Al-Infitar 82:5
The Cleaving · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 587
What It Sent Ahead
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسࣱ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ ٥
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Every soul will know what it sent ahead and what it left behind.
Insight
Elmalılı gives several meanings: deeds done and left undone, or done earlier and later, or the good and bad traces left behind.
Reflect
Do a good deed today to “send ahead”.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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