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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 14of 111

ٱقْرَأْ كِتَٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًۭا﴿١٤

Translation (Sahih International)

[It will be said], "Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant."

Word-by-word meaning

ٱقْرَأْiq'raRead
كِتَـٰبَكَkitābakayour record
كَفَىٰkafāSufficient
بِنَفْسِكَbinafsika(is) yourself
ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
عَلَيْكَʿalaykaagainst you
حَسِيبًۭاḥasīban(as) accountant

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Every Person will have the Book of his Deeds with HimAfter mentioning time, and the deeds of the son of Adam that take place therein, Allah says:وَكُلَّ إِنْسَـنٍ أَلْزَمْنَـهُ طَـئِرَهُ فِى عُنُقِهِ(And We have fastened every man's Ta'irah (deeds) to his neck,) The word Ta'irah (lit. something that flies) refers to man's deeds which fly from him, as Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and others said.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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