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Surah Al-Jathiyah, Verse 28

سورة الجاثية، الآية ٢٨

45:28 Juz 25 Hizb 50 Page 501 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 45:28

وَتَرَىٰ كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تُدْعَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ كِتَٰبِهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ ۝٢٨

Transliteration

watarā kulla ummatin jāthiyatan kullu ummatin tud'ʿā ilā kitābihā l-yawma tuj'zawna mā kuntum taʿmalūna

Translation

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.

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Verse 28 of Surah Al-Jathiyah (45:28), a Meccan surah, is in juz 25, on page 501 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 28

Al-Mukhtasar

And you will see on that day, O Messenger, every nation crouching on its knees, awaiting what will be done with them. Every nation will be called towards its book of deeds which the guarding angels wrote. Today, you will be rewarded, O people, for the good and bad you used to do in the world.

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Other translations of verse 28

You will see every community on its knees. Every community will be summoned to its book [of deeds], “Today you will be recompensed for what you used to do.

And you will see each nation humbled to their knees (kneeling): each nation will be called to its Record (of deeds). This Day you shall be recompensed for what you used to do.

And thou wilt see each nation crouching, each nation summoned to its record. (And it will be said unto them): This day ye are requited what ye used to do.

And thou wilt see every sect bowing the knee: Every sect will be called to its Record: "This Day shall ye be recompensed for all that ye did!

And you shall see every nation kneeling down; every nation shall be called to its book: today you shall be rewarded for what you did.

And you will see every nation kneeling. Every nation will be called to its Book. (It will be said), "Today you will be recompensed for whatever you were doing.

Verse 28 word by word

  1. وَتَرَىٰ watarā And you will see ر أ ي
  2. كُلَّ kulla every ك ل ل
  3. أُمَّةٍ ummatin nation أ م م
  4. جَاثِيَةً jāthiyatan kneeling ج ث و
  5. كُلُّ kullu Every ك ل ل
  6. أُمَّةٍ ummatin nation أ م م
  7. تُدْعَىٰٓ tud'ʿā will be called د ع و
  8. إِلَىٰ ilā to
  9. كِتَٰبِهَا kitābihā its record ك ت ب
  10. ٱلْيَوْمَ l-yawma Today ي و م
  11. تُجْزَوْنَ tuj'zawna you will be recompensed ج ز ي
  12. مَا mā (for) what
  13. كُنتُمْ kuntum you used to ك و ن
  14. تَعْمَلُونَ taʿmalūna do ع م ل

Hadiths that cite this verse

One hadith cites this verse; its text is in Arabic.

Verses related to verse 28

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • 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.

  • Al-Qiyamah 75:13–15

    يُنَبَّؤُا۟ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ …

    Man will be informed that Day of what he sent ahead and kept back. …

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • At-Tur 52:16

    ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    [Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."

  • At-Tahrim 66:7

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    O you who have disbelieved, make no excuses that Day. You will only be recompensed for what you used to do.

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