What does Quran 83:6 mean?

Quran 83:6 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Ayah 6) translates to: "The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 83:6 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Mutaffifin (Defrauding), the 83th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 30.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 83:6?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sahih al-Bukhari.

What tafsir is available for Quran 83:6?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

Ayah 5

لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍۢ...

83:6Al-Mutaffifin

Q: What topics does Quran 83:6 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Divine Sovereignty, Accountability, Resurrection, Prophetic Teachings.

Ayah 7

كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْفُجَّارِ لَفِى سِجِّينٍۢ...

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Yawma yaqoomun naasu li Rabbil 'aalameen

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

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Day of Judgment

83:6Ayah 136

9 ayahs in Al-Mutaffifin are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

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Tafsir

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a day when yawma is a substitution for the syntactical locus of li-yawmin ‘to an awful day’ and as such is in the accusative because of the verb mab‘ūthūna ‘will be resurrected’ mankind will rise from their graves before the Lord of the Worlds? the Lord of all creatures for His affair His reckoning and His requital.

“The Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of all that exists.” One of them will stand in his sweat up to halfway up his ears.”

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3420Ibn Umar narrated from the Prophet:Da'if

‘They Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of all that exists.’ He said: “One of them will be standing in sweat up to the middle of his ears.”

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3419Hammad bin Zaid narrated from Ayub, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar:Da'if

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of all tat exists He said: “They will be standing in sweat up to the middle of their ear.” – Hammas said: To us it is Marfu - .

Sahih al-Bukhari #6292Narrated Ibn `Umar:Sahih

The Prophet (ﷺ) said (regarding the Verse), "A Day when all mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds,' (that day) they will stand, drowned in their sweat up to the middle of their ears."

Sahih Muslim #7024Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

When the people stand before Allah, the Lord of the worlds, each one of them would stand submerged into perspiration up to half of his ears, and there is no mention of the "day" in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn Muthanni.