دراسة مفهوم الآية ﴿وَأَخْرَجَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا﴾ وفقاً لنهج الأنثروبولوجيا الثقافية

وَ أَخْرَجَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا﴾ ﴿ An reinterpretation based on the Cultural Anthropological Approach

The second verse of Surah Al-Zalzalah informs us the discharge of the earth and her speaking on the Day of Judgment . This verse has been considered as a Metaphorical belief related to the Day of Judgment that reveals the functions of the earth in the Quran, by many commentators and scholars. On the other hand, exploring the ancient cultural beliefs of Mesopotamia and the Semitic tribes (such as Arabs) indicates that what is said in this verse is not only a figurative and metaphorical expression, it is also a non-metaphorical and right expression which has now reached us by the Qur'an.This study examines the reasons of this claim and then analyzes the commentators' approach to this verse. Finally, based on a cultural studying in the pre-Islamic period as well as the Muslim traditional material, reinterprets the above verse in its context.