Surah 16 An-Nahl — Ayah 111
۞ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ تُجَٰدِلُ عَن نَّفْسِهَا وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ مَّا عَمِلَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ
A rãnar da kõwane rai zai je yanã jãyayyar tunkuɗẽwa daga kansa, kuma a cika wa kõwane rai (sakamakon) abin da ya aikata, kuma sũ bã zã a zãlunce su ba.
yawma tatī kullu nafsin tujādilu ʿan nafsihā watuwaffā kullu nafsin mā ʿamilat wahum lā yuẓ'lamūna
Word by word
- ۞ يَوْمَ yawma (On) the Day
- تَأْتِى tatī (when) will come
- كُلُّ kullu every
- نَفْسٍۢ nafsin soul
- تُجَـٰدِلُ tujādilu pleading
- عَن ʿan for
- نَّفْسِهَا nafsihā itself
- وَتُوَفَّىٰ watuwaffā and will be paid in full
- كُلُّ kullu every
- نَفْسٍۢ nafsin soul
- مَّا mā what
- عَمِلَتْ ʿamilat it did
- وَهُمْ wahum and they
- لَا lā (will) not
- يُظْلَمُونَ yuẓ'lamūna be wronged
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The One who is forced to renounce Islam will be forgiven if He does Righteous Deeds afterwards
This refers to another group of people who were oppressed in Makkah and whose position with their own people was weak, so they went along with them when they were tried by them. Then they managed to escape by emigrating, leaving their homeland, families and wealth behind, seeking the pleasure and forgiveness of Allah. They joined the believers and fought with them against the disbelievers, bearing hardship with patience. Allah tells them that after this, meaning after their giving in when put to the test, He will forgive them and show mercy to them when they are resurrected.
((Remember) the Day when every person will come pleading) meaning making a case in his own defence.
(for himself.) means, no one else will plead on his behalf; not his father, not his son, nor his brother, nor his wife.
(and every one will be paid in full for what he did,) meaning whatever he did, good or evil.
(and they will not be dealt with unjustly.) meaning there will be no decrease in the reward for good, and no increase in the punishment for evil. They will not be dealt with unjustly in the slightest way.