سُوْرَةُ الطَّارِقِ

Surah At-Taariq (86) — Ayah 9

The Morning Star · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 591

يَوْمَ تُبْلَى ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ ﴿9﴾
The Day when all the secrets (deeds, prayers, fasting, etc.) will be examined (as to their truth).
يَوْمَ yawma (The) Day
تُبْلَى tub'lā will be tested
ٱلسَّرَآئِرُ l-sarāiru the secrets

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9. 1. That is, they will become manifest because there will be reward and punishment for them. In fact, it is mentioned in the hadith that for every betrayer (one who breaks a covenant), a flag will be planted near his buttocks and it will be announced that this is the betrayal of so-and-so, son of so-and-so. (Sahih Bukhari)

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9. On the Day when secrets will be examined [7].

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Different Aspects of the Examination of Secrets:

By hidden secrets are meant all those deeds of every person which were related to intention and will, but could not be fulfilled and remained merely as secrets. Also, those deeds which did come before the world, but the purpose for which they were performed and the motives and desires that prompted them, no one could know, and those deeds which the doer performed and then died, but their effects continued to impact humanity for ages—all such secrets will be fully revealed on that Day.