قُلْ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ يَفْتَحُ بَيْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُوَ ٱلْفَتَّاحُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ 26
Translations
Say, "Our Lord will bring us together; then He will judge between us in truth. And He is the Knowing Judge."
Transliteration
Qul yajma'u baynanā rabbunā thumma yaftahu baynanā bil-haqqi wa huwa al-fattāhu al-'alīm
Tafsir (Explanation)
The Prophet (ﷺ) is commanded to tell the disbelievers that Allah will gather them all on the Day of Judgment and then judge between them with perfect justice and truth. Al-Tabari and Ibn Kathir emphasize that "al-Fattah" (the Opener/Judge) refers to Allah's ability to decisively judge and separate truth from falsehood, while "al-'Alim" (the All-Knowing) indicates His complete knowledge of all secrets and deeds, making His judgment absolutely just and final.
Revelation Context
This ayah appears in Surah Saba, a Meccan surah primarily addressing the disbelievers' rejection of the message and their mockery of the Prophet. The context involves the Quraysh's denial of resurrection and the Day of Judgment, to which this ayah responds by affirming Allah's ultimate authority to gather all humanity and judge with absolute justice.
Related Hadiths
The theme of divine judgment relates to Sahih Muslim's hadith about the Day of Judgment where the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'The most truthful word spoken by any poet is the word of Umayyah ibn Abi al-Salt: "And all that is besides Allah shall perish."' This reinforces the certainty of Allah's judgment separating truth from falsehood.
Themes
Key Lesson
This ayah reassures believers of ultimate divine justice and warns disbelievers of inevitable accountability, teaching us that no dispute will remain unresolved before Allah's perfect wisdom. It encourages trust in Allah's judgment even when worldly injustices seem apparent, as He alone possesses complete knowledge and authority to judge between all matters.
Related Ayahs
وَمَا كَانَ لَهُۥ عَلَيْهِم مِّن سُلْطَـٰنٍ إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مِنْهَا فِى شَكٍّ ۗ وَرَبُّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَفِيظٌ
And he had over them no authority except [it was decreed] that We might make evident who believes in the Hereafter from who is thereof in doubt. And your Lord, over all things, is Guardian.
أَفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَم بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۢ ۗ بَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ وَٱلضَّلَـٰلِ ٱلْبَعِيدِ
Has he invented about Allāh a lie or is there in him madness?" Rather, they who do not believe in the Hereafter will be in the punishment and [are in] extreme error.
فَأَعْرَضُوا۟ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ ٱلْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَـٰهُم بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَىْ أُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَأَثْلٍ وَشَىْءٍ مِّن سِدْرٍ قَلِيلٍ
But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam, and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.
وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْقُرَى ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا قُرًى ظَـٰهِرَةً وَقَدَّرْنَا فِيهَا ٱلسَّيْرَ ۖ سِيرُوا۟ فِيهَا لَيَالِىَ وَأَيَّامًا ءَامِنِينَ
And We placed between them and the cities which We had blessed [many] visible cities. And We determined between them the [distances of] journey, [saying], "Travel between them by night or by day in safety."