Surah Ghafir ayat 17 Tafsir Quran 40:17

﴿الْيَوْمَ تُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ ۚ لَا ظُلْمَ الْيَوْمَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ﴾
[ غافر: 17]

40:17 This Day every soul will be recompensed for what it earned. No injustice today! Indeed, Allah is swift in account.

Today every soul shall be requited for what it has earned; there will be no injustice today. Indeed God is swift at reckoning’ reckoning with all of creation in the space of half a day of the days of this world — a hadīth states this.

In that Day-of Judgement- shall every soul be requited with what is commensurate with its qualities and its deeds. Judgement, then, is an expression of absolute justice and vindication of right by assignment of reward or punishment; and Allah is indeed swift in putting the law in executions

Allah sends the Revelation to warn His Servants of the Day of Mutual Meeting Allah tells us of His might and pride, and that His Mighty Throne is raised above all of His creation like a roof.
This is like the Ayah: مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ - تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَـئِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ ( From Allah, the Lord of the ways of ascent.
The angels and the Ruh (Jibril ) ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years.) ( 70:3-4 ).
If Allah wills, we will discuss below which is the most correct view the distance between the Throne and the seventh earth according to a group of earlier and later scholars.
More than one scholar said that the Throne is made of red rubies.
The width between two corners of it is the distance of a fifty thousand year long journey and its height above the seventh earth is the distance of a fifty thousand years long journey. يُلْقِى الرُّوحَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ عَلَى مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ( He sends the revelation of His command to any of His servants He wills, ) This is like the Ayat: يُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَـئِكَةَ بِالْرُّوحِ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ عَلَى مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ أَنْ أَنْذِرُواْ أَنَّهُ لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَ أَنَاْ فَاتَّقُونِ ( He sends down the angels with the Ruh (revelation ) of His command to whom of His servants He wills ( saying ): "Warn mankind that none has the right to be worshipped but I, so have Taqwa of Me.") ( 16:2 ), and وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ - نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الاٌّمِينُ - عَلَى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ ( And truly, this is a revelation from the Lord of all that exits, Which the trustworthy Ruh (Jibril ) has brought down Upon your heart that you may be ( one ) of the warners.) ( 26:192-194 ) Allah says: لِيُنذِرَ يَوْمَ التَّلاَقِ ( that he may warn (men ) of the Day of Mutual Meeting.) `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said: "The Day of Mutual Meeting is one of the names of the Day of Resurrection, of which Allah warns His servants." That is the Day when everyone will find out about his deeds, good and bad. يَوْمَ هُم بَـرِزُونَ لاَ يَخْفَى عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَىْءٌ ( The Day when they will come out, nothing of them will be hidden from Allah. ) means, they will all appear in the open, with nothing to give them shelter or shade, or cover them.
Allah says: يَوْمَ هُم بَـرِزُونَ لاَ يَخْفَى عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَىْءٌ ( The Day when they will come out, nothing of them will be hidden from Allah. ) meaning, everything will be equally known to Him. لِّمَنِ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَ لِلَّهِ الْوَحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ ( Whose is the kingdom this Day It is Allah's, the One, the Irresistible! ) We have already mentioned the Hadith of Ibn `Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that Allah will roll up the heavens and the earth in His Hand and will say,
«أَنَا الْمَلِكُ، أَنَا الْجَبَّارُ، أَنَا الْمُتَكَبِّرُ، أَيْنَ مُلُوكُ الْأَرْضِ؟ أَيْنَ الْجَبَّارُونَ؟ أَيْنَ الْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ؟»
( "I am the King, I am the Compeller, I am the Proud, where are the kings of the earth Where are the tyrants Where are the proud" ) In the Hadith about the Trumpet, it says that Allah will take the souls of all of His creatures, and there will be none left but Him Alone, with no partner or associate.
Then He will say, "Whose is the kingdom today" three times, and He will answer Himself by saying, لِلَّهِ الْوَحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ ( It is Allah's, the One, the Irresistible! ) meaning, He is the Only One Who has subjugated all things. الْيَوْمَ تُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَـسَبَتْ لاَ ظُلْمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ ( This Day shall every person be recompensed for what he earned.
This Day no injustice (shall be done to anybody ).
Truly, Allah is swift in reckoning.) Here Allah tells us of His justice when He judges between His creation; He does not do even a speck of dust's weight of injustice, whether it be for good or for evil.
For every good deed He gives a tenfold reward and for every bad deed He gives recompense of one bad deed.
Allah says: لاَ ظُلْمَ الْيَوْمَ ( This Day no injustice (shall be done to anybody ).) It was reported in Sahih Muslim from Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that Allah said:
«يَا عِبَادِي إِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الظُّلْمَ عَلى نَفْسِي وَجَعَلْتُهُ بَيْنَكُمْ مُحَرَّمًا فَلَا تَظَالَمُوا إلى أن قال يَا عِبَادِي إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَعْمَالُكُمْ أُحْصِيهَا عَلَيْكُمْ ثُمَّ أُوَفِّيكُمْ إِيَّاهَا، فَمَنْ وَجَدَ خَيْرًا فَلْيَحْمَدِ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، وَمَنْ وَجَدَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَه»
( "O My servants, I have forbidden injustice for Myself, and made it unlawful for you, so do not commit injustice to one another ..." ) up to: ( "O My servants, these are your deeds, I record them for you then I will recompense you for them.
Whoever finds something good, let him give praise to Allah, and whoever finds something other than that, let him blame no one but himself." ) إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ ( Truly, Allah is swift in reckoning. ) means, He will bring all His creation to account as if He is bringing just one person to account.
This is like the Ayah: مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلاَ بَعْثُكُمْ إِلاَّ كَنَفْسٍ وَحِدَةٍ ( The creation of you all and the resurrection of you all are only as a single person ) ( 31: 28 ). وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلاَّ وَحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ ( And Our commandment is but one as the twinkling of an eye. ) ( 54:50 )

