فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جَمَعْنَٰهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ
Fakaifa izaa jama'naahum li Yawmil laa raiba fee wa wuffiyat kullu nafsim maa kasabat wa hum laa yuzlamoon
So how will it be when We assemble them for a Day about which there is no doubt? And each soul will be compensated [in full for] what it earned, and they will not be wronged.
تو اس وقت کیا حال ہوگا جب ہم ان کو جمع کریں گے (یعنی) اس روز جس (کے آنے) میں کچھ بھی شک نہیں اور ہر نفس اپنے اعمال کا پورا پورا بدلہ پائے گا اور ان پر ظلم نہیں کیا جائے گا
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: While dealing with the subject of Jews, as in verses 21-22, the text goes on to censure a particular claim of theirs in the present verse. The address is to the Holy Prophet ﷺ and the reference is to the Torah given to the Jews who would have found it enough for them if they were really looking forw...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: But how will it be their predicament when We gather them for a day that is to say on a day of which there is no doubt no uncertainty that is the Day of Resurrection; and every soul from among the People of the Scripture and others shall be paid in full the requital of what is has earned what it has ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Chastising the People of the Book for Not Referring to the Book of Allah for Judgment
Allah criticizes the Jews and Christians who claim to follow their Books, the Tawrah and the Injil, because when they are called to refer to these Books where Allah commanded them to follow Muhammad , they turn awa...
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ إِنَّهُۥ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ
Wa inna Rabbaka Huwa yahshuruhum; innahoo Hakeem 'Aleem
And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing.
اور تمہارا پروردگار (قیامت کے دن) ان سب کو جمع کرے گا وہ بڑا دانا (اور) خبردار ہے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Going Ahead and Remaining Behind in Righteous Deeds: The Difference in Degrees
Some exegetic interpretations of the words: (al-mustaqdimin) : 'those who go ahead' and: (al-musta'khirin) : 'those who remain behind' appearing in verse 24: الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ ~.A11 have been variously reported from Tafs...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And it is indeed your Lord Who will gather them lo! He is Wise in His actions Knower of His creatures.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Supplies for All Things are with Allah
Allah tells us that He is the Owner of all things, and that everything is easy for Him. He has the supplies for all things with Him.
وَمَا نُنَزِّلُهُ إِلاَّ بِقَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
(and We do not send it down but in a known measure.) meaning, as He wills and a...
إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا تَسْعَىٰ
Innas Saa'ata aatiyatun akaadu ukhfeehaa litujzaa kullu nafsim bimaa tas'aa
Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives.
قیامت یقیناً آنے والی ہے۔ میں چاہتا ہوں کہ اس (کے وقت) کو پوشیدہ رکھوں تاکہ ہر شخص جو کوشش کرے اس کا بدلا پائے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا (I would keep it secret - 20:15): Allah Ta` ala says that He wishes to keep the circumstances relating to the Day of Judgment hidden from all created things including prophets and angels. The word أَكَادُ (I would) gives a subtle hint that it is only to induce people to good deeds...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: The Hour is assuredly coming. But I will to keep it hidden from mankind — and its nearness in time will manifest itself to them through its signs — so that every soul may be requited thereupon for what it strives for of good or evil.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The First Revelation to Musa
Allah, the Exalted, says,
فَلَمَّآ أَتَاهَا
(And when he came to it,) This is referring to the fire when he approached it.
نُودِىَ يمُوسَى
(He was called by name: "O Musa!") In another Ayah it says,
نُودِىَ مِن شَاطِىءِ الْوَادِى الأَيْمَنِ فِى الْبُقْعَةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ...
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَلَآ أَنسَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
Fa izaa nufikha fis Soori falaaa ansaaba bainahum yawma'izinw wa laa yatasaaa'aloon
So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another.
پھر جب صور پھونکا جائے گا تو نہ تو ان میں قرابتیں ہوں گی اور نہ ایک دوسرے کو پوچھیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَلَا أَنسَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ
Thereafter, when the Sur (the trumpet) is blown, there are no ties of kinship between them, - 23:101.
On the Day of Judgment the صُور (trumpet) will be sounded twice. The result of the first sound will be that everything - the earth, ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And when the Trumpet is blown the Horn at the first or second blast there will be no more ties of kinship between them on that day for them to boast of among themselves nor will they question one another about such ties in contrast to their state in the life of this world because of the gravity of t...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The sounding of the Trumpet and the weighing of Deeds in the Scales.
Allah says that when the Trumpet is blown for the Resurrection, and the people rise from their graves,
فَلاَ أَنسَـبَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلاَ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
(there will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of on...
فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
Faman saqulat mawaazee nuhoo fa ulaaa'ika humul muflihoon
And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.
تو جن کے (عملوں کے) بوجھ بھاری ہوں گے۔ وہ فلاح پانے والے ہیں
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ ﴿102﴾ وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ فِي جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدُونَ ﴿103﴾
So, the one whose scales (of good deeds) turn out to be heavy, then such people are the successful ones, [ 102] and the one who...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: Then those whose scales are heavy with good deeds they are the successful the winners;
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The sounding of the Trumpet and the weighing of Deeds in the Scales.
