Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets)

14. “They said: ‘Oh woe to us! Verily we were unjust’.”

15. “And this their crying ceased not till We made them as reaped corn, extinct.”

In any case they may be, they will be informed and aware when they reach this period. Whatever they used to take joke formerly, they will see in the most serious form and reality in front of them, so that they shout and, as the verse says:

“They said: ‘Oh woe to us! Verily we were unjust’.”

But this compulsory wakefulness, which comes into being for everybody when they face with the earnest scenes of punishment, is worthless and is of no avail in changing their fate.

Therefore, the Qur’an adds through this verse:

“And this their crying ceased not till We made them as reaped corn, extinct.”

However, the Qur’anic term /hasid/, in the sense of ‘what is reaped’, means ‘harvested’.

The Arabic word /xamid/ means ‘extinguished’.