Surah Al Ma'arij Tafseer

Nazza`ah the Shawa!

Ibn `Abbas and Mujahid both said,

"It is the skin of the head."

Al-Hasan Al-Basri and Thabit Al-Bunani both said,

"This means respectable parts of the face."

Qatadah said,

نَزَّاعَةً لِّلشَّوَى

(Nazza`ahthe Shawa!)

"This means removing his important organs, and the respectable parts of his face, his creation and his limbs."

Ad-Dahhak said,

"This means it will scrape the flesh and the skin off of the bone until it leaves nothing of it remaining."

Ibn Zayd said, "The

لِّلشَّوَى

Shawa is the marrow of the bones."

As for,

نَزَّاعَةًNazza`ah Ibn Zayd said,

"It is cutting their bones and transformation of their skins and their form."

Concerning Allah's statement,

تَدْعُو مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّى