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Sura 40
Aya 20
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وَاللَّهُ يَقضي بِالحَقِّ ۖ وَالَّذينَ يَدعونَ مِن دونِهِ لا يَقضونَ بِشَيءٍ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ السَّميعُ البَصيرُ

Ali Unal

God judges with truth, whereas those whom they invoke apart from Him do not judge at all. Surely God is He Who is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.1
  • In judgment, hearing and seeing are essential. One who can judge justly is expected to see or hear (from reliable sources) everything concerning the case that one is judging. It is only God Who has full sight and hearing of everything. So only He has right to judge, and only He can judge with perfect justice.
    Judgment also requires knowledge of right and wrong. Again, it is only God Who has full knowledge of everything and, therefore, full knowledge of right and wrong. So absolute judgment belongs to Him exclusively.