Reckoning, the record and the scales
In brief
On that Day every person's deeds are brought out. Each person is handed their book of deeds, the deeds are weighed on the Scales (al-Mizan), and Allah judges with perfect justice. Nobody is wronged, not even by the weight of a mustard seed.
Whoever receives the book in the right hand calls out happily, 'Here, read my book!' Whoever receives it in the left hand wishes it had never been given. A person's own limbs speak against him. Yet a single card with 'La ilaha illallah' can outweigh ninety-nine scrolls of sins.
Aishah heard that 'whoever is brought to account is punished' and asked about the 'easy reckoning' mentioned in the Quran. The Prophet ﷺ explained that the easy reckoning is only having one's deeds shown; whoever is questioned in detail is ruined. Seventy thousand of this ummah will enter Paradise without any reckoning at all.
'Take account of yourselves before you are taken to account.' Ask Allah for an easy reckoning.
Where it sits in the sequence
Described in the Quran and the narrations. Shown so the archive is complete.
Verses of the Quran
فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرࣰ ا يَرَهُۥ٧
7. So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it
وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةࣲ شَرࣰّ ا يَرَهُۥ٨
8. And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ٦
6. Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds]
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حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حُصَيْنَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا عِنْدَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ فَقَالَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ، هُمُ الَّذِينَ لاَ يَسْتَرْقُونَ، وَلاَ يَتَطَيَّرُونَ، وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ ".
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Seventy thousand people of my followers will enter Paradise without accounts, and they are those who do not practice Ar-Ruqya and do not see an evil omen in things, and put their trust in their Lord
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ نُوقِشَ الْحِسَابَ عُذِّبَ ". قَالَتْ قُلْتُ أَلَيْسَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا}. قَالَ " ذَلِكِ الْعَرْضُ ". حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ، سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِثْلَهُ. وَتَابَعَهُ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ وَأَيُّوبُ وَصَالِحُ بْنُ رُسْتُمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika:`Aisha said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Anybody whose account (record) is questioned will surely be punished.' I said, 'Doesn't Allah say: 'He surely will receive an easy reckoning?' (84.8) The Prophet (ﷺ) replied. 'This means only the presentation of the account."' Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet (ﷺ) said (as above)
حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ أَبِي صَغِيرَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَتْنِي عَائِشَةُ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يُحَاسَبُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلاَّ هَلَكَ ". فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ * فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا} فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّمَا ذَلِكِ الْعَرْضُ، وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يُنَاقَشُ الْحِسَابَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلاَّ عُذِّبَ ".
Narrated `Aisha:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), said, "None will be called to account on the Day of Resurrection, but will be ruined." I said "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Hasn't Allah said: 'Then as for him who will be given his record in his right hand, he surely will receive an easy reckoning? (84.7-8) -- Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "That (Verse) means only the presentation of the accounts, but anybody whose account (record) is questioned on the Day of Resurrection, will surely be punished
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ حُوسِبَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عُذِّبَ " . فَقُلْتُ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا} فَقَالَ " لَيْسَ ذَاكِ الْحِسَابُ إِنَّمَا ذَاكِ الْعَرْضُ مَنْ نُوقِشَ الْحِسَابَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عُذِّبَ " .
A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:He who is taken to account on the Day of Resurrection is in fact put to torment. I said: Has Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, not said this: 'He will be made subject to an easy reckoning" (Ixxxiv. 8)? Thereupon he said: (What it implies) is not the actual reckoning, but only the presentation of one's deeds to Him. He who is thoroughly examined in reckoning is put to torment
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ الْعَبْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانَ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يُونُسَ الْقُشَيْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يُحَاسَبُ إِلاَّ هَلَكَ " . قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ يَقُولُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا قَالَ " ذَاكِ الْعَرْضُ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ نُوقِشَ الْحِسَابَ هَلَكَ " .
A'isha reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:Everyone who is reckoned thoroughly is undone. I said: Allah's Messenger, has Allah not called (reckoning) as easy reckoning? Thereupon he said.. It implies only presenta- tion of (one's deeds to Him), but if one is thoroughly examined in reckoning, he in fact is undone
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ نُوقِشَ الْحِسَابَ هَلَكَ " . قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يَقُولَُ: (فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ * فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا ) قَالَ " ذَلِكَ الْعَرْضُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ حَسَنٌ وَرَوَاهُ أَيُّوبُ أَيْضًا عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ .
