كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Kullu nafsim bim kasabat raheenah
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
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Day of Judgment
74:38Ayah 156
3 ayahs in Al-Muddaththir are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.
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Every soul is held to ransom by what it earns it is ransomed and requited for its deeds with the Fire
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“The soul of the believer is attached to his debt until it is paid off.”
" A man shall be with whoever he loves, and for him shall be what he has earned."
The Messenger of Allah said: "The believer's soul is suspended by his debt until it is settled for him."
The Messenger of Allah said: "The believer's soul is suspended by his debt until it is settled for him."
Souls are troops collected together and those who familiarised with each other (in the heaven from where these come) would have affinity, with one another (in the world) and those amongst them who opposed each other (in the Heaven) would also be divergent (in the world).
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