سُوْرَةُ السَّجْدَةِ
Surah As-Sajda (32) — Ayah 5
يُدَبِّرُ ٱلْأَمْرَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥٓ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ ﴿5﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He manages and regulates (every) affair from the heavens to the earth; then it (affair) will go up to Him, in one Day, the space whereof is a thousand years of your reckoning (i.e. reckoning of our present world’s time).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يُدَبِّرُ
yudabbiru
He regulates
ٱلْأَمْرَ
l-amra
the affair
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the heaven
إِلَى
ilā
to
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يَعْرُجُ
yaʿruju
it will ascend
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to Him
فِى
fī
in
يَوْمٍۢ
yawmin
a Day
كَانَ
kāna
(the) measure of which is
مِقْدَارُهُۥٓ
miq'dāruhu
(the) measure of which is
أَلْفَ
alfa
a thousand
سَنَةٍۢ
sanatin
years
مِّمَّا
mimmā
of what
تَعُدُّونَ
taʿuddūna
you count
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
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.
5-1 From the sky, where Allah’s Throne and the Preserved Tablet are, Allah sends down commands to the earth, meaning He manages and enforces them on earth. Such as death and life, health and illness, giving and withholding, wealth and poverty, war and peace, honor and humiliation, etc. Allah, from above the Throne, carries out these plans and actions according to His decree.
5-2 That is, then this management or command returns to Him in a single day, which the angels carry, and the distance of ascent or coming and going is such that a non-angel would cover it in a thousand years. Or, by this is meant the Day of Resurrection, when all the deeds of humans will be presented before Allah. There is much disagreement among the commentators regarding the determination and interpretation of this day. Imam Shawkani has mentioned 15 or 16 opinions in this regard, so Ibn Abbas preferred to withhold judgment about it and entrusted its reality to Allah. The author of Aysar al-Tafasir writes that this has come in three places in the Quran, and in each place a different day is meant. In (وَكَاَيِّنْ مِّنْ قَرْيَةٍ اَمْلَيْتُ لَهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ ثُمَّ اَخَذْتُهَا ۚ وَاِلَيَّ الْمَصِيْرُ) 22. Al-Hajj:48), the word “day” refers to that period and duration which is with Allah, and in Surah Ma’arij, where the measure of the day is stated as fifty thousand years, the Day of Reckoning is meant, and in this present context, by “day” is meant the last day of the world, when all worldly matters will perish and return to Allah.
5-2 That is, then this management or command returns to Him in a single day, which the angels carry, and the distance of ascent or coming and going is such that a non-angel would cover it in a thousand years. Or, by this is meant the Day of Resurrection, when all the deeds of humans will be presented before Allah. There is much disagreement among the commentators regarding the determination and interpretation of this day. Imam Shawkani has mentioned 15 or 16 opinions in this regard, so Ibn Abbas preferred to withhold judgment about it and entrusted its reality to Allah. The author of Aysar al-Tafasir writes that this has come in three places in the Quran, and in each place a different day is meant. In (وَكَاَيِّنْ مِّنْ قَرْيَةٍ اَمْلَيْتُ لَهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ ثُمَّ اَخَذْتُهَا ۚ وَاِلَيَّ الْمَصِيْرُ) 22. Al-Hajj:48), the word “day” refers to that period and duration which is with Allah, and in Surah Ma’arij, where the measure of the day is stated as fifty thousand years, the Day of Reckoning is meant, and in this present context, by “day” is meant the last day of the world, when all worldly matters will perish and return to Allah.
