41 Fussilat (Clearly Spelled Out/Expounded)

Mecca Period 61 [54 ayats]

وَقَالُوا لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمْ عَلَيْنَا...

41: 21 [Ali]. They will say to their skins: "Why bear ye witness against us?"

C4488. A new phase of their existence will now dawn on them.

They used to think that if they concealed their evil deeds from the rest of the world, nothing would happen to them! But Allah can give "tongues to trees", and can make every fact in life, known and unknown to the world, contribute to the elucidation of truth and justice. When we succumb to evil, our limbs and faculties themselves betray us.

...قَالُوا أَنطَقَنَا اللَّهُ الَّذِي أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ...

They will say:

"Allah hath given us speech, (He) Who giveth speech to everything:

...وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٢١﴾

He created you for the first time, and unto Him were ye to return.