When the punishment has been deserved by them, We will bring out for them a creature made of earthly material, it will speak to them that the people have been unaware regarding Our signs.
Translation endnotes
[27:82] Note that the creature mentioned here is described as dabbatan min al-ard (creature from earth), which means either a creature coming out of earth or a creature made of earthly materials. Could it refer to the computer that became the tool for the discovery of the code 19 and declaration of its message? Unlike the creatures made of water (24:45), this one is made from earthly elements. After the discovery of the code 19, and from the context of this verse, this creature (DaBBa) might be understood as a reference to the computer that uses silicon as its essential part. In traditional books, there are bizarre descriptions of this prophesied creature. Contrary to the Quran’s positive depiction of the earthbased creature, hadith books contain negative descriptions. Some may object to our interpretation by saying that the word DaBBa implies something alive that moves. This objection is reasonable. But, we prefer the computer to an animal since we can understand the phrase dabbatan min al-ard not as a creature geographically from earth, but rather a creature made of earth. Thus, we can accept some differences in mobility between the "dabba from water" and "dabba from earth." Since a computer has many moving parts, from its hard disk to the information carried by trillions of electrons, it is not a far-fetched understanding of DaBBa. See 72:24-28.