Surah Al Qiyamah Tafseer

Certainty will Occur at the Time of Death. Allah Informs of the Condition at the Time of Death and What Terrors it Contains.

May Allah make us firm at that time with the Firm Statement. Allah says,

كَلَّ إِذَا بَلَغَتْ التَّرَاقِيَ

Nay, when it reaches to the collarbones.

If we make the word "Kalla" negative, then this Ayah means,

`O son of Adam! You are not able to deny that which I informed you of at that time (death). This will become something witnessed by you with your own eyes.'

If we consider the word "Kalla" to be a word of affirmation, then this would be the most obvious meaning. In this case it would mean that

it is certainly true when the soul reaches the collarbones -

meaning, `your soul will be pulled out of your body and it will reach your collarbones.'

This is similar to Allah's statement,

فَلَوْلَا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ

وَأَنتُمْ حِينَيِذٍ تَنظُرُونَ

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَـكِن لاَّ تُبْصِرُونَ

فَلَوْلَا إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ

تَرْجِعُونَهَأ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ

Then why do you not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying person) reaches the throat And you at the moment are looking on, but We are nearer to him than you, but you see not, then why do you not if you are exempt from the reckoning and recompense, bring back the soul, if your are truthful? (56:83-87)

Thus, Allah similarly says here,

كَلَّ إِذَا بَلَغَتْ التَّرَاقِيَ

وَقِيلَ مَنْ رَاقٍ