Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Qasas, Ayah 75
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(And We shall take out from every nation a witness) a prophet who will testify against them, i.e. that he conveyed the message to them; this prophet is the prophet who was sent to them in the life of the world (and We shall say: Bring your proof) why did you reject the messengers? (Then they will know) each nation will know (that Allah hath the Truth) that the worship of Allah and the religion of Allah are the Truth, and that their judgement is up to Allah, (and all that they invented) all that which they falsely worshipped (will have failed them) will become too preoccupied with themselves to help them.
Related Hadiths
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“We are the last of the nations, and the first to be brought to account. It will be said: ‘Where is the unlettered nation and its Prophet?’ So we are the last and the first.”
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
And We shall draw bring forth from every community a witness and this will be their prophet who will bear witness against what they say and We shall say to them ‘Produce your evidence’ for the justification of the idolatry which you asserted. Then they will know that the right to divineness is God’s — none share it with Him. And that which they used to invent in this world of His having an associate exalted be He high above such associations will fail them.