Every soul is pledged to what it does,
Every soul is mortgaged for its own deeds.
Every soul shall be pledged for what it has earned,
[On the Day of Judgment,] every human being will be held in pledge for whatever [evil] he has wrought –
Every soul will be a pledge for that which it hath earned,
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
Every soul is hostage to what it has earned.
Each one is a hostage to one's deeds,
Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,
Every soul is a pledge for its own deeds;
Every soul is hostage to what it has earned,
Each soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
Every soul will be in captivity for its deeds
Every soul is held in pledge for what it earns,
Kullu nafsin bim<u>a</u> kasabat raheena<b>tun</b>
Every soul is held in pledge against its own deeds,
Every soul will be (held) in pledge for its deeds.
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Every soul will be taken to task for the actions that it did. Either its actions will destroy it or they will release and rescue it from destruction.
Every soul will be taken to task for the actions that it did. Either its actions will destroy it or they will release and rescue it from destruction.
<p>كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِيْنَةٌ اِلَّآ اَصْحٰبَ الْيَمِيْنِ (Everyone will be detained [ in the Hell ] because of what he did, [ 38] except the People of the Right, [ i.e. those who will be given their Book of Deeds in their right hands ] 74:38-39)</p><p>The word rahinah is used in the sense of marhunah 'will be detained'. The word is derived from rahn 'to give something valuable to a pawnbroker as a security for a debt. The valuable thing is thus merely detained by the pawnbroker. He cannot use it or take advantage of it. Likewise, every person on the Day of Judgment will be detained in lieu of his sins, except those who will be given their Book of Deeds in their right hands. In this context, 'detention' could refer to being detained in Hell. In this case, the statement would mean that every person will be held in pledge in Hell against his sins to receive punishment, except the People of the Right. The context indicates that the People of the Right are those who have repaid their debt, i.e. they have fulfilled their obligations in this world towards Allah and other human beings. In these instances there is no need for them to be detained. This interpretation seems to be plain, simple and straightforward. However, if 'detention' refers to being held at some other place before giving account or before admission into Paradise or Hell, it signifies that every person will be held to give an account of his deeds. No person will be permitted to move out unless the account is taken. In this case, the exception of the People of the Right could refer to the sinless who are not accountable, such as minors or immature children as explained by Sayyidna ` Ali. According to a Tradition, a segment of the Holy Prophet's community would be exempted from accountability. They will enter Paradise without having to account for actions. Possibly, it could be referring to this segment. According to Surah .Al-Waqi` ah, there will be three categories of people on the Plain of Gathering: [ 1] sabiqun 'the Foremost' and muqarrabun 'who have attained nearness to Allah'; [ 2] the People of the Right; and [ 3] the People of the Left. On this occasion, the muqarrabun have been merged with the People of the Right', and only the latter people have been mentioned. From this point of view, there is no express text which states that all the People of the Right will be excepted, and will not be detained for accountability. The first interpretation, that is being held in Hell, appropriately fits the context. And Allah knows best!</p>
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِيْنَةٌ اِلَّآ اَصْحٰبَ الْيَمِيْنِ (Everyone will be detained [ in the Hell ] because of what he did, [ 38] except the People of the Right, [ i.e. those who will be given their Book of Deeds in their right hands ] 74:38-39)The word rahinah is used in the sense of marhunah 'will be detained'. The word is derived from rahn 'to give something valuable to a pawnbroker as a security for a debt. The valuable thing is thus merely detained by the pawnbroker. He cannot use it or take advantage of it. Likewise, every person on the Day of Judgment will be detained in lieu of his sins, except those who will be given their Book of Deeds in their right hands. In this context, 'detention' could refer to being detained in Hell. In this case, the statement would mean that every person will be held in pledge in Hell against his sins to receive punishment, except the People of the Right. The context indicates that the People of the Right are those who have repaid their debt, i.e. they have fulfilled their obligations in this world towards Allah and other human beings. In these instances there is no need for them to be detained. This interpretation seems to be plain, simple and straightforward. However, if 'detention' refers to being held at some other place before giving account or before admission into Paradise or Hell, it signifies that every person will be held to give an account of his deeds. No person will be permitted to move out unless the account is taken. In this case, the exception of the People of the Right could refer to the sinless who are not accountable, such as minors or immature children as explained by Sayyidna ` Ali. According to a Tradition, a segment of the Holy Prophet's community would be exempted from accountability. They will enter Paradise without having to account for actions. Possibly, it could be referring to this segment. According to Surah .Al-Waqi` ah, there will be three categories of people on the Plain of Gathering: [ 1] sabiqun 'the Foremost' and muqarrabun 'who have attained nearness to Allah'; [ 2] the People of the Right; and [ 3] the People of the Left. On this occasion, the muqarrabun have been merged with the People of the Right', and only the latter people have been mentioned. From this point of view, there is no express text which states that all the People of the Right will be excepted, and will not be detained for accountability. The first interpretation, that is being held in Hell, appropriately fits the context. And Allah knows best!
<h2 class="title">What will take place in the Discussion between the People of Paradise and the People of the Hellfire</h2><p>Allah informs that,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ </div><p>(Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,) meaning, bound to his deed on the Day of Judgement. Ibn `Abbas and others have said this.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">إِلاَّ أَصْحَـبَ الْيَمِينِ </div><p>(Except those on the Right.) For verily, they will be</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فِى جَنَّـتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ - عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ </div><p>(In Gardens they will ask one another, about criminals (and they will say to them)) meaning, while they are in lofty rooms they will ask the criminals, who will be in the lowest levels (of Hell), saying to them,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ - قَالُواْ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ - وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ </div><p>("What has caused you to enter Hell" They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salah, nor did we feed the poor.") meaning, `we did not worship Allah, nor did we do good to His creatures of our own species (i.e., other people).'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الُخَآئِضِينَ </div><p>(And we used to speak falsehood with vain speakers.) meaning, `we used to speak about what we had no knowledge of.' Qatadah said, "It means that every time someone went astray we would go astray with them."</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ - حَتَّى أَتَـنَا الْيَقِينُ </div><p>(And we used to deny the Day of Recompense, until the certainty (Al-Yaqin) came to us.) meaning, death. This is as Allah says,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ </div><p>(And worship your Lord until there comes unto you the certainty.) (15:99) The Messenger of Allah said,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">«أَمَّا هُوَ يعني عثمان بن مظعون فَقَدْ جَاءَهُ الْيَقِينُ مِنْ رَبِّه»</div><p>(Concerning him verily, Al-Yaqin (death) came to him from his Lord.)" Allah then says,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـعَةُ الشَّـفِعِينَ </div><p>(So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.) meaning, whoever has these characteristics, then the intercession of whoever tries to intercede for him will be of no benefit on the Day of Judgement. This is because intercession is only useful if the conditions for it are met. However, whoever comes before Allah as a disbeliever on the Day of Judgement, then he will get the Hellfire and there is no way of avoiding it. He will abide in it (Hell) forever.</p><h2 class="title">The Disapproval of the Disbelievers' Rejection and Their Position</h2><p>Then Allah says,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ </div><p>(Then what is wrong with them that they turn away from admonition) meaning, `what is wrong with these disbelievers who are turning away from what you are calling them to and reminding them of'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ - فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ </div><p>(As if they were wild donkeys. Fleeing from a Qaswarah.) meaning, as if they were fleeing from the truth and turning away from it, like a wild donkey when it flees from something that is trying to catch it, like a lion. This was said by Abu Hurayrah. Hammad bin Salamah reported from `Ali bin Zayd who reported from Yusuf bin Mihran who narrated that Ibn `Abbas said, "It (Qaswarah) is the lion in the Arabic language. It is called Qaswarah in the Abyssinian language, Sher in the Persian language and Awba in the Nabtiyyah (Nabatean) language." Concerning Allah's statement,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِىءٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَى صُحُفاً مُّنَشَّرَةً </div><p>(Nay, everyone of them desires that he should be given pages spread out.) meaning, each one of these idolators wants to have a book revealed to him as Allah revealed to the Prophet . Mujahid and others have said this. This is similar to Allah's statement,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَإِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَةٌ قَالُواْ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ حَتَّى نُؤْتَى مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ رُسُلُ اللَّهِ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ يَجْعَلُ رِسَالَتَهُ</div><p>(And when there comes to them a sign they say: "We shall not believe until we receive the like of that which the Messengers of Allah had received." Allah knows best with whom to place His Message.) (6:124) It is reported in a narration from Qatadah that he said, "They want to be declared innocent (on the Day of Judgement) without having to do any deeds." Then Allah says,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">كَلاَّ بَل لاَّ يَخَافُونَ الاٌّخِرَةَ </div><p>(Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter.) meaning, they were only corrupted by their lack of faith in it and their rejection of its occurrence.</p><h2 class="title">The Qur'an is a Reminder</h2><p>Then Allah says,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">كَلاَّ إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ </div><p>(Nay, verily, this is an admonition.) meaning, truly the Qur'an is a reminder.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُ وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلاَّ أَن يَشَآءَ اللَّهُ</div><p>(So, whosoever wills receives admonition (from it)! And they will not receive admonition unless Allah wills;) This is similar to Allah's statement,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلاَّ أَن يَشَآءَ اللَّهُ</div><p>(And you cannot will unless Allah wills.) (81:29) Concerning Allah's statement,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَى وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ</div><p>(He is the One, deserving the Taqwa and He is the One Who forgives.) This means that He deserves to be feared and He is eligible to forgive the sin of whoever turns to Him and repents. This was said by Qatadah. This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Muddaththir, all praise and thanks are due to Allah. ffer the Salah, nor did we feed the poor.") meaning, `we did not worship Allah, nor did we do good to His creatures of our own species (i.e., other people).'</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الُخَآئِضِينَ </div><p>(And we used to speak falsehood with vain speakers. peakersieA ھ The Qur'an is a Reminder Then Allah says,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">كَلاَّ إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ </div><p>(Nay, verily, this is an admonition.) meaning, truly the Qur'an is a reminder.</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُ وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلاَّ أَن يَشَآءَ اللَّهُ</div><p>(So, whosoever wills receives admonition (from it)! And they will not receive admonition unless Allah wills;) This is similar to Allah's statement,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلاَّ أَن يَشَآءَ اللَّهُ</div><p>(And you cannot will unless Allah wills.) (81:29) Concerning Allah's statement,</p><div class="text_uthmani arabic">هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَى وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ</div><p>(He is the One, deserving the Taqwa and He is the One Who forgives.) This means that He deserves to be feared and He is eligible to forgive the sin of whoever turns to Him and repents. This was said by Qatadah. This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Muddaththir, all praise and thanks are due to Allah.</p>
What will take place in the Discussion between the People of Paradise and the People of the HellfireAllah informs that,كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ (Every person is a pledge for what he has earned,) meaning, bound to his deed on the Day of Judgement. Ibn `Abbas and others have said this.إِلاَّ أَصْحَـبَ الْيَمِينِ (Except those on the Right.) For verily, they will beفِى جَنَّـتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ - عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ (In Gardens they will ask one another, about criminals (and they will say to them)) meaning, while they are in lofty rooms they will ask the criminals, who will be in the lowest levels (of Hell), saying to them,مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ - قَالُواْ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ - وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ ("What has caused you to enter Hell" They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salah, nor did we feed the poor.") meaning, `we did not worship Allah, nor did we do good to His creatures of our own species (i.e., other people).'وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الُخَآئِضِينَ (And we used to speak falsehood with vain speakers.) meaning, `we used to speak about what we had no knowledge of.' Qatadah said, "It means that every time someone went astray we would go astray with them."وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّينِ - حَتَّى أَتَـنَا الْيَقِينُ (And we used to deny the Day of Recompense, until the certainty (Al-Yaqin) came to us.) meaning, death. This is as Allah says,وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ (And worship your Lord until there comes unto you the certainty.) (15:99) The Messenger of Allah said,«أَمَّا هُوَ يعني عثمان بن مظعون فَقَدْ جَاءَهُ الْيَقِينُ مِنْ رَبِّه»(Concerning him verily, Al-Yaqin (death) came to him from his Lord.)" Allah then says,فَمَا تَنفَعُهُمْ شَفَـعَةُ الشَّـفِعِينَ (So no intercession of intercessors will be of any use to them.) meaning, whoever has these characteristics, then the intercession of whoever tries to intercede for him will be of no benefit on the Day of Judgement. This is because intercession is only useful if the conditions for it are met. However, whoever comes before Allah as a disbeliever on the Day of Judgement, then he will get the Hellfire and there is no way of avoiding it. He will abide in it (Hell) forever.The Disapproval of the Disbelievers' Rejection and Their PositionThen Allah says,فَمَا لَهُمْ عَنِ التَّذْكِرَةِ مُعْرِضِينَ (Then what is wrong with them that they turn away from admonition) meaning, `what is wrong with these disbelievers who are turning away from what you are calling them to and reminding them of'كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ - فَرَّتْ مِن قَسْوَرَةٍ (As if they were wild donkeys. Fleeing from a Qaswarah.) meaning, as if they were fleeing from the truth and turning away from it, like a wild donkey when it flees from something that is trying to catch it, like a lion. This was said by Abu Hurayrah. Hammad bin Salamah reported from `Ali bin Zayd who reported from Yusuf bin Mihran who narrated that Ibn `Abbas said, "It (Qaswarah) is the lion in the Arabic language. It is called Qaswarah in the Abyssinian language, Sher in the Persian language and Awba in the Nabtiyyah (Nabatean) language." Concerning Allah's statement,بَلْ يُرِيدُ كُلُّ امْرِىءٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُؤْتَى صُحُفاً مُّنَشَّرَةً (Nay, everyone of them desires that he should be given pages spread out.) meaning, each one of these idolators wants to have a book revealed to him as Allah revealed to the Prophet . Mujahid and others have said this. This is similar to Allah's statement,وَإِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ ءَايَةٌ قَالُواْ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ حَتَّى نُؤْتَى مِثْلَ مَآ أُوتِىَ رُسُلُ اللَّهِ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ يَجْعَلُ رِسَالَتَهُ(And when there comes to them a sign they say: "We shall not believe until we receive the like of that which the Messengers of Allah had received." Allah knows best with whom to place His Message.) (6:124) It is reported in a narration from Qatadah that he said, "They want to be declared innocent (on the Day of Judgement) without having to do any deeds." Then Allah says,كَلاَّ بَل لاَّ يَخَافُونَ الاٌّخِرَةَ (Nay! But they fear not the Hereafter.) meaning, they were only corrupted by their lack of faith in it and their rejection of its occurrence.The Qur'an is a ReminderThen Allah says,كَلاَّ إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ (Nay, verily, this is an admonition.) meaning, truly the Qur'an is a reminder.فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُ وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلاَّ أَن يَشَآءَ اللَّهُ(So, whosoever wills receives admonition (from it)! And they will not receive admonition unless Allah wills;) This is similar to Allah's statement,وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلاَّ أَن يَشَآءَ اللَّهُ(And you cannot will unless Allah wills.) (81:29) Concerning Allah's statement,هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَى وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ(He is the One, deserving the Taqwa and He is the One Who forgives.) This means that He deserves to be feared and He is eligible to forgive the sin of whoever turns to Him and repents. This was said by Qatadah. This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Muddaththir, all praise and thanks are due to Allah. ffer the Salah, nor did we feed the poor.") meaning, `we did not worship Allah, nor did we do good to His creatures of our own species (i.e., other people).'وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الُخَآئِضِينَ (And we used to speak falsehood with vain speakers. peakersieA ھ The Qur'an is a Reminder Then Allah says,كَلاَّ إِنَّهُ تَذْكِرَةٌ (Nay, verily, this is an admonition.) meaning, truly the Qur'an is a reminder.فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُ وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلاَّ أَن يَشَآءَ اللَّهُ(So, whosoever wills receives admonition (from it)! And they will not receive admonition unless Allah wills;) This is similar to Allah's statement,وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلاَّ أَن يَشَآءَ اللَّهُ(And you cannot will unless Allah wills.) (81:29) Concerning Allah's statement,هُوَ أَهْلُ التَّقْوَى وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ(He is the One, deserving the Taqwa and He is the One Who forgives.) This means that He deserves to be feared and He is eligible to forgive the sin of whoever turns to Him and repents. This was said by Qatadah. This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Muddaththir, all praise and thanks are due to Allah.