• Flocks of the disbelievers driven to Hell, and the groups of the pious ones awarded the blissful gardens to abide therein for ever

• The Angels glorifying with the Praise of the Lord

Az-Zumar (Az-Zumur) Verses 71 – 75

وَسِيقَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ زُمَرًا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءُوهَا فُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِنْكُمْ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتِ رَبِّكُمْ وَيُنْذِرُونَكُمْ لِقَاءَ يَوْمِكُمْ هَٰذَا قَالُوا بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِنْ حَقَّتْ كَلِمَةُ الْعَذَابِ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ

And shall be driven those who disbelieved, unto the Hell, in flocks; Until, when come they to it, its doors shall be opened and shall say unto them the keepers1of it;2“Came not unto you apostles from among you reciting unto you the signs of your Lord and warning you of the meeting of this your day?” they shall say; “Yea! but just is the sentence of punishment on the disbelievers” (39:71)3

قِيلَ ادْخُلُوا أَبْوَابَ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا فَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ

It shall be said (unto them): “Enter ye (Now) the gates of Hell, to abide therein, and wretched the abode of the arrogant.” (39:72)

وَسِيقَ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا رَبَّهُمْ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ زُمَرًا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءُوهَا وَفُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُهَا وَقَالَ لَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ طِبْتُمْ فَادْخُلُوهَا خَالِدِينَ

And shall be conveyed those who feared4(the wrath of) their Lord, in companies unto the garden; until when they come to it, and its doors shall be opened, and the keepers of it shall say unto them: “Peace be on you! ye shall be happy; Enter it then to abide.” (39:73)

وَقَالُوا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي صَدَقَنَا وَعْدَهُ وَأَوْرَثَنَا الْأَرْضَ نَتَبَوَّأُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَيْثُ نَشَاءُ فَنِعْمَ أَجْرُ الْعَامِلِينَ

And they shall say: “All praise is God’s, Who hath made good to us His promise, and He hath made us to inherit the earth, we may dwell in the gardens wherever we please, and goodly is the recompense of the workers (of good deeds).” (39:74)5

وَتَرَى الْمَلَائِكَةَ حَافِّينَ مِنْ حَوْلِ الْعَرْشِ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَقِيلَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

And thou shalt see the angels circling around the ‘Arsh’6(The Throne of Absolute Authority), celebrating7the Praise of their Lord; and it shall be judged between them with justice, and it shall be said, All praise is God’s the Lord of the worlds!” (39:75)

Commentary

Verse 74

The creation begins with ‘Alhamdulillah’ praising God and ends with the same. Thus, the Holy Imams recommend that man should begin with thanksgiving to God and end it with it.8

Attributing this grace and the blessings of God to the early Muslim conquest of a strip of some fertile lands, is nothing but the profanation of the high ideals of Islam, into a mean and limited temporal gain. (A.P.).

Verse 75

This is the presentation of the Absolute Divine Sovereignty and the Hold over the entire universe, in the terms of the Royal Majestic form of which the people are acquainted. Otherwise, the throne actually as the Holy Imams of the Ahl Al-Bayt interpret it, is His All-Embracing Knowledge wherein the angelical entities and the agencies, are at the verge of it.9 (A.P.).

• 1. The angels.
• 2. The hell.
• 3. Refer to verses 10:33 & 67:8.
• 4. Take shelter against - or guard against.
• 5. Refer to verses 28:70, 35:34, 35:35, 23:10, 23:11, 43:72.
• 6. Refer to verse 40:7.
• 7. Hallowing Him by His praise.
• 8. See verses 28:70 & 35:34, 35:35, 23:10, 23:11, 43:72.
• 9. Refer to note on verse 2:255.