The Meaning of "Account for Yourselves Before You Are Accounted For"
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Question:
The brother also asks, from the Shaykh's questions: What is the meaning of "accounting" here, and "account for yourselves before you are accounted for"?
Answer:
It means that you weigh your good deeds against your bad deeds, so you provision yourself with good deeds, thanking Allah for that, and you repent from the bad deeds and seek forgiveness. This is the meaning of "account for yourselves." Yes.
The brother also asks, from the Shaykh's questions: What is the meaning of "accounting" here, and "account for yourselves before you are accounted for"?
Answer:
It means that you weigh your good deeds against your bad deeds, so you provision yourself with good deeds, thanking Allah for that, and you repent from the bad deeds and seek forgiveness. This is the meaning of "account for yourselves." Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/189 — archive.org (5:32)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.