82: Bursting Apart

These 19 early Meccan verses were revealed after !Soul-]Snatchers 79 and before Splitting Open 84. Like the previous chapter, this one also deals with Doomsday.
The late Professor Nicholson observes on p. 167 (n. 2) in his Literary History of
the Arabs that this passage is written in true prophetic style . Zamakhshari
tells how it brings God's abundant mercy whenever it is recited.