Al-Baqara • EN-AL-QUSHAIRI-TAFSIR
﴿ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًۭا تُرْجَعُونَ فِيهِ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ ﴾
“And be conscious of the Day on which you shall be brought back unto God, whereupon every human being shall be repaid in full for what he has earned, and none shall be wronged.”
And fear a day wherein you shall be returned to God and every soul shall be paid in full what it has earned; and they shall not be wronged. There are two kinds of return: [a return] for the bodily and lower selves in the future at the time of death and [a return] for the innermost selves and hearts at every breath. [The latter is] a reckoning-a payment in ready cash versus a promise [regarding the future]. The payment in ready cash for His claim [at every breath] is more fitting than what will come at the resurrection by His promise. He said to ordinary people �And fear a day� and He said to the elect �and fear Me� [2:41].