31وَلِلَّهِ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَما فِي الأَرضِ لِيَجزِيَ الَّذينَ أَساءوا بِما عَمِلوا وَيَجزِيَ الَّذينَ أَحسَنوا بِالحُسنَىMuhammad AsadIndeed, unto God belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth: and so He will reward those who do evil in accordance with what they did, and will reward those who do good with ultimate good.1I.e., whereas good deeds will be rewarded with far more than their merits may warrant, evil will be recompensed with no more than its eqwvalent (cf. 6:160); and either will be decided by the Almighty without the need of "mediation" or "intercession".