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Surah Al-Isra, Verse 71

سورة الإسراء، الآية ٧١

17:71 Juz 15 Hizb 29 Page 289 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 17:71

يَوْمَ نَدْعُوا۟ كُلَّ أُنَاسٍۭ بِإِمَٰمِهِمْ فَمَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَٰبَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا ۝٧١

Transliteration

yawma nadʿū kulla unāsin bi-imāmihim faman ūtiya kitābahu biyamīnihi fa-ulāika yaqraūna kitābahum walā yuẓ'lamūna fatīlan

Translation

[Mention, O Muḥammad], the Day We will call forth every people with their record [of deeds].764 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].

Notes

[764] Other meanings are "with their leader" or "with that which they had followed."

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Verse 71 of Surah Al-Isra (17:71), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 289 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 71

Al-Mukhtasar

And remember, O Messenger, when every group will be called out by their leader whom they used to follow in life. So whoever is given his book of deeds in his right hand - they will read their books happily. And nothing will be decreased from their reward, be it as small as the thread on a date seed.

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Other translations of verse 71

On the Day when We will summon every community with its leader65. Those who are given their record in their right hand will read their record [happily]; they will not be wronged even as much as the thread of a date stone.

Notes

[65] Or what they followed in their worldly life.

(And remember) the Day when We shall call together call human beings with their (respective) Imâm [their Prophets, or their records of good and bad deeds, or their Holy Books like the Qur’ân, the Taurât (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel), the leaders whom the people followed in this world.]. So whosoever is given his record in his right hand, such will read their records, and they will not be dealt with unjustly in the least.

On the day when We shall summon all men with their record, whoso is given his book in his right hand - such will read their book and they will not be wronged a shred.

One day We shall call together all human beings with their (respective) Imams: those who are given their record in their right hand will read it (with pleasure), and they will not be dealt with unjustly in the least.

(Remember) the day when We will call every people with their Imam; then whoever is given his book in his right hand, these shall read their book; and they shall not be dealt with a whit unjustly.

On the Day (when) We will call all folks with theirImam; (Their leader; or: their record, their register) so whoever is brought his book with his right (hand), then those will read their book and they will not be done any injustice, even (to) a single date-plaiting (i.e., not even to a small degree).

Verse 71 word by word

  1. يَوْمَ yawma (The) Day ي و م
  2. نَدْعُوا۟ nadʿū We will call د ع و
  3. كُلَّ kulla all ك ل ل
  4. أُنَاسٍۭ unāsin human beings أ ن س
  5. بِإِمَٰمِهِمْ bi-imāmihim with their record أ م م
  6. فَمَنْ faman then whoever
  7. أُوتِىَ ūtiya is given أ ت ي
  8. كِتَٰبَهُۥ kitābahu his record ك ت ب
  9. بِيَمِينِهِۦ biyamīnihi in his right hand ي م ن
  10. فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ fa-ulāika then those
  11. يَقْرَءُونَ yaqraūna will read ق ر أ
  12. كِتَٰبَهُمْ kitābahum their records ك ت ب
  13. وَلَا walā and not
  14. يُظْلَمُونَ yuẓ'lamūna they will be wronged ظ ل م
  15. فَتِيلًا fatīlan (even as much as) a hair on a date seed ف ت ل

Hadiths that cite this verse

Good (hasan) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3136

that regarding the saying of Allah, Most High: "The Day when We shall call together all human beings with their (respective) Imam (17:71)" the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "One of you will be called out to be given his record in his right hand, he will be grown in his body to sixty forearm-lengths, his face…

"‏ يُدْعَى أَحَدُهُمْ فَيُعْطَى كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ وَيُمَدُّ لَهُ فِي جِسْمِهِ سِتُّونَ ذِرَاعًا وَيُبَيَّضُ وَجْهُهُ وَيُجْعَلُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ تَاجٌ مِنْ لُؤْلُؤٍ يَتَلأْلأُ فَيَنْطَلِقُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ…

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Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Yunus 10:47

    وَلِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولٌ فَإِذَا جَآءَ رَسُولُهُمْ قُضِىَ بَيْنَهُم بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    And for every nation is a messenger. So when their messenger comes, it will be judged between them in justice, and they will not be wronged.

  • Ya-Sin 36:12

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا۟ وَءَاثَٰرَهُمْ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ فِىٓ إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ

    Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.

  • Al-Kahf 18:49

    وَوُضِعَ ٱلْكِتَٰبُ فَتَرَى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَٰوَيْلَتَنَا مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّآ أَحْصَىٰهَا وَوَجَدُوا۟ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ حَاضِرًا وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدًا

    And the record [of deeds] will be placed [open], and you will see the criminals fearful of that within it, and they will say, "Oh, woe to us! What is this book that leaves nothing small or great except that it has enumerated it?" And they will find what they did present [before them]. And your Lord does injustice to no one.

  • Al-Jathiyah 45:28–29

    وَتَرَىٰ كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تُدْعَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ كِتَٰبِهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ …

    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. …

  • Az-Zumar 39:69

    وَأَشْرَقَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِنُورِ رَبِّهَا وَوُضِعَ ٱلْكِتَٰبُ وَجِا۟ىٓءَ بِٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَٱلشُّهَدَآءِ وَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

    And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord, and the record [of deeds] will be placed, and the prophets and the witnesses will be brought, and it will be judged between them in truth, and they will not be wronged.

  • An-Nisa 4:41

    فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِن كُلِّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَىٰ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ شَهِيدًا

    So how [will it be] when We bring from every nation a witness and We bring you, [O Muḥammad], against these [people] as a witness?

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  • Al-Inshiqaq 84:7

    فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

    Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

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