Tazkirul Quran, Qur’an 67:12–14
The Kingdom (Al-Mulk)
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
English text; the translator is not named in the archive’s data.
Translation
(12) As for those who fear their Lord in the unseen will have forgiveness and a rich reward. (13) Whether you speak in secret or aloud, He knows what is in every heart. (14) How could He who created not know His own creation, when He alone is the Most Subtle in His wisdom and the All Aware?
Commentary
The punishment of the Hereafter not being visible in the present world is precisely in accordance with God’s plan. It is the intention of God to select such persons as are convinced of His greatness and who obey Him without actually having seen Him. And the assessment of such people cannot be properly made unless the fate awaiting everybody in the Hereafter is kept out of their sight, so that whatever a man does here, he does out of free will and not under any compulsion.