Commentary
The great calamity that overwhelms the calamities, meaning: it rises and dominates. In their sayings: the valley flowed and overwhelmed the villages. It is the Day of Resurrection due to its overwhelming nature over every great event. It was said: it is the second blowing of the trumpet. It was said: it is the hour in which the people of Paradise are led to Paradise and the people of Hell are led to Hell. The day when one remembers is a substitute for when it comes, meaning: when he sees his deeds recorded in his book, he remembers them and he had forgotten them, as in the saying: Allah has enumerated it while they have forgotten it.
And what is in what he strove is either a relative clause or a gerund. And it was made clear, meaning: it was shown. Abu Nuhayk read: and it was made clear for whoever sees, for all viewers, meaning: it shows itself clearly and openly. [Mawlana said: "It means it has shown itself clearly and openly..." Ahmad said: And the benefit of this arrangement indicates that it is a manifest matter that is only perceived by sight, meaning: there is nothing that conceals it, nor distance that prevents seeing it, nor excessive closeness, and other obstacles to vision.] It is seen by all the people of the plain, as in the saying: the dawn has been made clear for the one with two eyes, meaning: for everyone who has sight, and it is a metaphor for the manifest matter that is not hidden from anyone. Ibn Mas'ud read: for whoever sees. Ikrimah read: for whoever sees, and the pronoun refers to Hell, as in the saying: when it sees them from a distant place. It was said: for whoever sees, O Muhammad.
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