Quran Universe
10:4

إِلَيۡهِ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ جَمِيعٗاۖ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّاۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَبۡدَؤُاْ ٱلۡخَلۡقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ لِيَجۡزِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَهُمۡ شَرَابٞ مِّنۡ حَمِيمٖ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمُۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡفُرُونَ

Ilayhi marjiAAukum jameeAAan waAAda Allahi haqqan innahu yabdao alkhalqa thumma yuAAeeduhu liyajziya allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati bialqisti waallatheena kafaroo lahum sharabun min hameemin waAAathabun aleemun bima kanoo yakfuroona

To Him is your return all together. [It is] the promise of Allah [which is] truth. Indeed, He begins the [process of] creation and then repeats it that He may reward those who have believed and done righteous deeds, in justice. But those who disbelieved will have a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment for what they used to deny.

Word by word
  1. إِلَيۡهِTo Him
  2. مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ(will be) your return
  3. جَمِيعٗاۖ[all]
  4. وَعۡدَPromise
  5. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allah
  6. حَقًّاۚ(is) true
  7. إِنَّهُۥIndeed,He
  8. يَبۡدَؤُاْoriginates
  9. ٱلۡخَلۡقَthe creation
  10. ثُمَّthen
  11. يُعِيدُهُۥHe repeats it
  12. لِيَجۡزِيَthat He may reward
  13. ٱلَّذِينَthose who
  14. ءَامَنُواْbelieved
  15. وَعَمِلُواْand did
  16. ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِthe good deeds
  17. بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۚin justice
  18. وَٱلَّذِينَBut those who
  19. كَفَرُواْdisbelieved
  20. لَهُمۡfor them
  21. شَرَابٞ(will be) a drink
  22. مِّنۡof
  23. حَمِيمٖboiling fluids
  24. وَعَذَابٌand a punishment
  25. أَلِيمُۢpainful
  26. بِمَاbecause
  27. كَانُواْthey used (to)
  28. يَكۡفُرُونَdisbelieve
Yunus · 10:4Makkah

Everyone goes back to Him, and justice is waiting.

The return of all creation and its fair outcome

The full cycle
He begins creationfirst time
then
repeats itno one left out
to
reward with justicefaith and good deeds
Where it ends
it all just stopsdeath is the end
a true promiseall of us return

Quraysh doubted that the dead would rise. The verse answers: the One who began creation will repeat it. Ibn Kathir explains that no one will be left out, and the reward for faith and good deeds will be full and just. Those who rejected face a painful outcome.

You did the right thing at work and nobody noticed. Someone cut a corner and got promoted. It feels like nothing adds up. The account is not closed yet. Every deed returns with you.

If nobody saw it, it did not count.

Everything returns to Allah, and He rewards with full justice.

Try this

Do one good thing today that no one will ever know about.

Related30:27
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

To Him is the return of all of you. The promise of Allah is true. It is He Who begins the creation and then will repeat it, that He may reward with justice those who believed and did deeds of righteousness. But those who disbelieved will have a drink of boiling fluids and painful torment because they used to disbelieve (4)

The Return of Everything is to Allah

Allah tells us that the return of the creatures on the Day of Resurrection is to Him. He will not leave anyone of them without bringing everyone into being as He brought them in the beginning. Then Allah states that He is going to bring all the creatures into being.

وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ

(And He it is Who originates the creation, then He will repeat it (after it has perished); and this is easier for Him.)(30:27),

لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ بِالْقِسْطِ

(that He may reward with justice those who believed and did deeds of righteousness.) meaning, the reward will be with justice and complete recompense.

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ

(But those who disbelieved will have a drink of boiling fluids and painful torment because they used to disbelieve.) meaning, because of their disbelief they will be punished on the Day of Resurrection by different forms of torment, such as fierce hot winds, boiling water, and the shadow of black smoke.

هَٰذَا فَلْيَذُوقُوهُ حَمِيمٌ وَغَسَّاقٌ - وَآخَرُ مِن شَكْلِهِ أَزْوَاجٌ

(This is so! Then let them taste it; a boiling fluid and dirty wound discharges. And other (torments) of similar kind all together!)(38:57-58)

هَٰذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا الْمُجْرِمُونَ - يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ آنٍ

(This is the Hell which the criminals denied. They will go between it (Hell) and the fierce boiling water!)(55:43-44)