Tazkirul Quran, Qur’an 24:23–25
Light (Al-Nur)
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
English text; the translator is not named in the archive’s data.
Translation
(23) Truly, those who accuse chaste, unwary, believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter. For them awaits a terrible chastisement. (24) On the Day when their own tongues, hands and feet shall bear witness against them about what they did— (25) on that Day God will justly requite them—and they will realize that God is the truth, that makes all things manifest.
Commentary
(a) Man often denigrates others. But he does not know that the words uttered by him reach God before reaching others. Man uses his hands and legs to harm and oppress others. But, he remains unaware of the fact that when the Day of Judgement arrives, his own hands and legs, being his no longer, will turn against him and act as God’s witnesses.
This unawareness is the real root of all evils. If a man were to come to grips with the reality that he lives in a world where the eyes of God do not lose sight of him even for a single moment, and where every single action of his is being recorded by a divinely established system, his whole life would change. He would weigh every word before uttering it, and he would use the powers of his hands and legs with extreme caution.