Al-Hashr (The Exile)

18. O you who believe! Fear Allah and refrain from disobedience to Him. And let every person look to what he has sent forth for tomorrow, and fear Allah since He is All-Aware of what you do.

Addressed to the believers, the blessed Verse draws a conclusion of the dire and excruciating fate of Banu Nadhir, hypocrites, and Satan saying:

“O you who believe! Fear Allah and refrain from disobedience to Him. And let every person look to what he has sent forth for tomorrow.”

To lay further emphasis, the blessed Verse adds:

“Fear Allah since He is All-Aware of what you do.”

Fear of Allah leads man to reflect upon his fate on the Day of Resurrection and purify his deeds. As mentioned above, reiteration of fear of Allah lays further emphasis, since the springhead of all righteous deeds is fear of Allah.

The Arabic word ghad originally denotes “tomorrow” but it ad hoc connotes the Day of Resurrection, since taking into account the life of the world, we notice that the Day of Resurrection will arrive soon.

To reflect its significance, the Arabic word ghad is used in the indefinite form. The Arabic word nafs may connote everyone, namely each and every person is supposed to reflect upon his tomorrow without expecting others to do anything for him, since so long as he is in this world, he may send forth whatever he may.