82:9 No! Yet you deny the Recompense.
82:10 Indeed, there are over you watchers
82:11 noble, writers
82:12 who know what you do.
The ayah refers to man’s conceit and vanity as he disbelieves in the Day of Judgment.
O people, no! There is no valid reason for being deceived by Allah’s bounties on you that you disobey His commands. Your disbelief in the Day of Judgment and Recompense makes you disbelieve in Allah’s Oneness and follow the path of misguidance. You must not be deceived by Allah’s bounty on you; rather, you must worship Him alone and thank Him for His blessings.
O people, there are watchers over you. They are noble angels who write and know all your deeds.
The intended meaning is to confirm that the Day of Judgment will take place, that all people’s deeds are written by noble angels, who know all their deeds, and that they will be recompensed for their deeds on the Day of Judgment.
It should be noted that it is obligatory to believe in the fact that the noble angels write people’s deeds. However, how this process takes place, where the deeds are written, and when the writing takes place are matters that must be believed in just as they have been mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah of Messenger Muhammad without attempting to find out information that is not mentioned in authentic sources.
82:13 Surely, the righteous will be in bliss,
82:14 and the wicked will be in Hellfire
82:15 burning therein on the Day of Recompense,
82:16 and they will never be absent from it.
This part mentions the results of writing the deeds of people. On the Day of Judgment, the righteous who obey Allah’s commands and avoid His prohibitions will be in bliss in Paradise, enjoying the everlasting reward therein. On the other hand, the wicked will be in Hellfire, burning therein and suffering from its everlasting torment. They will never be absent from Hellfire; rather they will remain therein forever.
82:17 And what shall make you realize what the Day of Recompense is?
82:18 Again, what shall make you realize what the Day of Recompense is?
82:19 The day when no soul shall possess anything for another soul and the command on that day shall belong to Allah.
‘And what shall make you realize…’ The interrogation is to magnify the Day of Judgment and indicate that it is a great day.
What shall make you realize what the Day of Recompense is? Again, what shall make you realize what the Day of Recompense is? Allah alone knows the great horrors of that day. He has informed people through His Messengers of some of the terrors that will take place then.
On the Day of Judgment, no soul shall possess anything for another soul. It cannot benefit another soul. The only beneficial thing on that day is righteous deeds. Command and decision will be only for Allah on the Day of Judgment. No creature can have any authority then.
Learned Lessons from Surah al-Infitar
• Surah al-Infitar mentions some events that will take place before the occurrence of the Day of Judgment. After blowing in the Trumpet, all that in the universe will die, and then after the second blowing all creatures will be gathered for the reckoning.
• Warning of evil practices that one leaves after death. Their evil consequences will be written against their doer even after his death.
• Warning of deceit and following the path of Satan and his followers.
• Warning of disbelief in the Day of Judgment, which is of the greatest evils and corruption on earth and the greatest reasons for deserving punishment on the Day of Judgment.
• Confirming that all deeds of people will be written and they will be recompensed for them in the Hereafter.
• Noble angels write all deeds of human beings.
• On the Day of Judgment, people will be divided into two groups; a group that will be in Paradise, enjoying its pleasures, and the other will be in Hellfire, suffering its painful torment.
• The Day of Judgment is great and its horrors are frightening.
• On the Day of Judgment, only belief in Allah’s Oneness and righteous deeds are beneficial. Command and decision will be only for Allah then.
The Noble Quran, Tafsir of Surah al-Infitar [Part 1]
The Noble Quran, Surah al-Infitar, English Translation
The Noble Quran, Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Surah al-Infitar
The Noble Quran Surah Hud : Translation and Tafsir
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