And the sakratu of death will come in truth

And the sakratu (سَكْرَةُ) of death will come in truth (Al-Haqq): "This is what you have been avoiding." 

[Qur'aan 50:19]

 أي غمرته وشدته

Sakratu refers to the [intense] hardship of death.

فالإنسان ما دام حيا تكتب عليه أقواله وأفعاله ليحاسب عليها

For, man, as long as he is alive, his sayings and deeds are written [in his account] so that he is requited for them

ثم يجيئه الموت وهو ما يراه عند المعاينة من ظهور الحق فيما كان الله تعالى وعده وأوعده

Then death comes to him and he sees with his very own eyes the manifestation of the truth in regards to that which Allah had promised him and warned him [about].

وقيل: الحق هو الموت

And it has been said: Al-Haqq [i.e. truth mentioned in the Verse] is death

سمي حقا إما لاستحقاقه وإما لانتقاله إلى دار الحق

It has been named truth either because it is a reality which will come true or because it leads to the Home of Truth [i.e. the next world]

فعلى هذا يكون في الكلام تقديم وتأخير

And based on this there is Taqdeem and Ta'kheer in speech

وتقديره وجاءت سكرة الحق بالموت

And the understanding is that The sakratu of truth [i.e. death] has come with [the reality] of death

وكذلك في قراءة أبي بكر وابن مسعود رضي الله عنهما

And likewise was in the recitation of Abu Bakr and Ibn Masood (may Allah be pleased with both of them)

لأن السكرة هي الحق فأضيفت إلى نفسها لاختلاف اللفظين

Because sakratu is the truth [Al-Haqq], so it has been annexed to itself due to a difference in the two words

وقيل: يجوز أن يكون الحق على هذه القراءة هو الله تعالى

And it has been said: It is permissible that based on this recitation Al-Haqq [truth] be [i.e. refer to] Allah, the Exalted

أي جاءت سكرة أمر الله تعالى بالموت

Meaning: The sakratu of the Command of Allah, the Exalted has come with [i.e. brought] death

 وقيل: الحق هو الموت

And it has been said: Al-Haqq [the truth] is death

والمعنى وجاءت سكرة الموت بالموت، ذكره المهدوي

And the meaning is: And the sakratu of death has come with [i.e. brought] death. Al-Mahdawi mentioned this.



[To be continued...]