Al-Jâthiyah (Surah 45)

Introduction

This Meccan sûrah, which takes its name from the kneeling of every faith-community on Judgment Day mentioned in verse 28, is critical of those who turn away from Allah’s revelations, deny the Resurrection, ridicule the truth, and fail to appreciate Allah’s countless favours and marvels of creation. The dreadful judgment of these deniers is featured in the last part of the sûrah. All these themes are emphasized in the next sûrah as well. In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful