5وَإِذَا الوُحوشُ حُشِرَتAli UnalAnd when the wild beasts (as also the domesticated ones) go forth from their places of rest (in terror of the destruction of the world, and then, following their revival, are gathered together before God, for the settlement of their accounts);1For an explanation, see 6: 38, note 8. Although animals are not responsible for any religious commands, they are responsible for, and ruled by, God’s law of the operation of the world (ash-Shari’at at-takwīnī). So they will be called to account for having, or not, observed this law in relation to themselves. Also, human beings will be questioned about their treatment of the animals.