وَإِذَا
الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
Wa-idha
alwuhooshu hushirat
And
when the wild beasts are herded together, [Surah Takweer 81:5]
Wahsh - an animal that does not have
affection for others on the land. I.e. It's undomesticated.
An
animal which will attack directly when seeing another animal in
focus.
its opposite is Ins (i.e. From Uns = affection).
wahsh
also is used for someone who - walked by himself. Hard to get along
with. The same way the beast animal does not get along with other
animals.
wahsh (plural: wuhoosh) - will be - Hushirat
(herded).
Gather:
Hashr - to
gather/herd animals.
jam' - more general term of
gathering.
Animals do not like to be gathered willingly, but
the shepherd gathers them - even if they are unwilling.
This
is why the Day of Ressurection is called Yawm al Hashr - The Day of
Herding. Because we - humans, jinn, and animals - will be herded
together at 'Arafah to be judged on what we did.
Allah didn't
say al An'amu hushirat (the domesticated cattle will be herded.) No,
He said Wuhooshu hushirat (the undomesticated wild beasts will be
herded).
Animals that would never stand together - are now
gathered and standing right next to each other.
The closest
thing you'll see of this in this world is when there is a flood, and
only a small amount of land for safety. So all the wild beasts will
run to that small area of land, the hunter will not think that his
food is standing next to him, and the would-be-food animal does not
think that his hunter is next to him. Rather, both have a greater
fear of the flood.
So when the mountains are moving out of
place, the sun is darkened, the stars are falling, the animals have a
greater fear - causing them to lose their natural instincts.
Hashr
also means to gather things together, even on top of each other.
In surah Abasa - humans were together in this world, and
on this Day are running away from each other.
in Takweer - the
wild beasts were apart and now are running towards each other.
Total
reversal of the world's normal patterns. All because of the extreme
fear on that Day.