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Al-Jathiyah (The Crouching)

Verse 28of 37

وَتَرَىٰ كُلَّ أُمَّةٍۢ جَاثِيَةًۭ ۚ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍۢ تُدْعَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ كِتَٰبِهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴿٢٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And you will see every nation kneeling [from fear]. Every nation will be called to its record [and told], "Today you will be recompensed for what you used to do.

Word-by-word meaning

وَتَرَىٰwatarāAnd you will see
كُلَّkullaevery
أُمَّةٍۢummatinnation
جَاثِيَةًۭ ۚjāthiyatankneeling
كُلُّkulluEvery
أُمَّةٍۢummatinnation
تُدْعَىٰٓtud'ʿāwill be called
إِلَىٰilāto
كِتَـٰبِهَاkitābihāits record
ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaToday
تُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnayou will be recompensed
مَا(for) what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Some of the Conditions of the Day of Resurrection and its HorrorsAllah mentions that He is the King and Owner of the heavens and earth, and the Only Ruler over them in this life and the Hereafter. Allah's statement,وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ(And on the Day that the Hour will be established) on the Day of Resurrection,يَخْسَرُ الْمُبْطِلُونَ(the followers of falsehood shall lose.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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