Katika sehemu hii sura inaendelea kujadili dalili zinazothibitisha ukweli wa umoja wa Mungu, kama vile utofauti mkubwa wa uumbaji, ukamilifu wa neema za Mungu na ujuzi Wake kamili wa kila kitu. Hata hivyo, katika sehemu hii, mkazo umewekwa kwenye suala la ufufuo. Saa ya Mwisho, ambayo ni usemi wa Kurani unaomaanisha kukusanywa na kuhesabiwa siku ya Hukumu, ni mojawapo ya siri ambazo Mungu amejihifadhia Mwenyewe. Sehemu hii inataja siri mbalimbali zilizofichwa za uumbaji wa Mungu mbinguni na ardhini, kwa binadamu na katika ulimwengu mpana. Mojawapo ya hizo inahusu Saa ya Mwisho, ambayo wakati wake unajulikana kwa Mungu peke yake. Yeye anaidhibiti kwa urahisi: “Kuja kwa Saa ya Mwisho kutatimia kwa kupepesa jicho, au kwa karibu zaidi.” (Aya ya 77) Siri nyingine inahusu kilichoumbwa katika matumbo ya wanawake. Ni Mungu peke yake anayemtoa kijusi kutoka tumboni, bila ujuzi wowote kuhusu ulimwengu anaouingia. Ndiye pia anayewapa binadamu neema za kusikia, kuona na kufikiri. Hizi ni neema zinazostahili shukrani. Sura pia inataja ndege na jinsi wanavyopewa uwezo wa kuruka. Bila shaka, wanashikiliwa angani na hakuna mwingine isipokuwa Mungu.

In this passage the sūrah continues its discussion of the aspects confirming the truth of God’s oneness, such as the great variety of creation, the perfection of God’s blessings and His absolute knowledge of all things. However, in this passage, prominence is given to the question of resurrection. The Last Hours which is a Qur’ānic expression denoting the gathering and reckoning on the Day of Judgement, is one of the secrets which God keeps to Himself. The passage refers to the different hidden secrets of God’s creation in the heavens and the earth, in human beings and across the wide universe. One of these relates to the Last Hour, whose timing is known to God alone. He controls it with ease: “The advent of the Last Hour will be accomplished in a twinkling of an eye, or closer still.” (Verse 77) Another secret relates to what is created in the wombs of females. It is God alone who lets the foetus come out of the womb, with no knowledge whatsoever of the world it comes into. It is He also who gives human beings the blessings of hearing, seeing and thinking. These are favours which deserve gratitude. The sūrah also refers to the birds and how they are given the ability to fly. Needless to say, they are held aloft in mid-air by none other than God.

Hii inafuatiwa na marejeo ya baadhi ya baraka za kimwili alizowapa wanadamu. Baraka hizi zinahusiana na siri zilizotajwa hapo awali. Zinajumuisha baraka ya makazi, mapumziko, kivuli na hifadhi katika nyumba zilizojengwa kwa matofali na makazi ya muda yaliyotengenezwa kwa ngozi za wanyama.

This is followed by a reference to some material blessings given to mankind. These are relevant to the aforementioned secrets. They include the blessings of abode, rest, shade and shelter in built up homes and temporary dwellings made of animal skin.

Kwa Mwenyezi Mungu ni siri zilizofichika za mbingu na ardhi. Kuja kwa Saa ya Mwisho kutatimia kwa kupepesa jicho, au karibu zaidi. Mwenyezi Mungu ana uwezo juu ya kila kitu. (Aya ya 77)

To God belongs the hidden secrets of the heavens and the earth. The advent of the Last Hour will be accomplished in a twinkling of an eye, or closer still. God has power over all things. (Verse 77)

Ufufuo ni swali la msingi la imani ambalo limezua mabishano mengi katika kila zama na kila jamii. Kila mmoja wa wajumbe wa Mungu ilimbidi kukabiliana nalo.

Resurrection is an essential question of faith that has attracted much controversy in all periods and communities. Every one of God’s messengers had to deal with it.

