Transliteration:( 'Alimat nafsum maa qaddamat wa akhkharat )
"Each human soul then knows what it forwarded and what it left behind."
Recognition of One’s Deeds
On the Day of Judgment, every soul will realize the deeds it sent forward—such as charity and good actions—and what it left behind, like accumulated wealth as inheritance. This awareness will come either through reading the book of deeds or through remembrance of one's actions. Allah Almighty says: "Read your book." (Surah Al-Isra 17:14)
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Please refer to Surah Infitar ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 12.
(82:5) everyone shall know all his deeds, both the earlier and the later.[3]
3. The words ma qaddamat wa akhkharat can have several meanings and all are implied here:
(1) Ma qaddamat is the good or evil act which man has sent forward, and ma akhkharat is what he refrained from doing. Thus, these Arabic words correspond to the acts of commission and omission in one’s life.
(2) Ma qaddamat is what one did earlier and ma akhkharat what one did later; i.e. the whole life-work of man will appear before him date-wise and in proper sequence.
(3) Whatever good and evil deeds a man did in his life is ma qaddamat and whatever effects and influences of his acts he left behind for human society is ma akhkharat.
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