Qur'an 74:38 Al-Muddaththir
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ
Every soul, for what it has earned, will be retained
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What it says
Every soul is held against what it earned. Rahīnah is a pledge, the object a debtor leaves with the creditor and cannot take back until the debt is settled. The soul is the security and its own earnings are the debt.
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كُلُّ kullu every · نَفْسٍ nafsin soul · بِمَا bimā for what · كَسَبَتْ kasabat it earned · رَهِينَةٌ rahīnah held in pledge
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