Quran Universe
54:8

مُّهۡطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ يَقُولُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرٞ

MuhtiAAeena ila alddaAAi yaqoolu alkafiroona hatha yawmun AAasirun

Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."

Word by word
  1. مُّهۡطِعِينَRacing ahead
  2. إِلَىtowards
  3. ٱلدَّاعِۖthe caller
  4. يَقُولُWill say
  5. ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَthe disbelievers
  6. هَٰذَاThis
  7. يَوۡمٌ(is) a Day
  8. عَسِرٞdifficult
Al-Qamar · 54:8Makkah

Racing to the Caller: this is a hard Day.

No hesitating, no slowing down

The movement
everyoneout of the graves
racing to
the Callerno slowing down
Two speeds
slow to the call nowthe adhan, the reminder
racing thenwith no choice

Ibn Kathir says they rush toward the Caller without being able to hesitate or slow down. The deniers say: this is a hard Day. He links it to: that Day will be hard, far from easy for the disbelievers.

The adhan goes off on your phone and you swipe it away to finish the episode. Today you can delay the call. On that Day nobody delays. Answering now is the gentle version.

I will answer the call when it suits me.

One Day I will run to the Caller. Better to walk to Him willingly now.

Try this

When you hear the next adhan, stand up before the caller finishes.

Related74:9
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 54:6)

So withdraw from them. The Day that the caller will call (them) to a terrible thing (6)They will come forth, with humbled eyes from (their) graves as if they were locusts spread abroad (7)Hastening towards the caller. The disbelievers will say: "This is a hard Day. (8)

The terrible End the Disbelievers will meet on the Day of Resurrection

Allah the Exalted says, 'O Muhammad, turn away from these people who, when they witness a miracle, they deny it and say that this is continuous magic.' Turn away from them and wait until,

 يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيْءٍ نُكُرٍ

(The Day that the caller will call (them) to a terrible thing.) to the Recompense and the afflictions, horrors and tremendous hardships that it brings forth,

خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ

(with humbled eyes), their eyes will be covered with disgrace,

يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُنْتَشِرٌ

(they will come forth from (their) graves as if they were locusts spread abroad.) They will gather towards the area of Reckoning in such haste and crowds, in response to the caller, as if they were crowds of locusts spreading all about. Allah said,

مُهْطِعِينَ

(Hastening) meaing hurriedly,

إِلَى الدَّاعِ

(towards the caller.) without being able to hesitate or slow down,

يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

(The disbelievers will say: "This is a hard Day."), meaing, 'this is a hard, terrible, horrifying and distressful Day,'

فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ - عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غَيْرُ يَسِيرٍ

(Truly, that Day will be a Hard Day – far from easy for the disbelievers.)(74:9-10)