The Troops
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[39:67]
And no true understanding of God have they [who worship aught beside Him], inasmuch as the whole of the earth will be as a [mere] handful to Him on Resurrection Day, and the heavens will be rolled up in His right hand: limitless is He in His glory, and sublimely exalted above anything to which they may ascribe a share in His divinity!

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* v.67 : I.e., the whole universe is as nothing before Him: for this specific allegory of God’s almightiness, see 21:104. There are many instances, in the Qur’ān as well as in authentic ahādīth, of the clearly metaphorical use of the term “hand” in allusions to God’s absolute power and dominion. The particular reference, in the above, to the Day of Resurrection is due to the fact that it will be only on his own resurrection that a human being shall fully grasp the concept of God’s almightiness, referred to in the subsequent words, “limitless is He in His glory (subhānahu).”
* As is evident from 27:89, the above is an allusion to the unbroken spiritual life in this world – and, therefore, happiness in the hereafter – of those who have attained to faith and have done righteous deeds. Cf. 21:103 – “the supreme awesomeness [of the Day of Resurrection] will cause them no grief.”