Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:120

Only Truth will be of Benefit on the Day of Resurrection

Allah answers His servant and Messenger `Isa, son of Maryam, after he disowns the disbelieving Christians who lied about Allah and His Messenger, and when `Isa refers their end to the will of his Lord,

(This is a Day on which the truthful will profit from their truth.) Ad-Dahhak said that Ibn `Abbas commented, "This is the Day when Tawhid will benefit those who believed in it."

(Theirs are Gardens under which rivers flow (in Paradise) -- they shall abide therein forever.) and they will never be removed from it,

(Allah is pleased with them and they with Him.)

(But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of Allah.) 9:72 We will mention the Hadiths about this Ayah 9:72 later on. Allah's statement,

(That is the great success.) means, this is the great success, other than which there is no greater success. Allah said in another Ayat,

(For the like of this let the workers work.) 37:61, and,

(And for this let (all) those strive who want to strive.) 83:26 Allah's statement,

(To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is therein, and He is able to do all things.) means, He created everything, owns everything, controls the affairs of everything and is able to do all things. Therefore, everything and everyone are in His domain and under His power and will. There is none like Him, nor is there rival, ancestor, son, or wife for Him, nor a lord or god besides Him. Ibn Wahb said that he heard Huyay bin `Abdullah saying that Abu `Abdur-Rahman Al-Habli said that `Abdullah bin `Amr said, "The last revealed Surah was Surat Al-Ma'idah."

Surah ini diakhiri dengan pernyataan, bahwa segala kerajaan langit dan bumi beserta isinya hanyalah kepunyaan Allah. Baik makhluk yang berakal maupun yang tidak berakal; benda-benda mati ataupun makhluk bernyawa, semuanya tunduk dan takluk di bawah kudrat dan iradat-Nya. Ayat ini memperingatkan orang-orang Nasrani atas kesalahan cara berpikir mereka mengenai Isa dan ibunya, yang dianggap tuhan, padahal keduanya adalah hamba Allah dan milik-Nya. Keduanya bukan sekutu Allah, ataupun tandingan-Nya. Oleh karena itu, doa dan ibadah tidak selayaknya ditujukan kepada keduanya. Hanya Allah yang berhak disembah, karena Dialah pemilik dan penguasa alam ini beserta segala isinya.