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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 71of 111

يَوْمَ نَدْعُوا۟ كُلَّ أُنَاسٍۭ بِإِمَٰمِهِمْ ۖ فَمَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَٰبَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًۭا﴿٧١

Translation (Sahih International)

[Mention, O Muhammad], the Day We will call forth every people with their record [of deeds]. Then whoever is given his record in his right hand - those will read their records, and injustice will not be done to them, [even] as much as a thread [inside the date seed].

Word-by-word meaning

يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
نَدْعُوا۟nadʿūWe will call
كُلَّkullaall
أُنَاسٍۭunāsinhuman beings
بِإِمَـٰمِهِمْ ۖbi-imāmihimwith their record
فَمَنْfamanthen whoever
أُوتِىَūtiyais given
كِتَـٰبَهُۥkitābahuhis record
بِيَمِينِهِۦbiyamīnihiin his right hand
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
يَقْرَءُونَyaqraūnawill read
كِتَـٰبَهُمْkitābahumtheir records
وَلَاwalāand not
يُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnathey will be wronged
فَتِيلًۭاfatīlan(even as much as) a hair on a date seed

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Everyone will be called by his Imam on the Day of ResurrectionAllah tells us that on the Day of Resurrection, he will call each people to account by its Imam. The scholars differed as to the meaning of this (i.e. Imam. Mujahid and Qatadah said that it meant each nation would be called to account by its Prophet. Some of the Salaf said this is the greatest honor for the people of Hadith, because their leader is the Prophet .

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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