Al-Hajj 17: Verily, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will certainly make judgment about (each of) those who believe, the Jews, the Sabee, Christians, the Majusee, and the idolaters. Verily, Allah is a Witness upon everything.

A. Metin Saruhan · 9 March 2018 · Al-Hajj

Translation

Verily, on the Day of Judgment, Allah will certainly make judgment about (each of) those who believe, the Jews, the Sabee, Christians, the Majusee, and the idolaters. Verily, Allah is a Witness upon everything.

Tafsir

In the Hereafter, on the Day of Reckoning, Allah (swt) will judge between those who believe in Allah and His Prophet and those who associate partners with Allah under various religions that they have created in their own minds, as if there is another religion in the world other than Islam, and those who believe in Allah and His Prophet, Allah (swt) will judge each of them separately.

Those who are believers, those who believe in Allah and in all the Prophets and books sent by Allah, believe in accordance with the verse Innediyna inddallahil Islam (The religion in the sight of Allah is Islam).

Then the Jews; they accepted the Jewish religion. They believed in their own Prophets, accepting only the first commandments sent to them, and rejected some other Prophets.

Then the Sabians; these are the worshippers of the stars. These are those who disbelieve in Allah and associate partners with Allah by worshipping the stars created by Allah.

Then the Nazarenes, that is, the Christians, who said that Jesus (pbuh) was the son of Allah. Hasha Allah is one. He is free from all imperfect attributes. He has neither a son, nor a daughter, nor a wife.

Then there are the Magi, those who deny Allah and the Prophets and worship the sun, the moon and the fire. They say that this world consists of one light and one darkness. Then there are those who fall into shirk, the polytheists who do not believe in the Prophets and worship idols called Esnam.

Allah, the Judge of Judges, will judge between these six groups on the Day of Resurrection, saying, "We are sufficient for you as the Accountant on that Day.

So on the Day of Reckoning, when nothing will benefit man, only faith will save him. As for faith, a person who believes in Allah, who believes that there is no other God but Allah, that the Prophets are servants and messengers of Allah, that His angels, His Books, the Hereafter and the resurrection after death are true, that Allah has sent all religions on the basis of Islam, that He has gathered all the Books in the Qur'an, and that He has commanded people to follow Islam as their religion, has faith. These people are believers. Even if they go to the Hereafter as sinners, if they go as Muslims in their last breath, their faith will benefit them in the end, their souls will be perfected and they will leave Hell and enter Paradise. Those who do not have faith will be subjected to the torment of the eternal abode of Hell.

Allah (swt) will make clear to mankind through His Verses in the Holy Qur'an, all His Verses, clear and obscure, and will judge between people who differ in religion.

(Because Allah is the All-Knowing). Allah is the Creator out of nothing. He has never created anything outside of His decree. In this respect, Allah knows everything in this universe in time and space, from the mote to the sphere. He is the one who fulfills their needs.

What is said in the video

Verse 17 of Surah Al-Hajj. Those who believe, those who are Jews, the Sabians, Vel mecusi vel nesara vel mecusi vel lezine eşrekü. İnnallâhe yefsılu beynehum yevme'l-kıyâmeh, innallâhe alâ kulli şey'in şehîd. What does it say? Those who believe, Ellezine amenü, innellezine amenü. Those who believe, vellezine hadü. Those who are Jews, vellezine hadü. Ve sabine, the Sabians. Those who believe, those who are Jews, the Sabians, the Christians, the Magians and those who associate partners: surely Allah will judge between them on the Day of Judgment, each separately. For Allah is the One who truly knows all things, it says.

Here Allah Almighty describes so beautifully the divisions of religions. Let's not say the divisions of religions; rather, these are those who split off in religion. Those who create factions. Yes.

In the realm of the hereafter and as regards the reckoning, to the world, in the world, as if there were a religion other than Islam, leaving the prophets Allah sent, between those who, under various religions they extended by their own reasoning, associate partners with Allah, and those who believe in Allah and the Prophet — under various religions associating partners with Allah, among various religions, under them, those who associate partners with Allah, and those who in Allah and the Prophet believe — about all of them Allah Almighty will give His judgment separately. The believers, the believers, those who believe in Allah and in all the prophets and books Allah sent, according to the verse inne'd-dîne indallâhi'l-İslâm, "The religion with Allah is Islam," they believe.

Yes, they believe.

Then the Jews: they accepted the Jewish religion. Accepting only the first commands they sent, that were sent to them, they believed in their own prophets. Another part of the prophets, however, they denied.

Then the Sabians. These are those who worship the stars. This group are those who, by denying Allah and worshipping the stars Allah created, associate partners with Allah. Then the Nazarenes, that is, the Christians; they said of Jesus (peace be upon him) that he is the son of Allah. God forbid! Allah is one. He is free from all deficient attributes. He has neither a son nor a child nor a wife. Then the Magians. This group are those who deny Allah and the prophets and worship the sun.

Those who say of this world: one is light and the other consists of darkness. Then those who fall into shirk. The polytheists who do not believe in the prophets and worship idols called esnam. So among these six groups, on the Day of Judgment, the Judge of judges, on that day, "We suffice you as reckoner," and so Allah among these groups will pass His judgment. So on that day of reckoning, a day when nothing benefits a person, only a person's faith will save him. As for faith: Allah Almighty sent all religions upon the nature of Islam, gathered all the books in the Quran and commanded Islam to people as religion; whoever believes in Allah, that there is no god other than Allah, that the prophets are Allah's servants and messengers, in His angels, His books, the hereafter, and that resurrection after death is true — that person has believed.

These people have faith. Even if they go to the hereafter as sinners, at their last breath as Muslims gone (?), in the end their faith will benefit them, their souls will reach perfection, and they will leave hell and enter paradise. Those outside these, however, being without faith, to the torment of the eternal abode of hell will remain subjected. Thus Allah Almighty, with the verses He sent in the Holy Quran, clearly and plainly to people making known all His verses, will pass His judgment among the people who fell into division in religion. For Allah is the One who truly knows all things. Allah is the One who creates from nothing.

He has created nothing of His creation outside His decree. Therefore Allah, in this universe, everything within time and space, from the speck to the globe, every thing He knows fully and meets their needs. Yes.