Surah Al-Jathiya 45:28 — translation and meaning

الجاثية · Verse 28 / 37 · Page 501

ۚ وَتَرَى كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تُدْعَى إِلَى كِتَابِهَا الْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَتَرَى
watara
And you will see
كُلَّ
kulla
every
أُمَّةٍ
ummatin
nation
جَاثِيَةً
jathiyatan
kneeling
كُلُّ
kullu
Every
أُمَّةٍ
ummatin
nation
تُدْعَى
tud'a
will be called
إِلَى
ila
to
كِتَابِهَا
kitabiha
its record
الْيَوْمَ
al-yawma
Today
تُجْزَوْنَ
tuj'zawna
you will be recompensed
مَا
ma
(for) what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used (to)
تَعْمَلُونَ
ta'maluna
do

Transliteration

Wa taraa kulla ummatin jaasiyah; kullu ummatin tud'aaa ilaa kitaabihaa al Yawma tujzawna maa kuntum ta'maloon

Translation

And you will see every nation kneeling [from fear]. Every nation will be called to its record [and told], "Today you will be recompensed for what you used to do.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And you will see on that day, O Messenger, every nation crouching on its knees, awaiting what will be done with them. Every nation will be called towards its book of deeds which the guarding angels wrote. Today, you will be rewarded, O people, for the good and bad you used to do in the world.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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