مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Maaliki Yawmid-Deen
Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.
انصاف کے دن کا حاکم
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The third verse pays homage to Allah as 'the Master of the Day of Judgment or Requital'. The word Malik has been derived from the root, 'milk' (ملک) which signifies possessing a thing in such a manner that one has the right and power to dispose of it as one likes (See Qamus). The word Din signifies ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Master of the Day of Judgement that is the day of requite the Day of Resurrection. The reason for the specific mention of the Day of Judgement is that the mastery of none shall appear on that Day except that of God may He be exalted as is indicated by God’s words ‘Whose is the Kingdom today?’ ‘God’s...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Indicating Sovereignty on the Day of Judgment
Allah mentioned His sovereignty of the Day of Resurrection, but this does not negate His sovereignty over all other things. For Allah mentioned that He is the Lord of existence, including this earthly life and the Hereafter. Allah only mentioned the Day ...
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ ٱللَّعْنَةَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Wa inna 'alikal la'nata ilaa Yawmid Deen
And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."
اور تجھ پر قیامت کے دن تک لعنت (برسے گی)
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The Command to Prostrate was Given to Angels - Iblis was to Follow Suit
Addressing Iblis in Surah Al-A` raf, it was said: مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ (What stopped you from prostrating when I ordered you? - 7:12). This shows that the command to prostrate was given, along with the a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And indeed the curse shall rest upon you until the Day of Judgement’ the Day of Requital.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Expulsion of Iblis from Jannah, and His Reprieve until the Day of Resurrection
Allah tells us how He issued an unconditional command to Iblis to leave the position he held among the highest of heights. He told him that he was an outcast, i.e., cursed, and that he would be followed by a curse tha...
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
Wallazeee atma'u ai yaghfira lee khateee' atee Yawmad Deen
And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense."
اور وہ جس سے میں امید رکھتا ہوں کہ قیامت کے دن میرے گناہ بخشے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: The reasoning for this he gave إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ (62) "Indeed with me is my Lord. He will guide me." Such are the moments for the test of faith, when Sayyidna Musa (علیہ السلام) was not terror stricken at all, as if he was seeing for himself the way out. Almost the same thing happened...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and Who I hope will forgive me my iniquity on the Day of Judgement the Day of Requital.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Ibrahim mentions Allah's Kindness towards Him
Ibrahim said, "I will not worship any but the One Who does these things:
الَّذِى خَلَقَنِى فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ
(Who has created me, and it is He Who guides me.) He is the Creator Who has decreed certain things to which He guides His creation, so each person...
يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ
Yawma laa yanfa'u maalunw wa laa banoon
The Day when there will not benefit [anyone] wealth or children
جس دن نہ مال ہی کچھ فائدہ دے سکا گا اور نہ بیٹے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ ﴿88﴾ إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّـهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ ﴿89﴾
The Day when neither wealth will be of any use (to any one) nor sons, [ 88] except to one who will come to Allah with a sound heart, [ 26:89]
This verse has declared that wealth and children will not be of a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: of which day God exalted be He says the following the day when neither wealth nor children will avail anyone
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Prayer of Ibrahim for Himself and for His Father
Here Ibrahim, upon him be peace, asks his Lord to give him Hukm. Ibn `Abbas said, "This is knowledge."
وَأَلْحِقْنِى بِالصَّـلِحِينَ
(and join me with the righteous.) means, `make me one of the righteous in this world and the Hereafter.' This is l...
وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ
Wa qeela lahum aina maa kuntum ta'budoon
And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship
اور ان سے کہا جائے گا کہ جن کو تم پوجتے تھے وہ کہاں ہیں؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ ﴿88﴾ إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّـهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ ﴿89﴾
The Day when neither wealth will be of any use (to any one) nor sons, [ 88] except to one who will come to Allah with a sound heart, [ 26:89]
This verse has declared that wealth and children will not be of a...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And it will be said to them ‘Where is that which you used to worship
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Those Who have Taqwa and the Astray on the Day of Resurrection, and the Arguments and Sorrow of the Erring
وَأُزْلِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ
(And Paradise will be brought near) means, it will be brought close to its people, adorned and decorated for them to behold it. Its people are the pious who preferred it...
وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Qa qaaloo yaa wailanaa haazaa Yawmud-Deen
They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."
اور کہیں گے، ہائے شامت یہی جزا کا دن ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
After having shown the possibility and proof of 'Akhirah or Hereafter, Allah Ta’ ala has described some events relating to Resurrection in these verses.
Given in the first verse (19) is the mode in which the dead will rise again. It was said: فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ, it will b...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And they the disbelievers will say ‘O yā is for calling attention woe to us!’ O our destruction is here waylanā is a verbal noun without any regular verbal conjugation. And the angels will say to them ‘This is the Day of Retribution’ the Day of Reckoning and Requital.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Day of Recompense
Allah tells us what the disbeliever will say on the Day of Resurrection, how they will blame themselves and admit that they wronged themselves in this world. When they see the horrors of the Day of Resurrection with their own eyes, they will be filled with regret at the time wh...
