To Allah ˹alone˺ belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth so that He may reward the evildoers according to what they did, and reward the good-doers with the finest reward1—
This ayah, like many others, is a testament to Allah's infinite mercy and justice. While Allah warns the wrongdoers of a compensation which will be fit for their wrongdoings, He reassures the rightly guided ones of the "FINEST AWARD" to ever exist! Not what they deserve fairly or what they have earned, but the ULTIMATE BEST!
That's because unlike the worldly reward, which is far from apt for the performed act, the ULTIMATE REWARD will be more th...
I love coming across the ayaat of the Qur'an that mention how Allah will deal with us on the Day of Judgement (may we be written amongst the good-doers!)
Allah specifies that our evil deeds will be recompensed according to what we did BUT our good deeds will be recompensed with the very best reward. Clearly goodness and evil are not the same.
Allah is al-ʿAdl. The Just One will not punish beyond what we have done BUT in terms of reward, Allah ...