Transliteration:( Wa qaaloo lijuloodihim lima shahittum 'alainaa qaaloo antaqanal laahul lazeee antaqa kulla shai'inw wa Huwa khalaqakum awwala marratinw wa ilaihi turja'oon )
54. This tells us that on the Day of Judgement the tongue of the infidel will speak lies, while the rest of the limbs would be speaking the truth.
Thereafter, the tongue will complain to those limbs, which are mentioned here. But, despite this, all the limbs will be put into Hell because they were accessories to the sins with the tongue.
Furthermore, to have a court case, for witnesses, etc. is no proof of the lack of knowledge of the judge. Sometimes this is one to silence the criminal. Thus, when the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم sought, witnesses to investigate the case of slander against Hazrat Aisha (May Allah be pleased with her), it does not prove his lack of knowledge.
55. This verse is on its apparent meaning i.e. the hands, the feet, the tongue will be literally speaking with apparent eloquence. In the world too, trees speak, whose speech the special servants of Allah Almighty hear.
56. Now you would be entering Hell, which you had been denying in the world. Now, look at it to know its certainty.
The tafsir of Surah Fussilat verse 21 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Fussilat ayat 19 which provides the complete commentary from verse 19 through 24.
(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.
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 Al- Zilzal, thus: The earth will cast out all the burdens, which lie within it, and man will say: what has befallen it? On that Day shall it relate whatever had happened (on it), because your Lord will have commanded it (to do so). (Surah Fussilat, ayat 2-5).
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