سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 9
وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ ﴿9﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And as for those whose scale will be light, they are those who will lose their ownselves (by entering Hell) because they denied and rejected Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمَنْ
waman
And (for) those
خَفَّتْ
khaffat
(will be) light
مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
mawāzīnuhu
his scales
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
so those
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(will be) the ones who
خَسِرُوٓا۟
khasirū
lost
أَنفُسَهُم
anfusahum
themselves
بِمَا
bimā
because
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they were
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
to Our Verses
يَظْلِمُونَ
yaẓlimūna
(doing) injustice
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
9. 1. In these verses, the issue of the weighing of deeds is mentioned, which will take place on the Day of Resurrection, as stated in several places in the Noble Quran and also in the hadiths. This means that deeds will be weighed in the balance. Whoever's scale of good deeds is heavy will be successful, and whoever's scale of evil deeds is heavy will be unsuccessful. How will these deeds be weighed when they are attributes, meaning they have no apparent existence or body? Regarding this, one opinion is that Allah Almighty will transform them into bodies on the Day of Resurrection and they will have weight. The second opinion is that the scrolls and registers in which a person's deeds are recorded will be weighed. The third opinion is that the doer himself will be weighed. Each of the three schools has authentic hadiths and traditions in support of their view, so Imam Ibn Kathir states that all three possibilities can be correct; sometimes the deeds, sometimes the scrolls, and sometimes the doer himself may be weighed (for evidence, see Tafsir Ibn Kathir). In any case, the issue of the balance and the weighing of deeds is established from the Quran and hadith. Its denial or interpretation is misguidance. And in the present era, there is no room left for its denial, as even weightless things are now being weighed.
