Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Qaaf, Ayah 19
وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ
And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.
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And the agony of death its throes and distress arrives with the truth of the Hereafter such that the one who denied it sees it with his own eyes — and this is the distress itself. That namely death is what you used to shun what you used to flee from and be terrified by.
Related Hadiths
Sunan Abu Dawud#3702Hasan
Avoid that which produces intoxication.
Narrated by The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Sharik through a different chain of narrators. This version has:
Sunan an-Nasa'i#5755Sahih
"The dregs are what intoxicates."
Narrated by It was narrated that Sa'eed bin Al-Musayyab said concerning Nabidh:
Sunan Abu Dawud#3680Da'if
Every intoxicant is forbidden. He who drinks wine in this world, and dies when he is addiction to it, will not drink it in the next.
Narrated by Ibn ‘Umar reported the Apostel of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#2376Sahih
"Increase in remembrance of the severer of pleasures." Meaning death.
Narrated by Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:
Sunan Ibn Majah#3130Da'if
“Whatever causes intoxication in large amounts a small amount of it is (also) unlawful.”
Narrated by It was
narrated from ‘Amr bin Shu’aib, from his father, from his
grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Sunan Ibn Majah#3122Sahih
“Every drink that causes intoxication is unlawful.”
Narrated by It was
narrated from ‘Aishah, narrating it from the Prophet (ﷺ):
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And the agony of death) the pangs of death (cometh in truth) heralding either damnation or felicity. (This) child of Adam (is that which thou wast wont to shun) and dislike.