14:43 Ibrahim (Abraham)

{ مُهْطِعِينَ } أي: مسرعين إلى إجابة الداعي حين يدعوهم إلى الحضور بين يدي الله للحساب لا امتناع لهم ولا محيص ولا ملجأ، { مُقْنِعِي رُءُوسِهِمْ } أي: رافعيها قد غُلَّتْ أيديهم إلى الأذقان، فارتفعت لذلك رءوسهم، { لَا يَرْتَدُّ إِلَيْهِمْ طَرْفُهُمْ وَأَفْئِدَتُهُمْ هَوَاءٌ } أي: أفئدتهم فارغة من قلوبهم قد صعدت إلى الحناجر لكنها مملوءة من كل هم وغم وحزن وقلق.

ثم ذكر تعالى كيفية قيامهم من قبورهم وعجلتهم إلى قيام المحشر فقال " مهطعين " أى مسرعين كما قال تعالى " مهطعين إلى الداع " الآية وقال تعالى " يومئذ يتبعون الداعي لا عوج له" - إلى قوله - "وعنت الوجوه للحي القيوم " وقال تعالى " يوم يخرجون من الأجداث سراعا " الآية وقوله " مقنعي رءوسهم " قال ابن عباس ومجاهد وغير واحد رافعي رءوسهم " لا يرتد إليهم طرفهم " أي أبصارهم ظاهرة شاخصة مديمون النظر لا يطرفون لحظة لكثرة ما هم فيه من الهول والفكرة المخافة لما يحل بهم عياذا بالله العظيم من ذلك ولهذا قال " وأفئدتهم هواء " أي وقلوبهم خاوية خالية ليس فيها شيء لكثرة الوجل والخوف ولهذا قال قتادة وجماعة إن أمكنة أفئدتهم خالية لأن القلوب لدى الحناجر قد خرجت من أماكنها من شدة الخوف وقال بعضهم هي خراب لا تعي شيئا لشدة ما أخبر به تعالى عنهم ثم قال تعالى لرسوله صلى الله تعالى عليه وعلى آله وسلم.

Allah gives Respite to the Disbelievers and is never unaware of what They do

Allah says, `O Muhammad, do not think that Allah is unaware of what the unjust disbelievers do. Do not think because Allah gave them respite and delayed their punishment that He is unaware or ignoring punishing them for what they do. Rather, Allah keeps full account of this for them and keeps it on record against them,

إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ الأَبْصَـرُ

(but He gives them respite up to a Day when the eyes will stare in horror.) from the horror of the Day of Resurrection.' Allah next mentions how they will all be raised up from their graves and hurriedly gathered for the Day of Gathering,

مُهْطِعِينَ

(hastening forward), in a hurry. Allah said in other Ayat,

مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ

(Hastening towards the caller.) 54:8

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ الدَّاعِىَ لاَ عِوَجَ لَهُ

(On that Day mankind will follow strictly Allah's caller, no crookedness will they show him.) 20:108 until,

وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ الْقَيُّومِ

(And (all) faces shall be humbled before the Ever Living, the Sustainer.) 20:111 Allah said: another Ayah,

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الاٌّجْدَاثِ سِرَاعاً

(The Day when they will come out of the graves quickly.) 70:43 Allah said next,

مُقْنِعِى رُءُوسِهِمْ

(with necks outstretched) meaning, raising their heads up, according to Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and several others. Allah said next,

لاَ يَرْتَدُّ إِلَيْهِمْ طَرْفُهُمْ

(their gaze returning not towards them) meaning, their eyes are staring in confusion, trying not to blink because of the horror and tremendous insights they are experiencing, and fear of what is going to strike them, we seek refuge with Allah from this end. This is why Allah said,

وَأَفْئِدَتُهُمْ هَوَآءٌ

(and their hearts empty.) meaning, their hearts are empty due to extreme fear and fright. Qatadah and several others said that the places of their hearts are empty then, because the hearts will ascend to the throats due to extreme fear. Allah said next to His Messenger ,

as they come hastening muhti‘īna is a circumstantial qualifier with their heads turned upwards to the heaven their gaze their sight returning not to them and their hearts as air devoid of any sense because of their being terror-stricken.

In the second verse (43), it has been said that the postponement of sudden punishment against these unjust people is not any better for them because, ultimately, they will be seized in the great punishment of the Qiyamah and the 'Akhirah which will overtake them all of a sudden. The details of this punishment in the life to come and the horrendous happenings to be experienced there keep appearing right upto the end of the verse:

لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ الْأَبْصَارُ‌

A day when the eyes shall remain upraised (in terror).

مُهْطِعِينَ مُقْنِعِي رُ‌ءُوسِهِمْ

They shall be rushing with their heads raised upward.

لَا يَرْ‌تَدُّ إِلَيْهِمْ طَرْ‌فُهُمْ

Their eyes shall not return towards them.

وَأَفْئِدَتُهُمْ هَوَاءٌ ,

And their hearts shall be hollow.

After the shape of things to come upon them has been stated, the address is to the Holy Prophet ﷺ who has been asked to warn his people of the punishment of that day, the day on which the unjust and the wrong-doing will have no choice but to call their Lord for some more time to return to the world they knew so that they could say yes to the call of prophets and follow them this time and may thereby have their deliverance from this punishment. The answer to their request will come from Allah Ta’ ala wherein it will be said: This is what you are saying now. Is it not that you had been giving sworn statements to the effect that your wealth and power shall never part with you, and that you shall go on living in the world just like that, in comfort and luxury, forever; and is it not that you had rejected the idea that you will live again and that there was a world hereafter?