Tafseer: {All will be questioned about لا إله إلا الله }:

بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد

Allaah تعالى says:

﴿فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْأَلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ * عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ﴾

{So by your Lord, We will surely question them all * About all that they used to do.} [Surah al-Hijr (15): 92-93]

Allaah تعالى also says:

﴿ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّـهُ﴾

{So know that none has the right to be worshipped but Allaah)} [Surah Muhammad (47): 19]

This is the Shahaadah: for which we were created; for which we will be tried and tested in this world; and about which it will be questioned on the Day of Judgment.

Imaam al-Bukhaaree رحمه الله said in his Saheeh:

Chapter (18): Whoever says that Imaan (Faith) is action (good deeds), referring to the statement of Allaah تعالى:

﴿وَتِلْكَ الجَنَّةُ الَّتِي أُورِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴾

{And that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do (in the worldly life).} [Surah al-Zukhruf (43): 72]

And the saying of Allaah تعالى:

﴿فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْأَلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ * عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ﴾

{So by your Lord, We will surely question them all * About all that they used to do.} [Surah al-Hijr (15): 92-93], a number of religious learned men have explained that the questioning will be in regards to:

لا إله إلا الله

Laa ilaaha illallaah

There is no one worthy of being worshiped except Allaah.

And Allaah تعالى said:

﴿لِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ الْعَامِلُونَ﴾

{For the like of this let the workers work} [Surah al-Saaffaat (37): 61]

--end of quote from Saheeh al-Bukhaaree.

Imaam Ibn Katheer رحمه الله said in his Tafseer:

﴿فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ - عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴾

{So, by your Lord, We shall certainly call all of them to account. For all that they used to do.}

`Attiyah al-`Aufee reported that Ibn `Umar رضي الله عنهما said about the saying of Allaah تعالى: {We shall certainly call all of them to account. For all that they used to do}, it (the questioning) is in regards to لا إله إلا الله.

Ibn Idrees reported from Laith, from Basheer that Anas bin Maalik رضي الله عنه also said: it is in regards to لا إله إلا الله.

`Abdul Razzaaq reported from (Sufyaan) al-Thawree from Laith (Ibn Abi Saleem) that Mujaahid said: it is in regards to لا إله إلا الله.

Ibn Jareer reported from his chain that `Abdullaah Ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه said: “By the One - none have the right to be worshiped except Him - there is none among you except that Allaah تعالى will speak to Him privately on the Day of Judgment; like how one of you is alone with the Moon on the night when it is full. He تعالى will say: ‘O son of Aadam! What has made deceived you concerning me (that you became disobedient)? O son of Aadam! How much did you implement of what you learned? O son of Aadam! What was your response to the Messengers?”

Abu Ja`far reported al-Rabee` that Abu `Aaliyah said: “All the people will be asked about two things on the Day of Judgment: what they used to worship and what their response was to the Messengers.” [This is in reference to verses 62 and 65 of Surah al-Qasas (28)]

`Ali bin Abu Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbaas رضي الله عنهما said:

﴿فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ - عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ ﴾

{So, by your Lord, We shall certainly call all of them to account. For all that they used to do.} then he said:

﴿فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لاَّ يُسْـَلُ عَن ذَنبِهِ إِنسٌ وَلاَ جَآنٌّ ﴾

{So on that Day no question will be asked of man or Jinn as to his sin} [Surah al-Rahmaan (55):39]. He said: “They will not be asked: “Did you do such and such?” because Allaah تعالى knows better than they do about that. But He تعالى will say: Why did you do such and such?””

--end of quote from Tafseer Ibn Katheer.

Narrated `Abdullaah ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “On the Day of Resurrection the feet of the son of Adam will not move away till he is questioned about five matters: on what he spent his life, in doing what he made his youth pass away; whence he acquired his property, on what he spent it, and what he did regarding what he knew.” [Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2416) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (946)]

More on the correct meaning of لا إله إال الله:

http://ilm4all.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-first-pillar-of-islaam.html