There is no deity except Him. This is either a statement for the subject or an objection, and the statement is: "He will certainly gather you." Its meaning is: Allah, and by Allah, He will gather you to the Day of Resurrection, meaning He will resurrect you to Him. The Resurrection and standing are like seekers and seekers, and it refers to their standing from the graves or their standing for judgment. Allah, the Exalted, said: "On the Day when the people will stand before the Lord of the worlds." And who is more truthful than Allah in speech? Because He, the Mighty and Exalted, is truthful, and lying is not permissible for Him. The reason is that lying is inherently repulsive, which prevents one from committing it. The nature of its repulsiveness is that it is falsehood and reporting something contrary to what it is. Whoever lies does so only because he feels the need to lie to gain a benefit or to avert harm. Or he is independent of it, but he is ignorant of his independence. Or he is ignorant of its repulsiveness. Or he is foolish and cannot distinguish between truth and falsehood in his reporting and does not care which one he speaks. Perhaps lying is sweeter on his tongue than truth. It was said to some fools who were reproached for lying: If it were to your throat, you would not part with it. And it was said to a liar: Have you ever spoken the truth? He replied: If I were truthful in my saying "no," I would have said it. Thus, the wise, independent One, who does not have needs, and who knows all that is known, is exalted above it, just as He is exalted above all other repulsive things.