وَقَالُواْ لِجُلُودِهِمۡ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمۡ عَلَيۡنَاۖ قَالُوٓاْ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٖۚ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٖ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ
They will say to their skins, ‘Why did you bear witness against us?’ They will say, ‘We were given speech by Allah, who gave speech to all things. He created you the first time, and you are being brought back to Him.
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 41:21
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 41:21] The enemies of Allah think that if they conceal their evil deeds from the rest of the world, nothing will happen to them, but they do not know that their limbs and faculties they use for evil will be used against them on the day of judgement. Allah knows everything. The Holy Prophet recited verse 23 and said: "There is not an individual in whose mind there are noble and good thoughts and Allah is not with him to guide unto the right path." Imam Jafar bin Muhammad as Sadiq said: "A believer must always be in fear of Allah's wrath which throws its victim into the fire; and he must have utmost confidence in His mercy which takes its favourite to the eternal abode of bliss and happiness. Allah is with the innermost thoughts of every individual. Noble thoughts are rewarded and evil thoughts are punished."