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{ يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ }

A day [when] people will be like scattered moths.This means that they will bump into each other because of the awe (hayba) [they experience] before God, Mighty and Majestic is He. It has been said: the blow (qaraʿ) is threefold: the blow which strikes bodies is the arrow of death; the blow which strikes works is God’s questioning them; and the blow which strikes hearts is the fear of alienation.But God, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best.His words, Exalted is He:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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