Surat Fussilat Verse No. 21: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 21 from Surah Fussilat : Number of verses 54 - - page 479 - Part 24.
﴾وَقَالُواْ لِجُلُودِهِمۡ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمۡ عَلَيۡنَاۖ قَالُوٓاْ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٖۚ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٖ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ﴿
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And they will say to their skins, "Why do you testify against us?" They will say: "Allah has caused us to speak, as He causes all things to speak, and He created you the first time, and to Him you are made to return."
English - Sahih International
And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allah, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(41:21) They will ask their skins: 'Why did you bear witness against us?' The skins will reply: 'Allah gave us speech, *26 as He gave speech to all others. He it is Who created you for the first time and it is to Him that you will be sent back.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*26) This shows that not only man's own limbs will bear witness on the Day of Resurrection, but every such thing before which man would have committed any crime will also speak out. The same thing has been said in Surah AI-Zilzal, thus: "The earth will cast out all the burdens, which lie within her, and man will say:what has befallen her? On that Day shall she relate whatever had happened (on her), because your Lord will have commanded her (to do so)." (vv. 2-5).