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Surah Al-Muddaththir, verse 38: meaning and tafsir
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۭ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ ٣٨
Every soul is held in pledge[9] for its deeds,
Translation of the meanings: Rowwad Translation Center — version 1.0.19 · QuranEnc.com
[9] i.e., held responsible.
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Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies · QuranEnc.com
38. Every soul will be taken to task for the actions that it did. Either its actions will destroy it or they will release and rescue it from destruction.
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