The Holy Quran 19:40 — Surah Maryam

Arabic text

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ

Translation

Without a shadow of doubt, We will inherit (be the eventual owners of) the earth and whoever is on it (on the Day of Qiyaamah when all creation will be no more) and they (creation) will return only to Us (they will go nowhere else and will have to answer to Us).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, no one's ownership or sovereignty will remain. Everything will return directly to the true Owner. He alone, without any intermediary, will be the Ruler and the absolute Disposer of affairs; He will deal with every thing as He wills, in accordance with His wisdom. Of all the worldly goods that have kept you in heedlessness only one Heir will remain.

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