سُوْرَةُ التَّكْوِيْرِ

Surah At-Takwir (81) — Ayah 4

The Overthrowing · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 586

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿4﴾
And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;
وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
ٱلْعِشَارُ l-ʿishāru the full-term she-camels
عُطِّلَتْ ʿuṭṭilat (are) left untended

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It is the plural of {وَ اِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ:’’ الْعِشَارُ ‘‘ ’’عُشَرَاءُ‘‘}, ten-month pregnant she-camels which were extremely precious among the Arabs. At the onset of the blowing of the Trumpet, the panic that will arise will be such that no one will care for even such valuable and beloved things; everyone will be concerned only for themselves.

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

4. 1. When the Day of Resurrection is established, it will be such a terrifying scene that even if someone possesses a pregnant and valuable she-camel of this kind, he will not care for it and will abandon it.

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4. And when the ten-month pregnant she-camels [5] are left untended,

[5] In the eyes of the Arabs, the camel was considered a valuable possession, and a she-camel pregnant for ten months was regarded as an especially precious asset, because she would give birth in a month or two and would also provide milk. In this verse, it is being stated that the terror of the Day of Judgment will be so overwhelming that a person will not even be conscious of safeguarding his valuable possessions.