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Surah Al-Isra 17:71-72   Chapters ↕   Word for Word
Verses [Section]: 1-10[1], 11-22 [2], 23-30 [3], 31-40 [4], 41-52 [5], 53-60 [6], 61-70 [7], 71-77 [8], 78-84 [9], 85-93 [10], 94-100 [11], 101-111 [12]
یَوْمَ(The) DayنَدْعُوْاWe will callكُلَّallاُنَاسٍۭhuman beingsبِاِمَامِهِمْ ۚwith their recordفَمَنْthen whoeverاُوْتِیَis givenكِتٰبَهٗhis recordبِیَمِیْنِهٖin his right handفَاُولٰٓىِٕكَthen thoseیَقْرَءُوْنَwill readكِتٰبَهُمْtheir recordsوَ لَاand notیُظْلَمُوْنَthey will be wrongedفَتِیْلًا (even as much as) a hair on a date seed وَ مَنْAnd whoeverكَانَisفِیْinهٰذِهٖۤthis (world)اَعْمٰیblindفَهُوَthen heفِیinالْاٰخِرَةِthe Hereafterاَعْمٰی(will be) blindوَ اَضَلُّand more astrayسَبِیْلًا (from the) path

Translation

(17:71) Then think of the Day We shall summon every community with its leader. Those who are given their Record in their right hand shall read the Record of their deeds86 and shall not be wronged a whit.

(17:72) Whoever lived in this world as blind shall live as blind in the Life to Come; rather, he will be even farther astray than if he were (just) blind.

Commentary

86. The Qur’an repeatedly mentions that the righteous will be handed the scroll of their deeds in their right hand, and that they will rejoice looking at it and will even show the scroll to others. As for the evil-doers, they will be handed this scroll in their left hand, and instead of rejoicing they will try to hide it behind their backs. For details see al-Haqqah 69: 19-28 and al-Inshiqaq 84: 13).