(40:17) (It will then be said): 'Today shall everyone be fully recompensed for his deeds. None shall be wronged today. *28 Surely Allah is Swift in Reckoning.' *29

This Day every soul will be recompensed meaning

*28) That is, " None shall be wronged in any way whatever today. " It should be noted that in respect of recompense, injustice can have several forms; ( 1 ) A person may deserve a reward but he is not given it; ( 2 ) he is given a lesser reward than what was due to him; ( 3 ) he is given a punishment although he is not liable to any punishment; ( 4 ) the one who is liable to punishment is not given any punishment; ( 5 ) the one who is liable to a lesser punishment is given a greater punishment; ( 6 ) the oppressor goes Scot-free; and ( 7 ) one is seized for the sin committed by another.
What Allah means to say is that none of these different kinds of injustices will be allowed to take place in His Court.

*29) It means: "It will take Allah no time to do the reckoning.
Just as He is providing for every creature of the miverse simultaneously and He is not so occupied in providing for one that He may have no time to provide for others, and just as He is seeing everything in the universe simultaneously, and hearing everything simultaneously, is managing every small and big affair simultaneously, and nothing absorbs His attention so completely that He may be unable to give .
attention to others, at the same time, so He will subject to reckoning every single individual simultaneously and the hearing of one case will not make Him so occupied as to render Him unable to hear other countless cases at the same time.
Then in His Court no delay also will be allowed to take place due to any difficulty in the investigation of the facts of the case and the availability of the witnesses.
The Judge of the Court will Himself be aware of all the facts directly.
Each party in every case will stand completely exposed before Him, and clear.
undeniable evidence of the events and deeds, with each minor detail, will come forward without any delay.
Therefore, each case will be settled and decided instantaneously.

 

