كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتۡ رَهِينَةٌ ٣٨
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., subject or held responsible.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- كُلُّEverykullu
- نَفۡسِۭsoulnafsin
- بِمَاfor whatbimā
- كَسَبَتۡit has earnedkasabat
- رَهِينَةٌ(is) pledgedrahīnatun
Tafsir
Every soul will be taken to task for the actions that it did. Either its actions will destroy it or they will release and rescue it from destruction.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran