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Will there be an obligation (taklif) after the Day of Judgment, or will the obligation cease, based on the noble verses: "And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them" (Al-Ma'idah: 117), and "And on the Day of Resurrection, he will be a witness against them" (An-Nisa: 159), and "And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be wronged at all," and "So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, and whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it"?

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Beware of repeating questions that cast doubt on the eloquence of the Quran and stem from a weak understanding of language and its sciences. This questioner's action is likened to the action of Subaygh with Umar ibn al-Khattab. In response to the question: there is no assignment of duties (taklif) on the Day of Resurrection except for the testing of certain categories of people. The meaning of "a witness" (shahīd) in the verse (An-Nisa: 41) is a witness to the conveyance of the message and what they did, not "a supervisor" (raqīb). For a supervisor is more general than a witness, as he witnesses, enumerates, and preserves, whereas a witness conveys and testifies to what he saw. And His saying, the Almighty: "So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, and whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it" refers to actions in this world. And His saying: "And We will set up the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection" does not indicate an assignment of duties on the Day of Resurrection, but rather the weighing of worldly deeds.

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