فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ 92
Translations
So by your Lord, We will surely question them all
Transliteration
Fa-wa-rabbi-ka la-nas-alen-nahum ajma'een
Tafsir (Explanation)
Allah swears by His Lord that He will certainly question all of them (humanity) about their deeds on the Day of Judgment. This ayah emphasizes the divine accountability that awaits every soul, without exception, regarding how they lived their lives in the dunya. Classical scholars like Ibn Kathir note that this oath underscores the certainty and seriousness of the divine questioning, serving as a powerful warning against negligence in religious obligations.
Revelation Context
This ayah appears in the context of Surah Al-Hijr, a Meccan surah that addresses the polytheists of Mecca regarding their rejection of the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad. The verse comes after discussions about the Quran's preservation and the prophets' missions, establishing that just as the messengers were questioned about their responsibilities, so too will all people be questioned about their response to the message.
Related Hadiths
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'The feet of the son of Adam will not move on the Day of Judgment until he is asked about four things: his life and how he spent it, his youth and how he used it, his wealth and how he earned it and spent it, and his knowledge and what he did with it.' (Tirmidhi, classified as Hasan)
Themes
Key Lesson
This ayah reminds us that every action, intention, and word will be accounted for before Allah, and none can escape this reckoning regardless of status or power. We should therefore live with consciousness (taqwa) of Allah's judgment, ensuring our deeds align with His guidance.
Related Ayahs
فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍ نُّكُرٍ
So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding,
۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ شُهَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوِ ٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَ ۚ إِن يَكُنْ غَنِيًّا أَوْ فَقِيرًا فَٱللَّهُ أَوْلَىٰ بِهِمَا ۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ أَن تَعْدِلُوا۟ ۚ وَإِن تَلْوُۥٓا۟ أَوْ تُعْرِضُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا
O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allāh, even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives. Whether one is rich or poor, Allāh is more worthy of both. So follow not [personal] inclination, lest you not be just. And if you distort [your testimony] or refuse [to give it], then indeed Allāh is ever, of what you do, Aware.
وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ
And when the messengers' time has come...
يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ ٱلْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ ۖ وَبَرَزُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْوَٰحِدِ ٱلْقَهَّارِ
[It will be] on the Day the earth will be replaced by another earth, and the heavens [as well], and they [i.e., all creatures] will come out before Allāh, the One, the Prevailing,