Explanation: A person may ask how one is reckoned, given that the Day of Reckoning has not yet come?

The Shaykh : After this, I wish to draw your attention to a matter that may occur to some people. Some may ask regarding the hadith here: The question may arise: Did the reckoning take place? The Day of Reckoning is: So how does it come in the hadith here: to the end of the hadith? Did the Hour stand up? Was the scale placed with justice? Were the people reckoned? And was it made clear that the people are two groups: a group in Paradise and a group in the Blazing Fire? Of course, the answer is no; the Hour did not stand up, and the people were not reckoned. So how does the most truthful of people say: ? There are two answers to this. The first is that his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) here: is like His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): meaning the Hour has come, await the Hour. The scholars of rhetoric say: "This means reporting in the past tense about a matter that has not yet occurred but will occur soon, to confirm its occurrence." This is a style in the Arabic language. : meaning it will occur as if it has actually occurred and become a past report. This is: . Similarly, regarding this scale, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: meaning he will be reckoned soon and quickly, and it will be found in his record that there is nothing of good deeds except faith, and so on. Then Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) says: If We overlook My servants, then I am more worthy of overlooking them; overlook him. This is the first answer. The other answer, which is more apparent and closer, is that this actually occurred. The principle for every Arabic sentence, especially if it is Qur'an or Prophetic hadith, is that it is interpreted according to its apparent meaning. So we do not say "was reckoned" meaning "will be reckoned," unlike the previous verse where it said: it is necessary to interpret as meaning it will come soon. Why? Because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) followed His saying: with His saying: So the phrase means that this matter has not come yet, but it will come soon, so do not hasten for it... because it is coming to you soon. The point is that in the verse there is a phrase confirming that "came" here is considered a past tense verb used outside its usual context, meaning it will come, because He said: . Otherwise, if "came" meant it actually came, what is the meaning of ? One might say: "Then taste it." This phrase was a context for interpreting "came" as what will come. But here, there is no such context; therefore, the stronger position is to interpret the hadith according to its apparent meaning. And this is the third meaning: ; that is, he was actually reckoned, meaning his reckoning was hastened for him. And Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is capable of all things, and there is no difference for Him between hastening the reckoning, delaying it, or postponing it to the Day of Reckoning; it is all equal for Him (Glorified and Exalted is He). So He reckoned this man to show the benefit and result of Allah's reckoning of some of His servants, even though they were among the wrongdoers and sinners, and Allah only forgave them for a trait or a character trait they possessed. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) hastened the reckoning of this person for this wisdom or for another that some people may understand and others may not.