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Al-Isra 13

Ayah 13 of 111 · Meccan

وَكُلَّ إِنسَٰنٍ أَلۡزَمۡنَٰهُ طَٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِي عُنُقِهِۦۖ وَنُخۡرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ كِتَٰبٗا يَلۡقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا ١٣

And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck,1 and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., after having instructed him, We have made him responsible for his own destiny.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَكُلَّAnd (for) everywakulla
  2. إِنسَٰنٍmaninsānin
  3. أَلۡزَمۡنَٰهُWe have fastened to himalzamnāhu
  4. طَٰٓئِرَهُۥhis fateṭāirahu
  5. فِيinfī
  6. عُنُقِهِۦۖhis neckʿunuqihi
  7. وَنُخۡرِجُand We will bring forthwanukh'riju
  8. لَهُۥfor himlahu
  9. يَوۡمَ(on the) Dayyawma
  10. ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ(of) the Resurrectionl-qiyāmati
  11. كِتَٰبٗاa recordkitāban
  12. يَلۡقَىٰهُwhich he will findyalqāhu
  13. مَنشُورًاwide openmanshūran

Tafsir

For every person I have made the actions that proceed from him attached to him, like how a necklace is attached to the neck. They will not leave him until he is taken to account for them. On the Day of Judgement, I will bring out for him a book that contains every good or bad deed that he did, which he will find spread open before him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran