Tafseer Ibn Kathir of FUSHSHILAT [46]

46. Whosoever does righteous good deed, it is for himself; and whosoever does evil, it is against himself. And your Lord is not at all unjust to (His) servants. 47. To Him is referred the knowledge of the Hour. No fruit comes out of its sheath, nor does a female conceive nor brings forth (young), except by His knowledge. And on the Day when He will call unto them (saying): ”Where are My (so-called) partners'' They will say: ”We inform You that none of us bears witness to it!'' 48. And those whom they used to invoke before (in this world) shall disappear from them, and they will perceive that they have no place of refuge.

(Whosoever does righteous good deed, it is for himself;) means, the benefit of which will come to him.

(and whosoever does evil, it is against himself.) means, the consequences of that will come back on him.

(And your Lord is not at all unjust to (His) servants) means, He only punishes people for their sins, and He does not punish anyone except after establishing proof against him and sending a Messenger to him.   Then Allah says:

(To Him is referred the knowledge of the Hour.) meaning, no one knows about that apart from Him. Muhammad , the leader of mankind, said to Jibril, who is one of the leading angels, when he asked him about the Hour:

(The one who is asked about it does not know more than the one who is asking.)'' And Allah says:

(To your Lord belongs the term thereof.) (79:44)

(None can reveal its time but He) (7:187).

(No fruit comes out of its sheath, nor does a female conceive nor brings forth (young), except by His knowledge.) means, all of that is known to Him, and nothing is hidden from your Lord the weight of a speck of dust on the earth or in the heaven. Allah says:

(not a leaf falls, but He knows it) (6:59).

(Allah knows what every female bears, and by how much the wombs fall short or exceed. Everything with Him is in (due) proportion) (13:8).

(And no aged man is granted a length of life nor is a part cut off from his life, but is in a Book. Surely, that is easy for Allah.) (35:11)

(And on the Day when He will call unto them (saying): ”Where are My (so-called) partners'') means, on the Day of Resurrection, Allah will call out to the idolators before all of creation and say, ”Where are My partners whom you worshipped besides Me''

(They will say: ”We inform You...'') means, `we tell You,'

(that none of us bears witness to it.) means, `not one of us will bear witness today that You have any partner.'

(And those whom they used to invoke before (in this world) shall disappear from them, ) means, they will go away, and will be of no benefit to them.

(and they will perceive that they have no place of refuge) means, they will have no way of escaping from the punishment of Allah. This is like the Ayah:

(And the criminals shall see the Fire and apprehend that they have to fall therein. And they will find no way of escape from there.) (18:53)