Al-Hijr (The Rock)

23. “And certainly We make alive and We cause to die and We are the (only) Heirs.”

24. “And indeed We know those of you who have gone before and We are certainly aware of the succeeding ones.”

25. “And verily, it is your Lord Who will gather them together, verily He is All-Wise, All-Knowing.”

The matters of death and life are solely in His authority. All are transient; therefore, it is appropriate for us to leave a good heritage for the Authentic Inheritor.

The verse says:

“And certainly We make alive and We cause to die and We are the (only) Heirs.”

Thus, time also will leave no impact on the knowledge of Allah. His knowledge is identical as to the past, the present, and the future.

The verse says:

“And indeed We know those of you who have gone before and We are certainly aware of the succeeding ones.”

The commentators have mentioned some examples for the Qur’anic terms: /mustaqdimin/ and /musta’xirin/, among which are the followings:

1- The predecessors and the survivors.

2- Those who overtake and lovers of the Holy War, etc.

3- Those who present themselves for prayers in the front line of congregation prayer, and those who queue up in the last line.

According to this meaning, some went as far as to queue up in the last line of congregation prayer so as to be able to look at women, who presented themselves for congregation prayer, with evil intentions as Allah says:

“We know ”.

Some believers would go as far as to sell their houses to exchange it for buying a house close to the mosque so as to be able to arrive there for standing in the front line of the prayers. These are those whom the verse refers to and implies that Allah knows such people, too.

Anyway, the uprising of the Resurrection Day, and the provision of both punishment and reward are all the affairs concerned to the Ranks of the Sovereignty of Allah.

The verse says:

“And verily, it is your Lord Who will gather them together, verily He is All-Wise, All-Knowing.”

Notes

Those preceding and those succeeding will be mustered altogether in the Resurrection Day:

“…who will gather them together…”

And Allah is well aware of the performances of all as well as of the intentions and impacts of any individual.

The rationale behind the resurrection is His Wisdom. If all of the particles of dust become food, and all foods become sperms and all sperms transform into human beings and they turn into dust again with their death, while there might not be any record and accounts for them, this is not a wise job done.