At a glance
CreedAfterlife and eschatology
Summary
The Reckoning on Judgment Day is fixed in Book and Sunnah: every people is summoned by its leader, each takes his record — who receives it in his right hand is reckoned an easy reckoning and returns rejoicing; who receives it behind his back calls for destruction.
In the texts
In the hadith, God draws the believer close until he admits his sins, then says 'I veiled them for you in the world and I forgive them today' — and who is interrogated in the reckoning is punished.
Connections
- Subject of
- Al-Dar al-Akhira (The Hereafter) lesson series
- Mentioned in
- Qur'an 17:71· Qur'an 84:8
- Related to
- The reckoning of good and bad deeds
People and things also explored
The book of deeds (kitab al-a'mal)· Tawba (repentance)· Al-barzakh· The Basin (al-Hawd) of the Prophet on the Day of Resurrection· Ya'juj and Ma'juj· The Gates of Paradise· The questioning and punishment of the grave· Sayyi'at (evil deeds and sins)
Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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islam.museum contributors. “The Reckoning”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/al-hisab/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-12.
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