Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Qaaf, Ayah 41
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And listen — O addressee to My words — on the day when the caller namely the archangel Isrāfīl calls out from a place that is near to the heaven this is the Rock of the Holy House of Jerusalem the place on earth that is the nearest to the heaven. He Isrāfīl will say ‘O withered bones severed limbs torn flesh and scattered hairs! God verily commands you to come together for the passing of judgement’.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And listen on) O Muhammad, so that you can hear the description of it; it is also said that this means: strive, O Muhammad, for the day when the angel blows the Trumpet (the day when the crier crieth from a near place) close to heaven, from the dome of Jerusalem, which is the closest spot on earth to heaven by about 12 miles; and it is also said this means: from a close distance from which they can hear from beneath their feet.