سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 7
فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِم بِعِلْمٍ ۖ وَمَا كُنَّا غَآئِبِينَ ﴿7﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Then surely, We shall narrate unto them (their whole story) with knowledge, and indeed We have not been absent.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ
falanaquṣṣanna
Then surely We will narrate
عَلَيْهِم
ʿalayhim
to them
بِعِلْمٍۢ ۖ
biʿil'min
with knowledge
وَمَا
wamā
and not
كُنَّا
kunnā
were We
غَآئِبِينَ
ghāibīna
absent
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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7. Then We will relate to them the whole account with knowledge, for We were never absent [6].
[6]
The Demand of Justice and the Importance of Testimony:
That is, the coming of such a punishment upon a nation is not the complete recompense for its crimes; rather, its example is like that of a habitual criminal who is arrested so that people may be safe from his oppression in the future—in other words, so that the oppression of that nation does not begin to affect other nations as well. Then, a formal case will be presented against such criminals in the court of Allah Almighty. One party will be the Messengers who were sent to them, and the other party will be this criminal nation; both will present their testimonies. The testimony of the Messenger will be: "O Allah, I conveyed Your message to this nation." But since the nation will fear punishment, it will see no option but to testify against the testimony of the Messenger. Then Allah Almighty will make the entire reality clear to them, because nothing was ever hidden from Allah Almighty; however, even after this clarification from Allah Almighty, no charge will be laid against them. Rather, Allah Almighty will grant speech to those limbs and organs of theirs which were used in the commission of the crime; they will testify against these criminals. Then, when the required standard of testimony is fulfilled, at that time the charge will be laid against them and they will be punished, as is clarified in some other verses of the Quran. From the above explanations, a few points are incidentally understood: one is that in the world there are countless criminals who continue to commit oppression and tyranny, yet they depart from this world without receiving any kind of punishment, whereas the attribute of justice of Allah Almighty demands that these criminals must certainly be punished, and that too in the presence of witnesses, so that no one receives more punishment than their crime, nor is anyone wronged. For this purpose, it is necessary that man be given another life in which all such cases are decided.
Testimony is Necessary for Judgement:
And the second point that is derived is that a judge cannot decide a case merely on the basis of his own knowledge; rather, judgement and punishment can only be given on the basis of testimonies. The proof of this is the incident that in the Prophetic eraﷺ, there lived an adulterous woman in Madinah. Due to the frequent coming and going of people to her, her immorality had become openly apparent and was widely known. Regarding her, the Messenger of Allahﷺ once said: "If it were not for the requirement and system of testimonies, I would have stoned this woman." [بخاري۔ كتاب الطلاق۔ باب لوكنت راجما بغيربيّنة]
[6]
The Demand of Justice and the Importance of Testimony:
That is, the coming of such a punishment upon a nation is not the complete recompense for its crimes; rather, its example is like that of a habitual criminal who is arrested so that people may be safe from his oppression in the future—in other words, so that the oppression of that nation does not begin to affect other nations as well. Then, a formal case will be presented against such criminals in the court of Allah Almighty. One party will be the Messengers who were sent to them, and the other party will be this criminal nation; both will present their testimonies. The testimony of the Messenger will be: "O Allah, I conveyed Your message to this nation." But since the nation will fear punishment, it will see no option but to testify against the testimony of the Messenger. Then Allah Almighty will make the entire reality clear to them, because nothing was ever hidden from Allah Almighty; however, even after this clarification from Allah Almighty, no charge will be laid against them. Rather, Allah Almighty will grant speech to those limbs and organs of theirs which were used in the commission of the crime; they will testify against these criminals. Then, when the required standard of testimony is fulfilled, at that time the charge will be laid against them and they will be punished, as is clarified in some other verses of the Quran. From the above explanations, a few points are incidentally understood: one is that in the world there are countless criminals who continue to commit oppression and tyranny, yet they depart from this world without receiving any kind of punishment, whereas the attribute of justice of Allah Almighty demands that these criminals must certainly be punished, and that too in the presence of witnesses, so that no one receives more punishment than their crime, nor is anyone wronged. For this purpose, it is necessary that man be given another life in which all such cases are decided.
Testimony is Necessary for Judgement:
And the second point that is derived is that a judge cannot decide a case merely on the basis of his own knowledge; rather, judgement and punishment can only be given on the basis of testimonies. The proof of this is the incident that in the Prophetic eraﷺ, there lived an adulterous woman in Madinah. Due to the frequent coming and going of people to her, her immorality had become openly apparent and was widely known. Regarding her, the Messenger of Allahﷺ once said: "If it were not for the requirement and system of testimonies, I would have stoned this woman." [بخاري۔ كتاب الطلاق۔ باب لوكنت راجما بغيربيّنة]
