The Cosmic Judge

الْحَكَمُ

Al-Ḥakam — The Judge

أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَ

Is not Allah the most conclusive of all judges

Surah At-Tīn (95:8)

Intention

Today, I will review my deeds from this past month and prepare corrections before Ramadan.

Reflection

Al-Ḥakam at cosmic scale judges between night and day, between seasons, between life and death. Every sunset is a verdict. Every spring is a ruling. The natural order is His courtroom, and every law of nature is His decree. In Shaʿbān, preparing for Ramadan means preparing for accountability — reviewing your deeds before the sacred month arrives, as a lawyer reviews a case before trial.

On this verse

The last verse of Surah At-Tīn — a rhetorical question that closes the surah about human dignity and judgement. Of course He is.

Du'a

ʿĀishah asked: what is an easy account? He said: that He looks at your record and overlooks. That is the easy account.

Hadith

ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'Take account of yourselves before you are taken to account, and weigh your deeds before they are weighed for you.'

— Attributed to ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (Sunan at-Tirmidhī, commentary)