“Indeed, the Day of Judgment is the appointed time for them all—the Day when no ally will avail another in the least, nor will they be helped, except those upon whom Allah has mercy. Indeed, He alone is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.”

“Indeed, the Day of Judgment”—the Day of Resurrection, on which Allah will judge between the former and the latter generations and between all who differed—“is the appointed time for them all.” Allah will gather them all on that Day and bring them and their deeds forth, whereupon they will be recompensed for those deeds. No ally will avail another in the least—neither a relative his kinsman nor a friend his friend—“nor will they be helped”; that is, no one will protect them from the punishment of Allah, Glorious and Exalted, for no created being has any power over the matter.

“Except those upon whom Allah has mercy. Indeed, He alone is the Almighty, the Most Merciful.” Such a person will benefit and be raised through the mercy of Allah Most High, having sought its means and striven for it as it deserves in this world. Then He Most High said: