سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ

Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 103

The Believers · Meccan · Juz 18 · Page 348

وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فِى جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدُونَ ﴿103﴾
And those whose scales (of good deeds) are light, they are those who lose their ownselves, in Hell will they abide.
وَمَنْ waman But (the one) whose
خَفَّتْ khaffat (are) light
مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ mawāzīnuhu his scales
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ fa-ulāika then those
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna they [who]
خَسِرُوٓا۟ khasirū have lost
أَنفُسَهُمْ anfusahum their souls
فِى in
جَهَنَّمَ jahannama Hell
خَـٰلِدُونَ khālidūna they (will) abide forever

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And those whose scales are light—these are the ones who have put themselves [99] in loss; they will abide in Hell forever.

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The Results of the Weighing of Deeds:

In these two verses, another scene of the Day of Resurrection is presented. At that time, every person's deeds will be weighed precisely, and by the heavier scale here is meant the scale of good deeds. The real thing that can make this scale heavy and weighty is the declaration of the Oneness of Allah and steadfastness upon it. Then, accordingly, righteous deeds will further support it. When the scale of good deeds tilts down, the doer will immediately know that he has passed the test of the world, and his happiness will know no bounds. And the one whose scale of good deeds is light and rises up, and the scale of evil deeds becomes heavy, such people will fail and be unsuccessful in this test. First, they will feel regret and sorrow over this failure, and secondly, as a result, the punishment of Hell will already be prepared for them. The biggest reason for their failure will be that, along with professing the Oneness of Allah, they also committed shirk. The form of loss will be that they continued to do good deeds, and made efforts, but due to the admixture of shirk, those deeds did not benefit them. On the contrary, they had to face the punishment of Hell.