Contemplation

Verse: "The day every soul will find what it has done of good presented before it — and what it has done of evil; it will wish t…

Verse: "No soul knows what has been hidden for them of comfort of eyes as reward for what they used to do." (32:17) Hadith: …

Verse: "Ha-Mim. By the clear Book. Indeed We sent it down on a blessed night." (44:1-3) "The blessed night": Laylat Al-Qadr …

Verse: "And you will be three groups" (56:7) — followed by detail of the three categories. Three categories on Judgment Day: …

Verse: "Every soul is pledged for what it has earned." (74:38) "Pledged" (raheena): In Arabic: something held in pawn — ever…

Verse: "Woe that day to the deniers." (77:15) — repeated ten times. "Woe" (wayl): Among the strongest warning words in Arabi…

Verse: "About what are they asking each other? About the great announcement — that over which they disagree." (78:1-3) "The g…

Verse: "As for one who feared the station of his Lord and restrained the soul from desire — indeed, Paradise will be the refuge.…

Verse: "When the sun is wrapped up dark. When the stars fall. When the mountains are moved." (81:1-3) Language of earthquake:…

Verse: "O human, what has deceived you about your Lord the Generous — who created you, proportioned you, and assembled you?" (82…

Verse: "O human, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with exertion — and will meet Him." (84:6) "Laboring" (kadih): Fro…

Verse: "Has the report of the Overwhelming come to you? Faces that day will be humbled, laboring, weary." (88:1-3) "The Overw…

Verse: "Whoever does a speck of good will see it, and whoever does a speck of evil will see it." (99:7-8) The most comprehens…

Verse: "Competition in worldly increase diverted you until you visited the graves." (102:1-2) "Until you visited the graves":…

Verse: "Whoever's scales are heavy — he will be in a pleasing life. Whoever's scales are light — his refuge is the Abyss." (101:…

Verse: "Every soul will taste death. And you will only be given your full compensation on Judgment Day." (3:185) "Tuwaffawn" …

Verse: "And to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and earth — Allah is ever, of all things, Encompassing." (4:126) Refl…

Verse: "The weight that day is truth — so those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful." (7:8) "The true weight": N…

Verse: "Indeed the righteous are in bliss and the wicked are in hellfire." (82:13-14) The sharp contrast: Two sentences cont…

Verse: "Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire." (2:201)…

Verse: "Indeed the friends of Allah have no fear nor do they grieve." (10:62) — "Ala" for attention: a divine announcement. Wali…

Verse: "For every nation is an appointed time — when their time comes they cannot delay an hour nor advance." (7:34) — Nations l…

Verse: "Did you think We created you without purpose and that you would not return to Us?" (23:115) — "Without purpose" — no wis…

Verse: "With Him are the keys of the unseen — none knows them except Him." (6:59) — The absolute unseen is restricted to Allah a…

Verse: "Have you seen what you emit — do you create it or are We the creators?" (56:58-59) — A thought-stopping question: humans…

Verse: "If he is among the foremost — then rest, fragrance, and a garden of delight." (56:88-89) — Three categories in Al-Waqiah…

Verse: "Does the human not see that We created them from a drop — yet suddenly they are a clear adversary?" (36:77) — A shocking…

Verse: "Those who disbelieved driven in groups to Hell — those who feared Allah led in groups to Paradise." (39:71-73) — "Driven…

Verse: "The Zaqqum tree is the food of the sinful — like molten metal boiling in bellies like boiling water." (44:43-46) — Quray…

Verse: "Who created death and life to test which of you is best in deed." (67:2) — "Created death" — death is a creation, not no…

Verse: "Thamud were destroyed by the thunderclap and Aad by a raging howling wind." (69:5-6) — Al-Haqqah opens with: "What is Al…

Verse: "We created man in the best form — then reduced him to the lowest of the low." (95:4-5) — "Best form" — man is born with …

Verse: "Whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it — and whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it." (99:7-8) — "…

Verse: "Indeed the Day of Decision is an appointed time — the day the Horn is blown and you come in crowds." (78:17-18) — "Miqat…

Verse: "As for whoever transgressed and preferred the worldly life — Hell will be the refuge. But as for whoever feared the stan…

Verse: "O man, what deceived you concerning your Lord the Most Generous?" (82:6) — A burning question. The Quran implies the ans…

Verse: "As for one given their book in their right hand — they will be given an easy account and return to their family in happi…

Verse: "Close friends that day will be enemies to each other — except the righteous." (43:67) — "Akhill" = intimate lifetime fri…

Verse: "We have made the Quran easy for remembrance — is there anyone who will remember?" (54:17) — Repeated four times in Surah…

Verse: "Do not say of those killed in Allah's cause: They are dead. Rather they are alive, but you do not perceive." (2:154) — A…

Verse: "Every one of them will come to Him on Judgment Day alone." (19:95) — Alone, without wealth, children, rank, or tribe. Ev…

Verse: "The day the wrongdoer bites his hands saying: I wish I had taken the path with the Messenger." (25:27) — "Bites his hand…

Verse: "O my son, even if it were the weight of a mustard seed, and it were in a rock, in the heavens, or in the earth, Allah wi…

Verse: "We offered the trust to the heavens, earth, and mountains — they refused to bear it and were apprehensive of it. Man bor…

Verse: "If you are in doubt about resurrection — We created you from dust." (22:5) — The verse refutes doubt with the first crea…

Verse: "And this worldly life is nothing but amusement and play, and the final abode — that is the true life." (29:64) — "Al-hay…

Verse: "The day when wealth and children profit not — except one who comes to Allah with a sound heart." (26:88-89) — Ibrahim's …

Verse: "The day people will be like scattered moths." (101:4) — "Scattered moths" = insects dispersing in every direction withou…