Al-Mursalat 77:25
The Emissaries · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 581
A Gathering Place
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ كِفَاتًا ٢٥
Have We not made the earth a receptacle.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Have We not made the earth a container?
Insight
Elmalılı explains “kifat” as bringing together and gathering: the earth gathers the living upon it and the dead within it.
Reflect
Reflect that the ground you walk on will one day gather you too.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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