Transliteration:( Yawma yab'asuhumul laahujamee'an fa yahlifoona lahoo kamaa yahlifoona lakum wa yahsaboona annahum 'alaa shai'; alaaa innahum humul kaaziboon )
“On the Day that Allah will raise all of them, they will swear [62] to Him as they swear to you, and they think that they have some stand [63]. Surely, they are the liars [64].”
This will take place at the beginning of the Day of Judgement.
They will say: “By Allah, our Lord, we were never polytheists” (Surah 6: Verse 23).
Later, they will confess to their disbelief and sins.
Thus, there is no inconsistency in this verse—only a sequence:
first denial, then forced admission.
From this we learn:
Denying one’s sins and making false excuses is a double sin,
Admitting sin is an act of worship.
Hazrat Adam (عليه السلام) said:
“O our Lord, we have wronged ourselves…” (Surah 7: Verse 23),
which was a sign of his sincere love for Allah Almighty.
They continued to maintain friendship with both believers and infidels through false oaths.
They would boast of being shrewd diplomats and clever politicians.
This teaches us that:
Expressing pride or joy in committing sin is a trait of hypocrites,
Such behavior is not strategy, but deception and self-delusion.
This tells us that taking excessive oaths, especially false ones,
is a clear sign of hypocrisy.
According to traditions, **frequent swearing—particularly falsely—leads to a reduction in one’s wealth and is spiritually damaging.
The tafsir of Surah Mujadilah verse 18 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Mujadilah ayat 14 which provides the complete commentary from verse 14 through 19.
(58:18) On the Day when Allah will raise them all from the dead they will swear before Him as they swear before you today,[35] thinking that this will avail them. Behold, they are utter liars.
35. That is, not being content with swearing oaths before the people in this world, they will swear false oaths also before Allah Himself in the Hereafter, for falsehood and fraud has become second nature with them, which they will not give up even after death.
[1647]- They assume that their lies will be believed and that they will escape detection as they did in worldly life.
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