Ibn 'Abi Mulaikah narrated that 'Aishah said:"I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) saying: 'Whoever his account is questioned about , he shall be ruined.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Indeed Allah [Most High] has said: Then as for him who shall be given his Record in his right hand. He surely will receive an easy reckoning.' Then he said: 'That is the presentation.'" [Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Sahih Hasan, Ayyub also reported it from Ibn Abi Mulaikah
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حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، عَنْ ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الْكَيِّسُ مَنْ دَانَ نَفْسَهُ وَعَمِلَ لِمَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَالْعَاجِزُ مَنْ أَتْبَعَ نَفْسَهُ هَوَاهَا وَتَمَنَّى عَلَى اللَّهِ " . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ . قَالَ وَمَعْنَى قَوْلِهِ " مَنْ دَانَ نَفْسَهُ " . يَقُولُ حَاسَبَ نَفْسَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُحَاسَبَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ . وَيُرْوَى عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ حَاسِبُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُحَاسَبُوا وَتَزَيَّنُوا لِلْعَرْضِ الأَكْبَرِ وَإِنَّمَا يَخِفُّ الْحِسَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى مَنْ حَاسَبَ نَفْسَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا . وَيُرْوَى عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ لاَ يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ تَقِيًّا حَتَّى يُحَاسِبَ نَفْسَهُ كَمَا يُحَاسِبُ شَرِيكَهُ مِنْ أَيْنَ مَطْعَمُهُ وَمَلْبَسُهُ .
Shaddad bin Aws narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w) said:"The clever person ids the one who subjugates his soul, and works for what is after death. And the incapable is the one who follows his desires and merely hopes in Allah." [He said:] The meaning of his saying: "Who subjugates his soul", is to say the one who reckons with his soul in the world, before he is reckoned with, on the Day of Judgement. It has been related that 'Umar bin Al-Khattäb said: "Reckon with yourselves before you are reckoned with, and prepare for the Greatest Inquisition. The reckoning of the Day of Judgement is only light for the one who reckoned with himself in the world." And, it has been related that Maimun bin Mihran said: "The slave (of Allah) will not be a Taqi until he has reckoned himself, just as he would account for where his business partner got his food and clothing
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حدثنا أبو العباس محمد بن يعقوب، ثنا حميد بن عياش الرملي، ثنا المؤمل بن إسماعيل، ثنا حماد بن سلمة، عن سعيد بن جمهان، عن سفينة مولى أم سلمة رضي الله عنها، قال: كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا صلى الصبح، ثم أقبل على أصحابه فقال: «أيكم رأى الليلة رؤيا؟» قال: فصلى ذات يوم، فقال: «أيكم رأى رؤيا؟» فقال رجل: أنا رأيت يا رسول الله، كأن ميزانا دلي به من السماء، فوضعت في كفة، ووضع أبو بكر من كفة أخرى، فرجحت بأبي بكر، فرفعت وترك أبو بكر مكانه، فجيء بعمر بن الخطاب فوضع في الكفة الأخرى، فرجح به أبو بكر، فرفع أبو بكر، وجيء بعثمان فوضع في الكفة الأخرى، فرجح عمر بعثمان، ثم رفع عمر وعثمان ورفع الميزان، قال: فتغير وجه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ثم قال: «خلافة النبوة ثلاثون عاما، ثم تكون ملكا» قال سعيد بن جمهان: فقال لي سفينة: «أمسك سنتي أبي بكر، وعشر عمر، واثنتي عشرة عثمان، وست علي رضي الله عنهم أجمعين» وقد أسندت هذه الروايات بإسناد صحيح مرفوعا إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم "
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حدثني علي بن عيسى، ثنا إبراهيم بن أبي طالب، ثنا ابن أبي عمرو، حدثنا سفيان، عن جامع، عن أبي وائل، قال: قال عبد الله: «إذا بخس الميزان حبس القطر، وإذا كثر الزنا كثر القتل ووقع الطاعون، وإذا كثر الكذب كثر الهرج» هذا حديث صحيح على شرط الشيخين، ولم يخرجاه "
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أخبرناه أبو سعيد أحمد بن يعقوب الثقفي، ثنا موسى بن هارون، ثنا عبيد الله بن عمر القواريري، ثنا حرمي بن عمارة، ثنا الحريش بن الخريت، ثنا ابن أبي مليكة، عن عائشة رضي الله عنها، قالت: مر بي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وأنا رافعة يدي وأنا أقول: اللهم حاسبني حسابا يسيرا، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «تدرين ما ذلك الحساب؟» فقلت: ذكر الله عز وجل في كتابه {فسوف يحاسب حسابا يسيرا} [الانشقاق: 8] فقال لي: «يا عائشة إنه من حوسب خصم ذلك الممر بين يدي الله تعالى»
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Bible · New Testament
Please note: these Bible passages are here for comparison and history only. In Islam, proof comes from the Quran and sahih hadith. Reports taken from earlier scriptures (Isra'iliyyat) are not treated as proof.
Revelation 20:1-15; 21:1-4
The Millennium, Gog and Magog Besieging the Beloved City, and the New Jerusalem
Satan is bound for a thousand years while Christ reigns with the resurrected martyrs. When the thousand years expire, Satan is loosed to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, marshaling an army vast as the sand of the sea. They surround the beloved city (Jerusalem), but divine fire descends from heaven and consumes them. The Great White Throne Judgment convenes, the books are opened, the dead are judged according to their works, and a New Jerusalem descends from heaven where death, mourning, and tears are eradicated forever.
Καὶ ὅταν τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη, λυθήσεται ὁ Σατανᾶς ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξελεύσεται πλανῆσαι τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ἐν ταῖς τέσσαρσιν γωνίαις τῆς γῆς, τὸν Γὼγ καὶ Μαγώγ, συναγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν πόλεμον, ὧν ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτῶν ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης. καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐκύκλευσαν τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν ἁγίων καὶ τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἠγαπημένην. καὶ κατέβη πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτούς·
When the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. They went up over the width of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them.
καὶ τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἁγίαν Ἰερουσαλὴμ καινὴν εἶδον καταβαίνουσαν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἡτοιμασμένην ὡς νύμφην κεκοσμημένην τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς.
I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
Comparative Traditions
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The Elect Son of Man on the Throne of Glory and the Universal Judgment
Enoch beholds the 'Head of Days' (God) alongside a transcendent figure named the 'Son of Man' / 'Righteous One'. This pre-existent Deliverer is seated upon the Throne of Glory to execute judgment upon the kings and the mighty of the earth, who relied on their wealth and denied the Lord of Spirits. The oppressors are delivered to the angels of punishment, while the righteous shine like lights in the heavenly kingdom.
ወበህየ፡ ርኢኩ፡ ዘቦቱ፡ ርእሰ፡ መዋዕል፡ ወርእሱ፡ ጸዓዳ፡ ከመ፡ ጸምር... ወውእቱ፡ ወልደ፡ እጓለ፡ እመሕያው፡ ዘቦቱ፡ ጽድቅ...
There I saw One who had a Head of Days, and His head was white like wool; and with Him was another whose countenance had the appearance of a man... This is the Son of Man who has righteousness...
ወይደነግፁ፡ አመ፡ ይሬእይዎ፡ ለውእቱ፡ ወልደ፡ ብእሲ፡ እንዘ፡ ይነብር፡ ዲበ፡ መንበረ፡ ስብሐቲሁ...
Pain shall seize them when they see that Son of Man sitting on the throne of his glory...
The Saoshyant, Universal Bodily Resurrection, and the River of Molten Metal
The final savior, the Saoshyant, arises to raise the dead from the earth and waters, beginning with the first man, Gayomard. All human beings are assembled in one place for the final judgment. The cosmic mountains collapse and melt into a river of blazing molten metal through which every human soul must walk: for the righteous it feels as soothing as warm milk, while the wicked are purified. Evil (Ahriman) and the serpent are chased into darkness and annihilated, ushering in the eternal, immortal renovation of creation (Frashokereti).
u-shan harvisp mardoman be xezanend, an i zindag u an i murdag...
And they will raise up all men, both those who were living and those who were dead...
pad an ayoxshust i taftag be gozarend... an i ahlaw chun shir i garm paydāg shaved...
Through that melted metal they will pass... to the righteous it will seem as if walking in warm milk...
The Chinvat Bridge (Bridge of the Separator), the Scales of Rashnu, and the Soul's Crossing
Zoroastrian eschatology details the journey of the soul after death to the Chinvat Bridge spanning the chasm between this world and paradise. The righteous judge Rashnu weighs the soul's deeds on a golden scale that tips not by a hair's breadth. For the righteous, the bridge widens to the breadth of nine javelins, guided by a radiant maiden (the embodiment of their good deeds) into the House of Song (Garothman). For the wicked, the bridge sharpens like a razor's edge, and their own foul deeds plunge them into the abyss of darkness.
cinvato peretum yazaite... ya vispā-hic cinvaiti dātanãmca adātanãmca...
The soul approaches the Chinvat Bridge, which separates the righteous from the unrighteous, created by Ahura Mazda...