فَغَشَّىٰهَا مَا غَشَّىٰ
Faghashshaahaa maa ghashshaa
And covered them by that which He covered.
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Lessons from past peoples
53:54Ayah 162
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Tafsir
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so that there covered them of rocks afterwards that which covered them this is purposely left vague in order to inspire terror; in sūrat Hūd it is stated We made their uppermost the nethermost and We rained upon them stones of baked clay Q. 1182.
Related Hadiths
" When that which covers covered the lote-tree" (al-Qur'an, Iiii. 16). He (the narrator) said: (It was) gold moths. He (the narrator further) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was given three (things): he was given five prayers, be was given the concluding verses of Sura al-Baqara, and remission of serious Sins for those among his Ummah who associate not anything with Allah
Cleanse yourself with it, and he covered (his face on account of shyness).
The Messenger of Allah wiped over his leather socks and his head cover (i.e., over the Imamah).
" Placing its (mantle's) ends on his shoulders" ; and the narration transmitted by Abu Bakr and Suwaid (the words are):" the ends crossing with each other".
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was shrouded in a garment of Yemeni stuff, it was then removed from him.
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