Tafsir of Al-Fajr 89:23

Surah Al-Fajr 89:23

ﱁ ﱂ ﱃ ﱄ ﱅ ﱆ ﱇ ﱈ ﱉ ﱊ

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?

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وجيء يوميذ بجهنم

And Hell will be brought near that Day. In his Sahih, Imam Muslim bin Al-Hajjaj recorded that Abdullah bin Mas`ud said that the Messenger of Allah said,

يوتى بجهنم يوميذ لها سبعون ألف زمام مع كل زمام سبعون ألف ملك يجرونها

Hell will be brought on near that Day and it will have seventy thousand leashes, and each leash will have seventy thousand angels pulling it. At-Tirmidhi also recorded the same narration. Allah said:

يوميذ يتذكر اﻻنسان

On that Day will man remember, meaning, his deeds, and what he did before in his past and recent times.

وأنى له الذكرى

but how will that remembrance avail him, meaning, how can remembrance then benefit him

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