Surah Al Hadid Tafseer

The Believers are awarded a Light on the Day of Resurrection, according to Their Good Deeds

Allah the Exalted states,

يَوْمَ تَرَى الْمُوْمِنِينَ وَالْمُوْمِنَاتِ

On the Day you shall see the believing men and the believing women --

Allah the Exalted states that the believers who spend in charity will come on the Day of Resurrection with their light preceding them in the area of the Gathering, according to the level of their good deeds.

As reported from Abdullah bin Mas`ud who explained this ayah:

يَسْعَى نُورُهُم بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ

their light running forward before them,

"They will pass over the Sirat according to their deeds. Some of them will have a light as large as a mountain, some as a date tree, some as big as a man in the standing position. The least among them has a light as big as his index finger, it is lit at times and extinguished at other times."

Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn Jarir collected this Hadith.

Ad-Dahhak commented on the Ayah,

"Everyone will be given a light on the Day of Resurrection. When they arrive at the Sirat, the light of the hypocrites will be extinguished. When the believers see this, they will be concerned that their light also will be extinguished, just as the light of the hypocrites was. This is when the believers will invoke Allah, `O our Lord! Perfect our light for us."'

Allah's statement,

وَبِأَيْمَانِهِم

(and in their right hands), Ad-Dahhak said:

"Their Books of Records."

As Allah said:

فَمَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـبَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ

So whosoever is given his record in his right hand. (17:71)

Allah said,

بُشْرَاكُمُ الْيَوْمَ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الاَْنْهَارُ

Glad tidings for you this Day! Gardens under which rivers flow,

meaning, it will be said to them, "Receive glad tidings this Day, of gardens beneath which rivers flow,

خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا

to dwell therein forever!,

you will remain therein forever,"

ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ

Truly, this is the great success!

The Condition of the Hypocrites on the Day of Resurrection

Allah said