Lakini hili ni sehemu ya yale yanayojulikana na Mwenyezi Mungu peke yake: "Kwa Mwenyezi Mungu ni siri zilizofichika za mbingu na ardhi." Watu husimama mbele ya mapazia mazito ya ghaibu, yaani elimu iliyofichika ya Mungu, wakitambua kutoweza kwao na udhaifu wao. Wanaweza kuwa na elimu kubwa ya ulimwengu wao, na wanaweza kugundua mengi ya hazina za ardhi na rasilimali zake na uwezo wake, lakini hata wanasayansi wakubwa kabisa wa kibinadamu husimama bila msaada linapokuja suala la elimu ya siku za usoni, zilizo karibu na zilizo mbali.

Yet it is part of the realm of what is known to God alone: “To God belongs the hidden secrets of the heavens and the earth.” People stand before the thick curtains of ghayb, or God’s hidden knowledge, aware of their inability and inadequacy. They may have great knowledge of their world, and may be able to discover much of the treasures of the earth and its resources and potentials, but even the greatest human scientists stand helpless when it comes to the knowledge of the immediate and distant future.

Hajui kabisa kitakachotokea wakati unaofuata, na kama, baada ya kuvuta pumzi inayofuata, ataweza kutoa pumzi hiyo. Binadamu anaweza kuwa na matumaini makubwa, yanayonyoosha katika mwelekeo tofauti, lakini hatima yake inabaki nyuma ya pazia la ujuzi wa Mungu mwenyewe. Yeye mwenyewe hana njia yoyote ya kujua wakati wake utakapofika. Hata hivyo, unaweza kufika wakati unaofuata na yeye atakuwa miongoni mwa wafu. Kwa kweli, ni sehemu ya neema ya Mungu aliyowapa binadamu kwamba hawajui chochote kitakachotokea zaidi ya wakati wa sasa. Kutojua kwao kunawapa matumaini na kuwasukuma kuendelea kufanya kazi na kuzalisha.

He simply does not know what will happen the next moment, and whether, when he has taken the next breath in, he will be able to breathe out. A human being may entertain high hopes, stretching in different directions, yet his destiny remains behind the curtain of God’s own knowledge. He himself has no means of knowing when his time will come. Yet it may come the next moment and he will be among the dead. It is in fact an aspect of God’s grace bestowed on human beings that they do not know anything of what will take place beyond the present moment. Their lack of knowledge gives them hope and urges them to continue to work and produce.

Miongoni mwa maajabu yanayoshuhudia uwezo usio na kikomo wa Mwenyezi Mungu na udhibiti wake wa kila kitu katika ulimwengu ni jambo tunaloliona kila siku bila kulifikiria sana. Huo ni uwezo wa ndege kuruka: "Je, hawaoni ndege jinsi wanavyowezeshwa kuruka angani? Hakuna anayewashikilia isipokuwa Mwenyezi Mungu. Katika hili kuna ishara kwa watu wanaoamini." (Aya ya 79) Kwa kuwa ni jambo linalotufahamika sana kuona ndege wakiruka angani, hatuzingatii ajabu ya kuvutia inayohusika na kuruka kwao. Akili zetu hazilipi uzito mkubwa isipokuwa tukiwa tumeamka kikamilifu kulihusu, tukilitafakari kwa jicho la mshairi stadi anayetaka kunasa kila undani na upekee wake. Aya inaweka wazi kwamba ndege wanaporuka, "hakuna anayewashikilia isipokuwa Mwenyezi Mungu." Anafanya hivyo kupitia sheria Zake za maumbile, ambazo zinawafanya ndege waweze kuruka na zinaifanya hewa inayotuzunguka iwe rafiki kwa safari yao. Ni sheria Zake zinazowashikilia ndege angani, wakielea salama, bila hofu ya kuanguka: "Katika hili kuna ishara kwa watu wanaoamini." (Aya ya 79)

Among the wonders that testify to God’s limitless power and His control of everything in the universe is one that we see every day without giving it much thought. This is the ability of birds to fly: “Do they not see the birds and how they are enabled to fly in mid-air? None but God holds them aloft. In this there are signs for people who will believe.” (Verse 79) Because it is so familiar to us to see birds flying in mid- air, we do not pay attention to the fascinating wonder their flying involves. Our minds do not give it much thought unless we are fully alerted to it, contemplating it with the eye of a talented poet seeking to capture every detail and nuance. The verse makes it clear that as the birds fly, “none but God holds them aloft.” He does so through His laws of nature, which make the birds able to fly and make the atmosphere around us amenable for their flight. It is His laws that keep the birds in mid-air, floating safely, without fear that they may fall: “In this there are signs for people who will believe.” (Verse 79)

