seventy-eight verses. 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.'

The shaking: the intensity of movement and disturbance, and that the things are repeatedly displaced [[His saying 'and that the things are repeatedly displaced' means the deviation of things and their shifting from their places. In the Sahih:

It is said, 'You have slipped, O so-and-so' - with an opening - 'you slip in mud or in a place.' (A)]] from their locations and centers. The Hour cannot be without being on the account of the one who causes it, as if it is the one that shakes the things in a figurative sense, so the shaking is a source added to its doer. Or on the account of the object in it in a way of expansion in the circumstance and treating it as the object of the verb, like His saying, 'Rather, the plot of the night and the day.' And it is the shaking mentioned in His saying, 'When the earth is shaken with its shaking.' There is a difference regarding its timing. It is reported from Al-Hasan that it will occur on the Day of Resurrection, and from Al-Aqma and Al-Sha'bi: at the rising of the sun from its west.

He commanded the children of Adam with piety, then justified its obligation upon them by mentioning the Hour and describing it with the most terrifying description, so that they may look at that description with their insight and conceive it with their minds, so that they may take care of themselves and save them from the hardships of that day, by complying with what their Lord commanded them regarding donning the garment of piety, which will not protect them from those terrors except by donning it.

It is narrated that these two verses were revealed at night during the Battle of Banu Al-Mustaliq, and the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, recited them, and there was no one who wept more than that night. When they awoke, they did not remove the saddles from the mounts, nor did they pitch the tents at the time of descent, nor did they cook a pot, and they were between sadness, weeping, and deep thought [[Thus mentioned by Al-Thalabi and Al-Baghawi. They said: It was narrated from Imran ibn Husayn and Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri and others that these two verses were revealed at night during the Battle of Banu Al-Mustaliq, and so on. I said: It is a compilation from the two mentioned narrations. The third is from Ibn Abbas as narrated by Ibn Ishaq from Al-Kalbi from Abu Salih from Ibn Abbas who said, 'While the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, was on his journey in the Battle of Banu Al-Mustaliq, the verse 'O people, fear your Lord' was revealed - until - 'the punishment of Allah is severe.'

He stopped on his camel and raised his voice - the narration, and it was narrated by Al-Tirmidhi, Al-Nasa'i, and Al-Hakim through Al-Hasan from Imran ibn Husayn, 'That the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, was in one of his travels and the companions were close in their journey, and he raised his voice with these two verses, 'O people, fear your Lord' - until His saying: 'But the punishment of Allah is severe.'

When his companions heard that, they urged their mounts and knew that he had something to say. When they gathered around him, he said: 'Do you know what day that is? The day Adam is called - the narration. In it: His companions were so despondent that they did not show a smile. When he saw that, he said: 'Know and rejoice - the narration.' As for its end, I have not seen it.]]