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Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 8

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7:8 Juz 8 Hizb 16 Page 151 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:8

وَٱلْوَزْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ ۝٨

Transliteration

wal-waznu yawma-idhin l-ḥaqu faman thaqulat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulāika humu l-muf'liḥūna

Translation

And the weighing [of deeds] that Day will be the truth. So those whose scales are heavy - it is they who will be the successful.

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Verse 8 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:8), a Meccan surah, is in juz 8, on page 151 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 8

Al-Mukhtasar

The weighing of what they did on the Day of Judgement will be with justice, with no one being wronged in the least. Those whose good actions weigh more than their bad actions have succeeded in reaching the goal and being saved from what they feared.

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Other translations of verse 8

The weighing [of deeds] on that Day will be true and just. Those whose scales [of good deeds] are heavy, it is they who will be successful.

And the weighing on that day (Day of Resurrection) will be the true (weighing)1. So as for those whose scale (of good deeds) will be heavy, they will be the successful (by entering Paradise).

Notes

[1] (V.7:8) The Statement of Allâh عز وجل:
"And We shall set up balances of justice on the Day of Resurrection." (V.21:47).
The deeds and the statement of Adam’s offspring will be weighed.
Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, (There are) two words (expressions or sayings) which are dear to the Most Gracious (Allâh) and very easy for the tongue to say, but very heavy in the balance. They are: سبحان الله وبحمده - سبحان الله العظيم
Subhân Allâhi-wa bihamdihi - Subhân Allâhil-‘Azîm’ " (Sahih Al-Bukhârî, Vol. 9. hadîth No.652).
‘Glorified be Allâh and praised be He’ - ‘Glorified be Allâh, the Most Great.’ (or I deem Allâh above all those unsuitable things ascribed to Him, and free Him from resembling anything whatsoever, and I glorify His Praises! I deem Allâh, the Most Great above all those unsuitable things ascribed to Him and free Him from resembling anything whatsoever).

The weighing on that day is the true (weighing). As for those whose scale is heavy, they are the successful.

The balance that day will be true (to nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper:

And the measuring out on that day will be just; then as for him whose measure (of good deeds) is heavy, those are they who shall be successful;

And the weight upon that Day is the true (one); so he whose scales weigh heavy, then those are they (who) are the prosperers.

Verse 8 word by word

  1. وَٱلْوَزْنُ wal-waznu And the weighing و ز ن
  2. يَوْمَئِذٍ yawma-idhin that day ي و م
  3. ٱلْحَقُّ l-ḥaqu (will be) the truth ح ق ق
  4. فَمَن faman So whose
  5. ثَقُلَتْ thaqulat (will be) heavy ث ق ل
  6. مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ mawāzīnuhu his scales و ز ن
  7. فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ fa-ulāika then those
  8. هُمُ humu [they]
  9. ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ l-muf'liḥūna (will be) the successful ones ف ل ح

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    وَعِندَهُۥ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ فِى ظُلُمَٰتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ

    And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record.

  • An-Nisa 4:40

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ وَإِن تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَٰعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِن لَّدُنْهُ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا

    Indeed, Allāh does not do injustice, [even] as much as an atom's weight; while if there is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward.

  • Al-Qari’ah 101:6–11

    فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ …

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  • Al-Mu’minun 23:102

    فَمَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

    And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.

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