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The reckoning

الْحِسَاب

The blessed are given an easy reckoning, a mere showing; whoever is questioned closely is ruined.

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The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever is brought to account will be punished. 'A'isha asked about the verse that the one given his record in his right hand will have an easy reckoning (84:8), and he explained that this is only the showing, but whoever is questioned closely is ruined (al-Bukhari 103).

As-Sa'di explains the easy reckoning as being shown one's deeds before Allah: He makes the servant admit his sins until he thinks he is lost, then tells him that He covered them for him in the world and covers them for him today, and he returns to his people in the Garden rejoicing.

Evidence

Sahih

Sahih al-Bukhari 103

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al-BukhariSahih (included by al-Bukhari in his Sahih) (Sahih)
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حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَتْ لاَ تَسْمَعُ شَيْئًا لاَ تَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ رَاجَعَتْ فِيهِ حَتَّى تَعْرِفَهُ، وَأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ حُوسِبَ عُذِّبَ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقُلْتُ أَوَ لَيْسَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ‏{‏فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا‏}‏ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ الْعَرْضُ، وَلَكِنْ مَنْ نُوقِشَ الْحِسَابَ يَهْلِكْ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Ibn Abu Mulaika:Whenever `Aisha (the wife of the Prophet) heard anything which she did not understand, she used to ask again till she understood it completely. Aisha said: "Once the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever will be called to account (about his deeds on the Day of Resurrection) will surely be punished." I said, "Doesn't Allah say: "He surely will receive an easy reckoning." (84.8) The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "This means only the presentation of the accounts but whoever will be argued about his account, will certainly be ruined

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QuranAl-Inshiqaaq (The Splitting Open)Quran 84:8

فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا ٨

He will be judged with an easy account

Saheeh International · QuranEnc v1.1.2

Another translation: Al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan · QuranEnc v1.1.2

8. He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

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