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Then when the stars are extinguished; And when the heaven is cleft asunder; And when the mountains are carried away; And when the prophets are called unto their time appointed (for witness) ; For what Day is this (portent) deferred? For the Day of Sorting out (right from wrong) . What do you know about the Day of Sorting out?. Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth?. Commentary: Allah's Promises Surely Befall! Woe to the Rejecters of Truth!

At the beginning of this Sura, there are five oaths in five verses about which many comments have been made and they are: By those (Angels) (winds) sent forth one after another, And those who move as a hurricane; And By those who scatter far and wide, And those who separate (one from another) ; And By those (the prophets) who reveal the (Divine) Reminder, To justify or to warn; Now, let us see what these mysterious oaths, which announce some great events, mean.

Here are three known ideas: All five parts mean winds and hurricanes, which have an effective role in nature. If so, the verses mean: By the winds sent forth one after another, By the violent hurricanes which move; By those which scatter clouds and bring down, to Earth, the ively droplets of rain through the clouds, By those which scatter clouds after falling rain; By the very winds which remind men of Allah, (Some others have said that the winds are of tormenting winds.