ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ لَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ ۗ وَمَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ حَدِيثًا 87
Translations
Allāh - there is no deity except Him. He will surely assemble you for [account on] the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt. And who is more truthful than Allāh in statement.
Transliteration
Allahu la ilaha illa huwa, layajmacannakum ila yawmi al-qiyamati la rayba fih, wa man asdaqu mina Allahi haditha
Tafsir (Explanation)
This ayah affirms Allah's absolute oneness (Tawhid) and His certain promise of gathering all humanity on the Day of Judgment, leaving no doubt about its occurrence. Classical scholars like Ibn Kathir emphasize that this verse combines the fundamental declaration of monotheism with the certainty of the resurrection, and the concluding rhetorical question 'Who is more truthful than Allah in speech?' (wa man asdaqu mina Allahi haditha) underscores that Allah's word is the most reliable and cannot be contradicted, making His promise of Judgment Day absolutely certain.
Revelation Context
This ayah appears in the Medinan surah An-Nisa, which addresses social and legal matters affecting the Muslim community. The verse comes in a section emphasizing Allah's attributes and the certainty of the Hereafter, serving to strengthen the believers' faith and remind them of ultimate accountability before Allah on the Day of Judgment.
Related Hadiths
The hadith of Jabir ibn Abdullah reported in Sahih Muslim where the Prophet (peace be upon him) mentioned that on the Day of Resurrection, people will be gathered barefoot, naked, and uncircumcised, directly relating to the certainty of gathering mentioned in this ayah. Additionally, the Prophet's statement 'The most truthful word ever spoken is the word of Allah' (in various collections) reinforces the meaning of this ayah's closing phrase.
Themes
Key Lesson
This ayah reminds believers that ultimate truth and reliability come only from Allah, and that regardless of doubts or denials in this world, the Day of Judgment is an absolute certainty—encouraging Muslims to live with conscious awareness of accountability and to trust completely in Allah's promises and warnings.
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وَلَقَدْ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَلَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ
And it was already revealed to you and to those before you that if you should associate [anything] with Allāh, your work would surely become worthless, and you would surely be among the losers.
أَلَآ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَمَا يَتَّبِعُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَ
Unquestionably, to Allāh belongs whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth. And those who invoke other than Allāh do not [actually] follow [His] "partners." They follow not except assumption, and they are not but misjudging.
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۖ فَمَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ لِقَآءَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَـٰلِحًا وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَحَدًۢا
Say, "I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God. So whoever would hope for the meeting with his Lord - let him do righteous work and not associate in the worship of his Lord anyone."
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى ذَرَأَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ
And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered.