20940: How the people will be divided on the Day of Resurrection
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Question:
How the people will be divided on the Day of Resurrection
"And you (all) will be in three groups.
So those on the Right Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Records in their
right hands) how (fortunate) will be those on the Right Hand! (As a respect for
them, because they will enter Paradise).
And those on the Left Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Record in their
left hands) how (unfortunate) will be those on the Left Hand! (As a disgrace
for them, because they will enter Hell)." [al-Waaqi'ah 56:7-9 _ interpretation
of the meaning]
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
Ibn Katheer said: i.e., the people will be divided into three groups on the Day
of Resurrection.
Al-Tabari said: thus they will be divided into the three groups mentioned at
the end of the soorah at the time when they are dying.
Then Allaah explained the state of the (three) groups. He said "those on the
Right Hand" to point out how great is their status and how respected they are.
"And those on the Left Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Record in their
left hands) how (unfortunate) will be those on the Left Hand"; their being on
the left indicates how terrible their situation will be.
"And those foremost [(in Islamic Faith of Monotheism and in performing
righteous deeds) in the life of this world on the very first call for to
embrace Islam] will be foremost (in Paradise)"
[al-Waaq'iah 56:10 _ interpretation of the meaning] This means that those who
were foremost in doing good deeds in this world will be foremost in the
Hereafter and will be the first to enter Paradise. Those who are of this
caliber are the ones who will be closest to Allaah in gardens of delight, in
the heights of `Illiyeen, in a lofty status above which there are no higher
status. We ask Allaah to make us among those who are foremost. And Allaah knows
best.
See Tafseer Ibn Sa'di, p. 832
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