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Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi translation for Surah As-Saffat — Ayah 22

37:22
۞ ٱحۡشُرُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ وَأَزۡوَٰجَهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ يَعۡبُدُونَ ٢٢
(Then will the command be given): “Muster all the wrong-doers1 and their spouses2 and the deities whom they used to serve
Footnotes
  • [1] Qira’at: Nafieʻ, Ibn Kathir, Ibn ʻAmer, Abu Jaʻfar and Yaʻqub read it as: “. . . as revivers ahead of His mercy”.All except for ʻAsem, Nafieʻ, Ibn Kathir, Ibn ʻAmer, Abu Jaʻfar and Yaʻqub read it as: “. . . as a revival ahead of His mercy”.
  • [2] The word “azwaj” in the original text might also imply their wives, who were their associates in this rebellion, and also all those people who were rebellious and disobedient like them. Moreover it may also mean that the culprits of different categories will be gathered together in separate groups.
  • [3] A grammatical shift from 3rd person to 1st person.
  • [4] “The unjust people” does not only imply those who committed injustices in the world, but as a Quranic term zalamo implies to every such person, who might have adopted the way of rebellion and disobedience against Allah.