SURAH AZ-ZILZĀL: ILLUSTRATION OF GOOD AND BAD DEEDS

Abstract

UDK 28-254

Az-Zilzāl is 99^th surah of the Qur’an. It comprises of eight ayahs. Opinions regarding the place of the revelation differs, however, the author, considering its theme and style, is inclined to the opinion that it is revealed in Makah in the early stage of Islam. The main theme of this surah is explicitly revealed in its last two ayahs: detailed and precise illustration of human deeds in the Afterlife: good and bad. Ayahs preceding these two give such powerful images that that the first auditors of the Qur’an – as well as all the later generations – must have been deeply moved, surprised and utterly overwhelmed. The reason for this are the information revealed in this surah: 1) the Earth aa well as entire cosmos will one day  see its end; 2) The Earth upon which man lived and without thinking committed all kinds of deeds, shall, at certain point, when commanded by Allah teala, give detailed testimony of these deeds committed at certain point in time at certain place 3) on that day all the people shell be raised from their graves from all the corners of the Earth and shell, in various groups as well as individually, head forward to see their deeds!