Allah says that when the Trumpet is blown for the Resurrection, and the people rise from their graves,
فَلاَ أَنسَـبَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلاَ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ
(there will be no kinship among them that Day, nor will they ask of on...
وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ فَوْجًا مِّمَّن يُكَذِّبُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُمْ يُوزَعُونَ
Wa Yawma nahshuru min kulli ummmatin fawjam mim many-yukazzibu bi Aayaatinaa fahum yooza'oon
And [warn of] the Day when We will gather from every nation a company of those who deny Our signs, and they will be [driven] in rows
اور جس روز ہم ہر اُمت میں سے اس گروہ کو جمع کریں گے جو ہماری آیتوں کی تکذیب کرتے تھے تو اُن کی جماعت بندی کی جائے گی
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
(and they will be kept under control - 27:83), The word used here is derived from Waz', which means to stop. The sense here is that the people in front will be stopped, so that those left behind could catch up. Some have taken the word Waz' in the sense of 'pushing'. Hence, it would mean ...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And mention the day when We shall gather from every community a group of those who denied Our signs namely their leaders the ones whom they followed and they will be set in array assembled with the last of them brought together with the first and then led away
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Gathering the Wrongdoers on the Day of Resurrection
Allah tells us about the Day of Resurrection when the wrongdoers who disbelieved in the signs and Messengers of Allah will be gathered before Allah, so that He will ask them about what they did in this world, rebuking, scolding and belittling them....
وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَفَرَّقُونَ
Wa Yawma taqoomus Saa'atu Yawma'iziny yatafarraqoon
And the Day the Hour appears - that Day they will become separated.
اور جس دن قیامت برپا ہوگی اس روز وہ الگ الگ فرقے ہوجائیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ (Have they not travelled on earth - 30:9). It means that the Makkans live in a land where there is neither any cultivation and industry nor any tall and beautiful buildings, but for the sake of trade they do travel to Syria and Yemen. So, have they not seen, during...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: And on the Day when the Hour comes that day yawma’idhin is repeated for emphasis they believers and disbelievers shall be separated.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): اللَّهُ يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ
(Allah originates the creation, then He will repeat it,) Just as He was able to create it in the first place, so He is also able to repeat it.
ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
(then to Him you will be returned.) on the Day of Resurrection, when each will be requi...
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ ٱلْقَيِّمِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصَّدَّعُونَ
Fa aqim wajhaka lid deenil qaiyimi min qabli any yaatiya Yawmul laa maradda lahoo minal laahi Yawma'iziny yassadda'oon
So direct your face toward the correct religion before a Day comes from Allah of which there is no repelling. That Day, they will be divided.
تو اس روز سے پہلے جو خدا کی طرف سے آکر رہے گا اور رک نہیں سکے گا دین (کے رستے) پر سیدھا منہ کئے چلے چلو اس روز (سب) لوگ منتشر ہوجائیں گے
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: Commentary
ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ (Plight has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of the people have earned 30:41). The author of Ruh ul-Ma’ ani has explained that the word fasad' (translated in the text as 'plight' ) means all so...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: So set your purpose for the upright religion the religion of Islam before there comes the inevitable day from God namely the Day of Resurrection. On that day they shall be sundered yassadda‘ūna the original tā’ yatasadda‘ūna has been assimilated with the sād that is they will be split into separate ...
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): The Command to follow the Straight Path before the Day of Resurrection
Here Allah commands His servants to hasten to obedience to Him and to hasten to do good deeds.
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينَ الْقِيِّمِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌ لاَّ مَرَدَّ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ
(So, set you your face to the str...
هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ
Haazaa Yawmul Faslil lazee kuntum bihee tukaziboon
[They will be told], "This is the Day of Judgement which you used to deny."
(کہا جائے گا کہ ہاں) فیصلے کا دن جس کو تم جھوٹ سمجھتے تھے یہی 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: ‘This is the Day of Judgement between all creatures that you used to deny!’
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...
خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ
Khafidatur raafi'ah
It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].
کسی کو پست کرے کسی کو بلند
Commentary
Ma'arif-ul-Quran: خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ (It will be abasing [ some ], exalting [ others ]...56:3). The verse means that the 'Inevitable Event' referred to in the previous verse will bring about a great revolution in the lives of men, as is witnessed at the time of revolution of governments. The high and the mighty wi...
Tafsir al-Jalalayn: it will be abasing some exalting others that is it will manifest the abasing of some people by virtue of their admission into the Fire and manifest the exalting of others by their admission into Paradise.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Which was revealed in Makkah
The Virtues of Surat Al-Waqi`ah
Abu Ishaq reported from `Ikrimah from Ibn `Abbas that Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Messenger! You are becoming gray" The Messenger ﷺ replied,
«شَيَّبَتْنِي هُودٌ وَالْوَاقِعَةُ وَالْمُرْسَلَاتُ وَعَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ وَإِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَ...