Transliteration:( Nasiyatin kazi batin khaatiah )
16. It means that if Abu Jahl does not refrain from causing harm to the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم then We will be dragging him by his hair on the Day of Judgement from the grave to the Field of Accountability or from this field up to Hell or after his death at the Battle of Badr.
Thus, at the termination of the Battle of Badr, Hazrat Abdullah ibn Masood cut the head of Abu Jah! and made holes in his nose and ears and placing a string in them tied the locks of the forehead with a string and dragged it like a dead dog before the Holy Prophet .Tafseer Roohul Bayaan) صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم Tafseer Azizi). Since the forehead is the noblest limb of the human body- arrogance and pride, humility and modesty are found in it, hence arrogance is called rebellion and haughtiness. Thus, the forehead is mentioned here specifically.
From this verse emerge a few issues:
1. Causing harm to the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم is the worst form of sin because Allah Almighty has not mentioned this disgrace and abjectness as a punishment of any other sin, and had said here that if Abu Jahl does not refrain from causing harm to the Holy Prophetصلى الله عليه وآله وسلم he would be inflicted with this punishment i.c. if he refrains and he still remains an infidel he would not be given this punishment.
2. Allah Almighty Himself takes revenge on behalf of His beloved servants.
3. Allah Almighty links the deeds of His some specific servants towards Him. Observe, dragging with the hair of the forehead is either the work of the angels or that of Hazrat Abdullah ibn Masood, the Noble Companion, yet Allah Almighty had said: "We will be dragging it" (Praise be to Allah Almighty).
The tafsir of Surah Alaq verse 16 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Alaq ayat 6 which provides the complete commentary from verse 6 through 19.
(96:16) by the lying forelock steeped in sin.[13]
13. The forelock here implies the person with the forelock.
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