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The Hereafter
Surah: Al-Araf (8)
The Weight That Day Is Truth — Absolute Justice in the Scale
وَٱلۡوَزۡنُ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡحَقُّ
— الأعراف الآية 8
Verse: "The weight that day is truth — so those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful." (7:8)
"The true weight": Not a human weight subject to error and bias — but a divine precision scale that wrongs no one by even an atom's weight.
The real scale vs worldly scale: World: the powerful are heavy even if unjust. Hereafter: faith and deeds make the scale heavy — not power or wealth.
Lesson: Build your day on what makes the true scale heavy — not what makes the pocket heavy in this world.
"The true weight": Not a human weight subject to error and bias — but a divine precision scale that wrongs no one by even an atom's weight.
The real scale vs worldly scale: World: the powerful are heavy even if unjust. Hereafter: faith and deeds make the scale heavy — not power or wealth.
Lesson: Build your day on what makes the true scale heavy — not what makes the pocket heavy in this world.
Source: Ibn Kathir (3/387); Al-Sadi; Al-Qurtubi (7/177)
Test Yourself
What is the fundamental difference between the worldly scale and the scale of the Hereafter?
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