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Al-Infitar (The Cleaving)

Verse 17of 19

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ﴿١٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَآwamāAnd what
أَدْرَىٰكَadrākacan make you know
مَاwhat
يَوْمُyawmu(is the) Day
ٱلدِّينِl-dīni(of) the Judgment

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Reward of the Righteous &the Sinners Allah informs of what the righteous will receive of delightThey 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 الدِّينِ (Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,) meaning, the Day of Reckoning, Recompense, and Judgement.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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