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ
'A-izaa mitnaa wa kunnaa turaabanw wa 'izaaman 'ainnaa lamadeenoon
That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"
بھلا جب ہم مر گئے اور مٹی اور ہڈیاں ہوگئے تو کیا ہم کو بدلہ ملے گا؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: An inmate of Jannah and his disbelieving acquaintance
After having described the general condition of the people of Jannah, one of them has been mentioned particularly. Once he has settled down with other inmates of Jannah, he will recall a disbelieving acquaintance who denied the possibility of the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: that when we are dead and have become dust and bones we shall actually be called to account?” ’ that we shall be requited and reckoned with — he rejects the truth of this as well as regards all three instances of the hamzas sc. a-innaka a-idhā and a-innā what has been mentioned above applies.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The gathering of the People of Paradise, and the exchange between One of Them and His Counterpart in
Allah tells us how the people of Paradise will turn to one another, asking one another about their situation, how they were in this world and what they suffered. This is part of their conversation wh...
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Wa inna 'alaika la'nateee ilaa Yawmid Deen
And indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of Recompense."
اور تجھ پر قیامت کے دن تک میری لعنت (پڑتی) رہے گی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: In verse 75, it was said: لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ (what I created with My hands...):
Here, it is about Sayyidna 'Adam (علیہ السلام) that Allah Ta’ ala has said that it is He who had created him with His hands. There is a consensus among the majority of the Muslim Ummah that "hands" do not mean that...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And indeed My curse shall be on you until the Day of Judgement’ the Day of Requital.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Story of Adam and Iblis
Allah mentions this story in Surat Al-Baqarah, at the beginning of Surat Al-A`raf, in Surat Al-Hijr, Al-Isra', Al-Kahf and here. Before creating Adam, peace be upon him, Allah told the angels that He was going to create a human being from sounding clay of altered smooth b...
وَإِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ لَوَٰقِعٌ
Wa innad deena la waaqi'
And indeed, the recompense is to occur.
اور انصاف (کا دن) ضرور واقع ہوگا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Affirmation of After-Life
The subject-matter of Surah Adh-Dhariyat, like its predecessor Surah Qaf, is mainly the Hereafter, Resurrection, Reckoning, Judgment, and Allah's reward and punishment. The first few verses contain an oath from Allah that the promise of Resurrection is true, and shall come ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and assuredly judgement requital after the reckoning will take place! without doubt.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Affirming the News of the Resurrection The Commander of the faithful,
`Ali bin Abi Talib may Allah be pleased with him, ascended the Minbar in Kufah and declared, "Any Ayah...
يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Yas'aloona ayyaana yawmud Deen
They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"
پوچھتے ہیں کہ جزا کا دن کب ہوگا؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: قُتِلَ الْخَرَّاصُونَ (Death upon those who make conjectures - 51:10). The expression kharrasun is the plural of kharras which means one who estimates or say things by conjecture. In this context the word refers to those stubborn and obstinate infidels who, without any reason or evidence, say disco...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: They ask the Prophet asking him derisively ‘When is the Day of Judgement?’ in other words ‘when will it come?’ and the response given to them is that it will come
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Affirming the News of the Resurrection The Commander of the faithful,
`Ali bin Abi Talib may Allah be pleased with him, ascended the Minbar in Kufah and declared, "Any Ayah...
هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
Haazaa nuzuluhum yawmad deen
That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.
جزا کے دن یہ ان کی ضیافت ہوگی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: ثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَثُلَّةٌ مِّنَ الْآخِرِينَ (many from the earlier generations, and many from the later ones....56:39-40) In connection with sabiqun, (the Foremost) two views of the commentators were quoted earlier as to the identity of 'the earlier' and the 'later' generations. If 'the...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: This will be the hospitality for them what has been prepared for them on the Day of Judgement the Day of Resurrection.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Those on the Left and Their Recompense
After Allah mentioned the condition of those on the right hand, He then mentioned the condition of those on the left hand,
وَأَصْحَـبُ الشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَـبُ الشِّمَالِ
(And those on the left How will be those on the left) meaning, `What is the condition of t...
وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Wa kunnaa nukazzibu bi yawmid Deen
And we used to deny the Day of Recompense
اور روز جزا کو جھٹلاتے تھے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: 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 ma...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: and we used to deny the Day of Judgement the Day of Resurrection and Requital
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): What will take place in the Discussion between the People of Paradise and the People of the Hellfire
Allah 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.
...
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ
Kalla bal tukazziboona bid deen
No! But you deny the Recompense.
مگر ہیہات تم لوگ جزا کو جھٹلاتے ہو
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَاءَ رَكَّبَكَ (He composed you in whichever form He willed....82:8). This is to indicate that since the basic structure of all human beings is the same, it was expected that the zillions of members of the human society would have shared the same shape, size and features, b...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: No indeed! — a deterrent against letting oneself be misled by the generosity of God exalted be He. Rather you that is disbelievers of Mecca deny Judgement requital for deeds;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Virtues of Surat Al-Infitar
An-Nasa'i recorded from Jabir that Mu`adh stood and lead the people in the Night prayer, and he made the recitation of his prayer long. So the Prophet said,
«أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ يَا مُعَاذُ؟ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ عَنْ
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاّعْلَى...
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
Yaslawnahaa Yawmad Deen
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
(یعنی) جزا کے دن اس میں داخل ہوں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ (Surely the righteous will be in bliss, and surely the sinners will be in Hell,...82:13-14). These two statements are connected with verse [ 5] above: عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ 'then one will know what he sent ah...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: entering it to suffer its heat on the Day of Judgement the Day of Requital
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of the Righteous &the Sinners Allah informs of what the righteous will receive of delight
They are those who obeyed Allah and did not meet Him with disobedience (sins). Then He mentions that the evildoers will be in Hell and eternal torment. Due to this He says,
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ الدِّ...
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Wa maaa adraaka maa Yawmud Deen
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
اور تمہیں کیا معلوم کہ جزا کا دن کیسا ہے؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَائِبِينَ (and they will not [ be able to ] keep away from it...82:16) The inmates of Hell will never be able to get away from it, because the torment will be eternal, as the concluding verse of the Surah asserts: لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْئًا (A Day when no one [ with ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And what would show you what would inform you what the Day of Judgement is?
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of the Righteous &the Sinners Allah informs of what the righteous will receive of delight
They are those who obeyed Allah and did not meet Him with disobedience (sins). Then He mentions that the evildoers will be in Hell and eternal torment. Due to this He says,
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ الدِّ...
ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Summa maaa adraaka maa Yawmud Deen
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
پھر تمہیں کیا معلوم کہ جزا کا دن کیسا ہے؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَائِبِينَ (and they will not [ be able to ] keep away from it...82:16) The inmates of Hell will never be able to get away from it, because the torment will be eternal, as the concluding verse of the Surah asserts: لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْئًا (A Day when no one [ with ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Again what would show you what the Day of Judgement is? — repeated to emphasise its enormity.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Reward of the Righteous &the Sinners Allah informs of what the righteous will receive of delight
They are those who obeyed Allah and did not meet Him with disobedience (sins). Then He mentions that the evildoers will be in Hell and eternal torment. Due to this He says,
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ الدِّ...
وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Wailuny yawma'izil lil mukazzibeen
Woe, that Day, to the deniers,
اس دن جھٹلانے والوں کی خرابی ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ (A register inscribed!...83:9) The word marqum (translated above as 'inscribed' ) signifies here makhtum meaning 'sealed'. Imam Baghawi and Ibn Kathir say that this statement is not the interpretation of sijjin, but rather the explication of a phrase before that, namely:
كِتَابَ ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Woe to the deniers on that day
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Record of the Wicked and some of what happens to Them
Allah says truly,
إِنَّ كِتَـبَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ
(Nay! Truly, the Record of the wicked is in Sijjin.) meaning, that their final destination and their abode will be in Sijjin, which is derived from the word prison (Sijn), and here it...
ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Allazeena yukazziboona bi yawmid deen
Who deny the Day of Recompense.
(یعنی) جو انصاف کے دن کو جھٹلاتے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ (A register inscribed!...83:9) The word marqum (translated above as 'inscribed' ) signifies here makhtum meaning 'sealed'. Imam Baghawi and Ibn Kathir say that this statement is not the interpretation of sijjin, but rather the explication of a phrase before that, namely:
كِتَابَ ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: who deny the Day of Judgement the Day of Requital alladhīna yukadhdhibūna bi-yawmi’l-dīn either a substitution for or an explication of al-mukadhdhibīna ‘the deniers’;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Record of the Wicked and some of what happens to Them
Allah says truly,
إِنَّ كِتَـبَ الْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍ
(Nay! Truly, the Record of the wicked is in Sijjin.) meaning, that their final destination and their abode will be in Sijjin, which is derived from the word prison (Sijn), and here it...
فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِٱلدِّينِ
Fama yu kaz zibuka b'adu bid deen
So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?
تو (اے آدم زاد) پھر تو جزا کے دن کو کیوں جھٹلاتا ہے؟
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِالدِّينِ (So, what can make you, after all this, to deny the Requital?...95:7). In the preceding verses man is made to realise that Allah created him, He bestowed on him special favours and the revolution that He brought about in his old age. Man will move from stage to st...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So what makes you deny O disbeliever thereafter — after the mention of man being created in the best of forms and his being reduced to the vilest of age all of which indicates the power of God to resurrect — the Judgement? the Requital that will be preceded by the Resurrection and the Reckoning. In ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Recitation of Surat At-Tin in the Prayer while traveling
Malik and Shu`bah narrated from `Adi bin Thabit, who narrated that Al-Bara' bin `Azib said, "The Prophet used to recite in one of his Rak`ahs while traveling `At-Tin waz-Zaytun' (Surat At-Tin), and I have never...