Surah Yunus Tafseer

وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولٌ فَإِذَا جَاء رَسُولُهُمْ

And for every Ummah there is a Messenger; when their Messenger comes,

Mujahid said:

"This will be on the Day of Resurrection."

قُضِيَ بَيْنَهُم بِالْقِسْطِ

(the matter will be judged between them with justice,)

is similar to the Ayah:

وَأَشْرَقَتِ الاٌّرْضُ بِنُورِ رَبِّهَا

And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord (Allah), (39:69)

So every nation will be presented before Allah in the presence of its Messenger and the Book of its deeds. All good and evil deeds will be witnessed upon them. Their guardian angels will be witnesses too. The nations will be brought forth, one by one. Our noble Ummah, while it is the last of the nations, is the first one on the Day of Resurrection to be questioned and judged. This was stated by Allah's Messenger in a Hadith recorded by both Al-Bukhari and Muslim.

Allah's Messenger said:

نَحْنُ الاْخِرُونَ السَّابِقُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الْمَقْضِيُّ لَهُمْ قَبْلَ الْخَلَيِق

We are the last, the first on the Day of Resurrection. We will be judged before the rest of the creatures.

His Ummah attains the honor of precedence only by the honor of its Messenger, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him forever, until the Day of Judgement.

وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

and they will not be wronged