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.
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وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ فَزِعُوا۟ فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذُوا۟ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ
And if you could see when they are terrified but there is no escape, and they will be seized from a place nearby.
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَلَا بِٱلَّذِى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ۗ وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ مَوْقُوفُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ٱلْقَوْلَ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أَنتُمْ لَكُنَّا مُؤْمِنِينَ
And those who disbelieve say, "We will never believe in this Qur’ān nor in that before it." But if you could see when the wrongdoers are made to stand before their Lord, refuting each others' words... Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "If not for you, we would have been believers."
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ بَلْ مَكْرُ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ إِذْ تَأْمُرُونَنَآ أَن نَّكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَنَجْعَلَ لَهُۥٓ أَندَادًا ۚ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّدَامَةَ لَمَّا رَأَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَغْلَـٰلَ فِىٓ أَعْنَاقِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
Those who were oppressed will say to those who were arrogant, "Rather, [it was your] conspiracy of night and day when you were ordering us to disbelieve in Allāh and attribute to Him equals." But they will [all] confide regret when they see the punishment; and We will put shackles on the necks of those who disbelieved. Will they be recompensed except for what they used to do?
قُل لَّا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّآ أَجْرَمْنَا وَلَا نُسْـَٔلُ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
Say, "You will not be asked about what we committed, and we will not be asked about what you do."