Surat Al-Wāqi`ah (The Inevitable)
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ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ
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Sullatum minal awwaleen
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Sahih InternationalA [large] company of the former peoples -
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ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْأَوَّلِينَMost of them will be froth among the former people
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The surah takes a short pause here to say who achieves this grade. Thus, we are told: "A good many of them are from earlier times and a few from later generations." (Verses 13-14) They are, then, the chosen ones, constituting a limited number. Most of them belong to earlier generations, but a minority come from later ones. Views differ as towhich are the earlier generations and which are the later ones. The first view suggests that the earlier generations refer to those who attained to a high degree of faith from among the communities that lived prior to the advent of Islam, while the few from the later generations refers to the ones who were the first to accept Islam and strive hard for its cause.The second view says that both the majority and the minority belong to the followers of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), with the ones of 'earlier times' belonging to its first generations, and the others to later ones.
- filter_vintageThe Reward of the Foremost in FaithAllah states that the foremost of the close believers are a multitude, a crowd among the earlier generations and a few from the latter generations. There is a difference over the meaning of the first generations and the later generations. Some said that the former means earlier (believing) nations, while the later refers to this Ummah. This was reported from Mujahid and Al-Hasan Al-Basri, in the collection of Ibn Abi Hatim, and this is the preference of Ibn Jarir. He considered it supported by the saying of Allah's Messenger :«نَحْنُ الْاخِرُونَ السَّابِقُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَة»(We are the later nation, but the foremost on the Day of Resurrection.) Ibn Jarir did not mention any other interpretation nor did he attribute this view to anyone else. There is another Hadith that could support this meaning. Imam Abu Muhammad bin Abi Hatim recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that when these Ayat were revealed,﴿ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الاٌّوَّلِينَ ﴾A multitude of those will be from the first ones, refers to the earlier generations of this Umma