Surah 41:47
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مَّنۡ عَمِلَ صَٰلِحٗا فَلِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ وَمَنۡ أَسَآءَ فَعَلَيۡهَاۗ وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّـٰمٖ لِّلۡعَبِيدِ
Whoever does righteousness, it is for himself, and whoever does evil, it is (likewise) against himself. Your Lord is not an evildoer to (His) servants.
۞إِلَيۡهِ يُرَدُّ عِلۡمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِۚ وَمَا تَخۡرُجُ مِن ثَمَرَٰتٖ مِّنۡ أَكۡمَامِهَا وَمَا تَحۡمِلُ مِنۡ أُنثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلۡمِهِۦۚ وَيَوۡمَ يُنَادِيهِمۡ أَيۡنَ شُرَكَآءِي قَالُوٓاْ ءَاذَنَّـٰكَ مَامِنَّا مِن شَهِيدٖ
Knowledge of the Hour is reserved for Him. No fruit comes forth from its sheath, and no female conceives or delivers, except with His knowledge. On the Day when He will call to them, ‘Where are My associates?,’ they will say, ‘We proclaim to You: (there is) no witness among us.’
وَضَلَّ عَنۡهُم مَّا كَانُواْ يَدۡعُونَ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَظَنُّواْ مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٖ
What they called on before will abandon them, and they will know (that there is) no place of escape for them.
means, the benefit of which will come to him.
means, the consequences of that will come back on him.
means, He only punishes people for their sins, and He does not punish anyone except after establishing proof against him and sending a Messenger to him.
Knowledge of the Hour is with Allah Alone
Then Allah says:
{To Him is referred the knowledge of the Hour.} meaning, no one knows about that apart from Him. Muhammad, the leader of mankind, said to Jibril, who is one of the leading angels, when he asked him about the Hour:
«The one who is asked about it does not know more than the one who is asking!» And Allah says:
"[None can reveal its time but He](quran/7/187)}."
"No fruit comes out of its sheath, nor does a female conceive nor brings forth (young), except by His knowledge."
means, all of that is known to Him, and nothing is hidden from your Lord the weight of a speck of dust on the earth or in the heaven. Allah says:
"[Allah knows what every female bears, and by how much the wombs fall short or exceed. Everything with Him is in (due) proportion](quran/13/8)}."
"[And no aged man is granted a length of life nor is a part cut off from his life, but is in a Book. Surely, that is easy for Allah.](quran/35/11)"
"And on the Day when He will call unto them (saying): "Where are My (so-called) partners?""
means, on the Day of Resurrection, Allah will call out to the idolators before all of creation and say, "Where are My partners whom you worshipped besides Me?"
{They will say: "We inform You..."} means, "we tell You,'
{that none of us bears witness to it.} means, 'not one of us will bear witness today that You have any partner.'
means, they will go away, and will be of no benefit to them.
means, they will have no way of escaping from the punishment of Allah. This is like the Ayah:
— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 8, Page 553-555)