Commentary
No, it is a deterrent for them from that and a denial of their action. Then he came with the warning and mentioned their regret over what they neglected when regret will not be of any benefit. And that day is a substitute for when the earth is crushed, and the governing factor of the accusative in both is the remembrance of crushing, crushing, crushed after being crushed. Like his saying: I thought it was a door, a door, meaning: he repeated the crushing until it became scattered dust.
If you say: What is the meaning of attributing the coming to Allah, while movement and transition can only be attributed to one who is in a direction? I say: It is a representation of the manifestation of the signs of His power and the clarification of the effects of His might and dominion: His state in that is likened to the presence of a king when he himself appears; the effects of awe and governance manifest by his presence that do not appear by the presence of all his armies and ministers and his chosen ones in unison. Angels descend from every heaven, forming ranks after ranks, surrounding the jinn and mankind. And on that day, Hell will be brought forth, as His saying: And Hell will be made apparent. It has been narrated that when it descended, the face of the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, changed, and it was known in his face until it became severe for his companions. They informed Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, so he came and embraced him from behind and kissed him between his shoulders, then said: O Prophet of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, what has happened today, and what has changed you? So he recited the verse to him. Ali said: How will it be brought? He said: It will be brought by seventy thousand angels leading it with seventy thousand reins, and it will flee in a way that if it were left, it would burn the people of the gathering. [Narrated by Al-Thalabi, Ibn Mardawayh, and Al-Wahidi from the chain of Atiyyah from Abu Sa'id, with more detail.] Meaning: he will remember what he neglected, or he will take admonition, and how will he have the remembrance, and from where will he have the benefit of the remembrance? There must be an estimation of the omission of the added, otherwise, there is a contradiction between: the day he remembers, and how will he have the remembrance? I have presented for this life of mine, which is the life of the Hereafter, or the time of my life in this world, like saying: I came to him for ten nights that have passed from Rajab. This is a clearer proof that the choice was in their hands and dependent on their intention and will, and that they were not veiled from the acts of obedience, compelled into sins, like the doctrine of the people of desires. [The phrase 'like the doctrine of the people of desires' means that if the intended meaning is the people of the Sunnah, for their saying that Allah is the creator of the servant's action, they affirm for Him the choice in it because they affirm for Him the acquisition in it. If the intended meaning is those who say of absolute compulsion, who claim that the servant has no role in his action at all, but is like a feather suspended in the air, then his words are accepted as the invalidity of their doctrine is evident.] And innovations, otherwise, what is the meaning of regret? It is recited: with the opening, he punishes and binds. This is the recitation of the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him. And it is reported that Abu Amr returned to it in the last part of his life. And the pronoun refers to the human being described. It is said it refers to Ubayy ibn Khalaf, meaning: no one is punished like his punishment, nor is anyone bound with chains and shackles like his binding, due to his extreme disbelief and obstinacy. Or no one bears the punishment of a human being, like His saying: And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. It is recited with the kasra, and the pronoun refers to Allah, the Exalted, meaning: no one can take on the punishment of Allah, for the matter is solely for Allah on that day. Or it refers to the human being, meaning: no one is punished by the keepers of Hell like the punishment they inflict.
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