Allah sends the Revelation to warn His Servants of the Day of Mutual Meeting Allah tells us of His might and pride, and that His Mighty Throne is raised above all of His creation like a roof.
This is like the Ayah: مِّنَ اللَّهِ ذِي الْمَعَارِجِ - تَعْرُجُ الْمَلَـئِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ ( From Allah, the Lord of the ways of ascent.
The angels and the Ruh (Jibril ) ascend to Him in a Day the measure whereof is fifty thousand years.) ( 70:3-4 ).
If Allah wills, we will discuss below which is the most correct view the distance between the Throne and the seventh earth according to a group of earlier and later scholars.
More than one scholar said that the Throne is made of red rubies.
The width between two corners of it is the distance of a fifty thousand year long journey and its height above the seventh earth is the distance of a fifty thousand years long journey. يُلْقِى الرُّوحَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ عَلَى مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ( He sends the revelation of His command to any of His servants He wills, ) This is like the Ayat: يُنَزِّلُ الْمَلَـئِكَةَ بِالْرُّوحِ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ عَلَى مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ أَنْ أَنْذِرُواْ أَنَّهُ لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَ أَنَاْ فَاتَّقُونِ ( He sends down the angels with the Ruh (revelation ) of His command to whom of His servants He wills ( saying ): "Warn mankind that none has the right to be worshipped but I, so have Taqwa of Me.") ( 16:2 ), and وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ - نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الاٌّمِينُ - عَلَى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ ( And truly, this is a revelation from the Lord of all that exits, Which the trustworthy Ruh (Jibril ) has brought down Upon your heart that you may be ( one ) of the warners.) ( 26:192-194 ) Allah says: لِيُنذِرَ يَوْمَ التَّلاَقِ ( that he may warn (men ) of the Day of Mutual Meeting.) `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said: "The Day of Mutual Meeting is one of the names of the Day of Resurrection, of which Allah warns His servants." That is the Day when everyone will find out about his deeds, good and bad. يَوْمَ هُم بَـرِزُونَ لاَ يَخْفَى عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَىْءٌ ( The Day when they will come out, nothing of them will be hidden from Allah. ) means, they will all appear in the open, with nothing to give them shelter or shade, or cover them.
Allah says: يَوْمَ هُم بَـرِزُونَ لاَ يَخْفَى عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ شَىْءٌ ( The Day when they will come out, nothing of them will be hidden from Allah. ) meaning, everything will be equally known to Him. لِّمَنِ الْمُلْكُ الْيَوْمَ لِلَّهِ الْوَحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ ( Whose is the kingdom this Day It is Allah's, the One, the Irresistible! ) We have already mentioned the Hadith of Ibn `Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that Allah will roll up the heavens and the earth in His Hand and will say, «أَنَا الْمَلِكُ، أَنَا الْجَبَّارُ، أَنَا الْمُتَكَبِّرُ، أَيْنَ مُلُوكُ الْأَرْضِ؟ أَيْنَ الْجَبَّارُونَ؟ أَيْنَ الْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ؟» ( "I am the King, I am the Compeller, I am the Proud, where are the kings of the earth Where are the tyrants Where are the proud" ) In the Hadith about the Trumpet, it says that Allah will take the souls of all of His creatures, and there will be none left but Him Alone, with no partner or associate.
Then He will say, "Whose is the kingdom today" three times, and He will answer Himself by saying, لِلَّهِ الْوَحِدِ الْقَهَّارِ ( It is Allah's, the One, the Irresistible! ) meaning, He is the Only One Who has subjugated all things. الْيَوْمَ تُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَـسَبَتْ لاَ ظُلْمَ الْيَوْمَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ ( This Day shall every person be recompensed for what he earned.
This Day no injustice (shall be done to anybody ).
Truly, Allah is swift in reckoning.) Here Allah tells us of His justice when He judges between His creation; He does not do even a speck of dust's weight of injustice, whether it be for good or for evil.
For every good deed He gives a tenfold reward and for every bad deed He gives recompense of one bad deed.
Allah says: لاَ ظُلْمَ الْيَوْمَ ( This Day no injustice (shall be done to anybody ).) It was reported in Sahih Muslim from Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that Allah said: «يَا عِبَادِي إِنِّي حَرَّمْتُ الظُّلْمَ عَلى نَفْسِي وَجَعَلْتُهُ بَيْنَكُمْ مُحَرَّمًا فَلَا تَظَالَمُوا إلى أن قال يَا عِبَادِي إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَعْمَالُكُمْ أُحْصِيهَا عَلَيْكُمْ ثُمَّ أُوَفِّيكُمْ إِيَّاهَا، فَمَنْ وَجَدَ خَيْرًا فَلْيَحْمَدِ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى، وَمَنْ وَجَدَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَلَا يَلُومَنَّ إِلَّا نَفْسَه» ( "O My servants, I have forbidden injustice for Myself, and made it unlawful for you, so do not commit injustice to one another ..." ) up to: ( "O My servants, these are your deeds, I record them for you then I will recompense you for them.
Whoever finds something good, let him give praise to Allah, and whoever finds something other than that, let him blame no one but himself." ) إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ ( Truly, Allah is swift in reckoning. ) means, He will bring all His creation to account as if He is bringing just one person to account.
This is like the Ayah: مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلاَ بَعْثُكُمْ إِلاَّ كَنَفْسٍ وَحِدَةٍ ( The creation of you all and the resurrection of you all are only as a single person ) ( 31: 28 ). وَمَآ أَمْرُنَآ إِلاَّ وَحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ ( And Our commandment is but one as the twinkling of an eye. ) ( 54:50 )

( This day ) which is the Day of Judgement ( each soul ) whether it is righteous or sinful ( is requited that which it hath earned ) of good or evil; ( no wrong (is done ) this day) none will have his good deeds decreased or his evil works increased. ( Lo! Allah is swift at reckoning ) when He takes to task; it is also said that this means: When He punishes, Allah is severe in His punishment.

This Day shall every person be recompensed for what he earned. No injustice (shall be done to anybody). Truly, Allah is Swift in reckoning.

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