Ṣākhah at its root means penetration into a soft object.46 Just as the rain penetrates the earth, makes its way to the seed and gives it life, so will the command of Allah come, that will give us life inside earth. People have presented different opinions on it. Some said it is a deafening cry that penetrates the ears but I disagree. Firstly, the word is generic and does not specify its nature. Allah just describes it as something that penetrates and pierces through forcefully, and this is all we need to know because we can figure out the rest ourselves by looking at the context and the previous verses.
The disbeliever buried the seed deep inside him such that revelation could not reach it. This time, the command of Allah will penetrate the graves and force its way to the human being, regardless of how deeply buried inside the earth he is, and, unlike the last time, force him to respond to it, against his will.
Then when there comes the Ṣākhah
Ṣākhah at its root means penetration into a soft object.46 Just as the rain penetrates the earth, makes its way to the seed and gives it life, so will the command of Allah come, that will give us life inside earth. People have presented different opinions on it. Some said it is a deafening cry that penetrates the ears but I disagree. Firstly, the word is generic and does not specify its nature. Allah just describes it as something that penetrates and pierces through forcefully, and this is all we need to know because we can figure out the rest ourselves by looking at the context and the previous verses.
The disbeliever buried the seed deep inside him such that revelation could not reach it. This time, the command of Allah will penetrate the graves and force its way to the human being, regardless of how deeply buried inside the earth he is, and, unlike the last time, force him to respond to it, against his will.
46 Al-Muʿjam al-Ishtiqāqī al-Muʾaṣṣal li-Alfāẓ al-Qurʾān al-Karīm, vol. 3, p. 1200.