Moyo wa muumini ni ule unaothamini maajabu ya uumbaji, unayatazama kwa mshangao, na kuonyesha hisia zake kwa ibada na kumtukuza Mwenyezi Mungu, Muumba wa vitu vyote. Waumini wenye kipaji cha kueleza mawazo na hisia zao huandika kazi bora za kila aina wakieleza maajabu ya uumbaji wa Mungu. Pia huelezea hisia zao wenyewe na jinsi wanavyoguswa wanapotazama viumbe mbalimbali. Hakuna mshairi awezaye kushindana na kazi zao ikiwa moyo wake haujawashwa na nuru ya imani.

A believer’s heart is one which appreciates the wonders of creation, looks at them with awe and expresses his feelings with worship and glorification of God, the Creator of all things. Believers who are talented in expressing their thoughts and feelings write masterpieces of every type in describing the wonders of God’s creation. They also describe their own feelings and how they are touched when they look at different creatures. No poet can rival their work if his heart is not kindled by the light of faith.

Kwa kuwa Saa, yaani Siku ya Kiyama, inatajwa mwanzoni mwa kifungu hiki, hapa tunapewa wazo la yale yanayowasubiri makafiri itakapofika.

As the Last Hour when the Day of Judgement arrives is mentioned at the beginning of this passage, we are given here an idea of what awaits the unbelievers when it comes.

Siku moja Tutamwinua shahidi kutoka kila umma, kisha wasiokuwa waumini hawataruhusiwa kutoa udhuru, wala hawataruhusiwa kujirekebisha. Na wadhalimu watakapouona adhabu, haitapunguzwa kwao, wala hawatapewa muhula. Na wale waliomshirikisha Mungu watakapoona washirika wao, watasema: "Mola wetu, hawa ndio washirika wetu tuliokuwa tukiwaomba badala Yako." Lakini watawatupia maneno yao, wakisema: "Hakika ninyi ni waongo." Siku hiyo watajisalimisha kwa Mungu; na yale yote waliyoyazua yatawaacha. Wale waliokufuru na kuwazuia wengine njia ya Mungu, Tutawazidishia adhabu juu ya adhabu kwa sababu ya uharibifu wote waliokuwa wakiufanya.

One day We will raise up a witness from every community, but then the unbelievers will not be allowed to make pleas, nor will they be allowed to make amends. And when the wrongdoers actually see the suffering [that awaits them], it will in no way be mitigated for them, nor will they be granted respite. And when those who associate partners with God will see their [alleged] partners, they will say: ‘Our Lord, these are our partners whom we used to invoke instead of You.’ But they will throw their word back at them, saying: ‘You are indeed liars. ‘On that day, they shall proffer submission to God; and all their inventions will have forsaken them. Upon those who disbelieve and debar others from the path of God We will heap suffering upon suffering in punishment for all the corruption they wrought. (Verses 84-88)

Tukio linaanza kwa manabii kuitwa kama mashahidi, wakitoa maelezo yao kuhusu matibabu waliyopokea kutoka kwa watu wao walipowafikishia ujumbe wa Mwenyezi Mungu. Wasioamini watasimama pale, wasiruhusiwa kusema wala kutoa ombi au hoja yoyote. Hawataruhusiwa kujirekebisha ili kumridhisha Mola wao, kwani wakati wa kufanya hivyo umekwisha. Ni wakati wa hesabu na kuamua hatima. "Na wale waliodhulumu watakapoona adhabu [inayowangojea], haitapunguzwa kwao, wala hawatapewa muda wa kupumzika." (Aya ya 85)

The scene begins with the prophets being called as witnesses, giving their accounts of the treatment they received from their peoples when they conveyed God’s messages to them. The unbelievers will be standing there, not permitted to speak or make any plea or argument. They will not be allowed to make amends in order to satisfy their Lord, for it is too late to do so. It is a time for reckoning and the determination of fates. “And when the wrongdoers actually see the suffering [that awaits them], it will in no way be mitigated for them, nor will they be granted respite.” (Verse 85)