Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 22 Al-Haj, Ayat 55-57
وَلَا يَزَالُ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا فِىۡ مِرۡيَةٍ مِّنۡهُ حَتّٰى تَاۡتِيَهُمُ السَّاعَةُ بَغۡتَةً اَوۡ يَاۡتِيَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمٍ عَقِيۡمٍ
﴿22:55﴾
اَ لۡمُلۡكُ يَوۡمَـئِذٍ لِّـلَّـهِ ؕ يَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ ؕ فَالَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ فِىۡ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِيۡمِ
﴿22:56﴾
وَالَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا وَ كَذَّبُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِنَا فَاُولٰٓـئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ مُّهِيۡنٌ
﴿22:57﴾
(22:55) The unbelievers will not cease to be in doubt about it until the
Hour suddenly comes upon them, or the chastisement of an ominous day102
overtakes them. (22:56) On that Day all sovereignty shall be Allah's and He will judge among
them. Then those who believed and acted righteously shall be in Gardens of Bliss.
(22:57) A humiliating chastisement awaits those who disbelieved and denied
Our Signs.
Notes
102. The epithet “barren” has been applied to the day in its metaphorical
and not literal sense. :A day is barren if all the plans, hopes and devices
remain unproductive in it, or it does not bring forth its night. For instance,
the days on which the people of Prophet Noah, the tribes of Aad and Thamud,
the people of Lot and of Midian met with their destruction by scourge from Allah,
were barren days in this sense, because those days did not bring forth any tomorrow
for them, and no device of theirs could avert their doom.