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Quran-40:17 Surah Ghafir English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

ٱلۡيَوۡمَ تُجۡزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡۚ لَا ظُلۡمَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ

Transliteration:( Al-Yawma tujzaa kullu nafsim bimaa kasabat; laa zulmal Yawm; innal laaha saree'ul hisaab )

17. Today every soul shall be rewarded (44) what it earned. There will be no injustice (45) to anyone on this day. Surely Allah is swift in reckoning (46).

Surah Ghafir Ayat 17 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi

44. Here, 'deeds' signify sins, which had not been forgiven, and those good deeds, which had t been wiped out.

because there would be no recompense for these good deeds and sins. The pronoun remains in its normal function. This verse is not in contradiction with the verses concerning the forgiveness of sins and the confiscation of good deeds. Says Allah Almighty: "Without doubt, Allah forgives all sins" (S39:V53). He further states: "Lest your works become vain while unaware" (S44 V2) .

45. Here the word unjust denotes the punishment of sins to be more than its limits and to decrease the reward of the good deeds as set aside for it to forgive the sins and to increase the good deeds. Is His Compassion and Kindness.

46. That is He will complete the reckoning of the entire creation in a matter of four hours. The rest of the Day of Judgement is going to be utilized to reveal to the creation the lofty status of the Holy Prophet.

Hundreds of years to be spent in search of the intercessor. Then, Holy Prophet would be placed in the Place. Praise, after which the reciters of praise of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم will commence with the recitations of Na'at Shareef. Says All Almighty "It is near that your Lord may You stand at a place where all should praise” (S17 V79).

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Muminun verse 17 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Muminun ayat 15 which provides the complete commentary from verse 15 through 17.

(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]

28. That is, none shall be wronged in any way whatsoever 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 free. (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 universe 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 will also 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.

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