Surah Al-'Ankabut 29:5

Allah will fulfill the Hopes of the Righteous Allah's saying;

(Whoever hopes in meeting with Allah,) means, in the Hereafter, and does righteous deeds, and hopes for a great reward with Allah, then Allah will fulfill his hopes and reward him for his deeds in full. This will undoubtedly come to pass, for He is the One Who hears all supplications, He knows and understands the needs of all created beings. Allah says:

(Whoever hopes in meeting with Allah, then Allah's term is surely coming, and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.)

(And whosoever strives, he strives only for himself.) This is like the Ayah,

(Whosoever does righteous good deed, it is for himself) (41:46). Whoever does a righteous deed, the benefit of that deed will come back to him, for Allah has no need of the deeds of His servants, and even if all of them were to be as pious as the most pious man among them, that would not add to His dominion in the slightest. Allah says:

(And whosoever strives, he strives only for himself. Verily, Allah stands not in need of any of the creatures.) Then Allah tells us that even though He has no need of His creatures, He is kind and generous to them. He will still give to those who believe and do righteous deeds the best of rewards, which is that He will expiate for them their bad deeds, and will reward them according to the best deeds that they did. He will accept the fewest good deeds and in return for one good deed will give anything between ten rewards and seven hundred, but for every bad deed, He will give only one evil merit, or even that He may overlook and forgive. This is like the Ayah,

(Surely, Allah wrongs not even the weight of a speck of dust, but if there is any good, He doubles it, and gives from Him a great reward.) (4:40). And He says here:

(Those who believe, and do righteous good deeds, surely, We shall expiate from them their evil deeds and We shall indeed reward them according to the best of that which they used to do.)

Ayat ini menjelaskan bahwa orang yang sangat menginginkan untuk bertemu dengan Allah dan memperoleh balasan amal dari-Nya di hari Kiamat, sepatutnya beramal dan menjauhi segala larangan yang mungkin menimbulkan kemurkaan-Nya. Sebab balasan untuk amal seseorang pasti akan datang. Allah Maha Mendengar dan Maha Mengetahui niat dan amal seseorang. Oleh karena itu, ayat ini merupakan peringatan agar setiap orang senantiasa berniat untuk mencapai apa yang diinginkannya, yakni keridaan Allah dan menanamkan rasa takut dalam hati sanubarinya akan azab dan siksa-Nya.

Maksud "menemui Allah" dalam ayat ini ialah "memperoleh nikmat dalam surga sebagai balasan amal perbuatan baik", di mana puncak dari kenikmatan itu adalah dengan melihat Zat Allah itu sendiri. Sementara itu Ibnu 'Abbas menafsirkan dengan arti "hari Kebangkitan dan hari Perhitungan". Yang jelas makna yang terkandung dalam ayat ini mendorong seseorang untuk mempersiapkan diri dengan mengerjakan perbuatan baik sebanyak mungkin dan menjauhi sama sekali larangan-larangan Allah. Dengan demikian, mereka memperoleh kebahagiaan yang abadi di akhirat kelak.

Jumhur ulama tafsir menafsirkan liqa'ullah dengan maut (kematian) yang sudah pasti datangnya. Namun dalam kata di atas terkandung pula arti janji Allah berupa balasan bagi amal baik dan siksaan untuk perbuatan jahat. Baik mati atau janji Allah, keduanya pasti akan datang.