Tafsir of Ya seen 36:65

"This Day We shall seal up their mouths..."

It is narrated that they will deny [their sins] and dispute them. Their neighbors, families, and clans will testify against them, yet they will swear that they were not polytheists. At that moment, their mouths will be sealed, and their hands and feet will speak.

In the Hadith: "The servant will say on the Day of Resurrection: 'I will not accept any witness against me except from myself.' Then his mouth will be sealed, and it will be said to his limbs: 'Speak.' They will speak of his deeds. Then he will be allowed to speak, and he will say: 'Away with you and be gone! It was on your behalf that I was contending.'"

• Readings:
  • Yakhtimu ʿalā afwāhihim (He seals their mouths) and tukallimu aydīhim (their hands speak).
  • Wa-li-tukallima aydīhim wa-tashhada (And that their hands might speak and testify): With the lām of purpose (kay) and the subjunctive mood (naṣb), meaning: "For that reason, We seal their mouths."
  • Wa-li-tukallima aydīhim wa-li-tashhada (And let their hands speak and let them testify): With the lām of command (amr) and the jussive mood (jazm), implying that God commands the limbs to speak and testify.

"And if We willed, We could have obliterated their eyes, so they would race to the path, but how could they see? And if We willed, We could have transformed them in their places, so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return."