Surah Ghafir
Chapter 40 · Verse 20 · Revealed in Makkah
“And Allah judges with truth, while those they invoke besides Him judge not with anything. Indeed, Allah - He is the Hearing, the Seeing.”
Translation: Saheeh International
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Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Reflection — Ibn Kathir
Warning of the Day of Resurrection and Allah's judgement on that Day
`The Day that is drawing near' is one of the names of the Day of Judgement. It is so called because it is close, as Allah says:
أَزِفَتِ الاٌّزِفَةُ - لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ
Reflection — Maarif ul Quran
In verse 19, it was said: يَعْلَمُ خَائِنَةَ الْأَعْيُنِ (He knows the treachery of the eyes), in other words, eyes that betray the trust. It means the action of a person who would, secretly and surreptitiously, cast a glance over something haram and impermissible for him or her, for example, casts a glance at a non-mahram person with sexual desire, and takes it away in the event someone was around, or casts a glance in a manner that is not noticed by others. All these things are open before Allah Ta’ ala.
What does this verse bring up for you today?