Quran Universe
10:46

وَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعۡضَ ٱلَّذِي نَعِدُهُمۡ أَوۡ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيۡنَا مَرۡجِعُهُمۡ ثُمَّ ٱللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ عَلَىٰ مَا يَفۡعَلُونَ

Waimma nuriyannaka baAAda allathee naAAiduhum aw natawaffayannaka failayna marjiAAuhum thumma Allahu shaheedun AAala ma yafAAaloona

And whether We show you some of what We promise them, [O Muhammad], or We take you in death, to Us is their return; then, [either way], Allah is a witness concerning what they are doing

Word by word
  1. وَإِمَّاAnd whether
  2. نُرِيَنَّكَWe show you
  3. بَعۡضَsome
  4. ٱلَّذِي(of) that which
  5. نَعِدُهُمۡWe promised them
  6. أَوۡor
  7. نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَWe cause you to die
  8. فَإِلَيۡنَاthen to Us
  9. مَرۡجِعُهُمۡ(is) their return
  10. ثُمَّthen
  11. ٱللَّهُAllah
  12. شَهِيدٌ(is) a Witness
  13. عَلَىٰover
  14. مَاwhat
  15. يَفۡعَلُونَthey do
Yunus · 10:46Makkah

Whether you see the outcome or not, Allah is witness.

Results are His, in this life or the next

Two possibilities
you see itin your lifetime
you do notyou pass away first
either way
Allah witnessestheir return is to Him
When justice comes
I must see itor it did not happen
it is certainnow or later

Allah told the Prophet ﷺ: We may show you some of what We promised them in your lifetime, or take you first. Either way, their return is to Allah, and He is Witness over what they did.

The colleague who stole your idea and never paid for it. The relative who wronged you and seems fine. You may never see the account settled. You do not have to. Allah saw it.

If I never see justice done, it never will be.

Allah witnessed it. Justice is certain whether I see it or not.

Try this

Hand one old injustice to Allah in dua today, and let yourself put it down.

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

Whether We show you some of what We promise them (the torment), or We cause you to die – still unto Us is their return, and moreover Allah is Witness over what they used to do (46)And for every Ummah there is a Messenger; when their Messenger comes, the matter will be judged between them with justice, and they will not be wronged (47)

The Criminals will certainly be avenged – whether in This World or in the Hereafter

Allah said to His Messenger ﷺ:

وَإِمَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ الَّذِي نَعِدُهُمْ

(Whether We show you some of what We promise them (the torment),) We shall avenge them in your lifetime so your eye will be delighted.

أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ 

(Or We cause you to die – still unto Us is their return,) Allah will then be the Witness watching over their actions for you. Allah then said,

وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولٌ ۖ فَإِذَا جَاءَ رَسُولُهُمْ

(And for every Ummah there is a Messenger; when their Messenger comes,) Mujahid said: "This will be on the Day of Resurrection.

قُضِيَ بَيْنَهُم بِالْقِسْطِ 

(the matter will be judged between them with justice,) is similar to the Ayah:

وَأَشْرَقَتِ الْأَرْضُ بِنُورِ رَبِّهَا

(And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord (Allah),)[39:69] So every nation will be presented before Allah in the presence of its Messenger and the Book of its deeds. All good and evil deeds will be witnessed upon them. Their guardian angels will be witnesses too. The nations will be brought forth, one by one.

Our noble Ummah, while it is the last of the nations, is the first one on the Day of Resurrection to be questioned and judged. This was stated by Allah's Messenger in a Hadith recorded by both Al-Bukhari and Muslim. Allah's Messenger ﷺ said:

نَحْنُ الْآخِرُونَ السَّابِقُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، الْمَقْضِيُّ لَهُمْ قَبْلَ الْخَلَائِقِ

(We are the last, the first on the Day of Resurrection. We will be judged before the rest of the creatures.) His Ummah attains the honor of precedence only by the honor of its Messenger , may Allah's peace and blesings be upon him forever, until the Day of Judgement.