The First Topic: How deeds are weighed, and the fact that a deed is a description inherent in the doer, not a body, so how can it be weighed?
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The First Topic: How are deeds weighed, when a deed is a description inherent in the doer, and not a body, so how can it be weighed?
The answer to that is to say: Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) makes these deeds into bodies; He makes them bodies, so the deed becomes a body according to its measure. This is not strange regarding the power of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
There is a parallel to this, which is death. Death is made in the form of a ram and is slaughtered between Paradise and the Fire. It is said, "O people of Paradise, and O people of the Fire," and they look up and stretch their necks. It is said, "Do you know this?" They say, "Yes, this is death." Even though death is a concept, not a body, and it is not the Angel of Death who is slaughtered, but rather death itself, where Allah the Exalted makes it a body that is witnessed and seen. Similarly, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) makes deeds into bodies that are weighed with this physical scale.
Fine. The Second Topic: The explicit statement of the author is that what is weighed is the deed, whether it is good or evil.
And this is the apparent meaning of the Qur'an, as Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) said:[Az-Zalzalah 99:6-8]. So it is clear that what is weighed is what? The deed; one works the weight of an atom.
And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 7563, and this is also explicit that what is weighed is the deed.
And the texts on this are many that what is weighed is the deed. But there are texts whose apparent meaning may contradict this... among them is the hadith of the man with the card,.
The First Topic: How are deeds weighed, when a deed is a description inherent in the doer, and not a body, so how can it be weighed?
The answer to that is to say: Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) makes these deeds into bodies; He makes them bodies, so the deed becomes a body according to its measure. This is not strange regarding the power of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
There is a parallel to this, which is death. Death is made in the form of a ram and is slaughtered between Paradise and the Fire. It is said, "O people of Paradise, and O people of the Fire," and they look up and stretch their necks. It is said, "Do you know this?" They say, "Yes, this is death." Even though death is a concept, not a body, and it is not the Angel of Death who is slaughtered, but rather death itself, where Allah the Exalted makes it a body that is witnessed and seen. Similarly, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) makes deeds into bodies that are weighed with this physical scale.
Fine. The Second Topic: The explicit statement of the author is that what is weighed is the deed, whether it is good or evil.
And this is the apparent meaning of the Qur'an, as Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) said:
(6) That Day, the people will depart separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds. (7) So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, (8) And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.
يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ النَّاسُ أَشْتَاتاً لِيُرَوْا أَعْمَالَهُمْ * فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْراً يَرَهُ * وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرّاً يَرَهُAnd the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
two words which are dear to the Beneficent (Allah) and very light (easy) for the tongue (to say), but very heavy in weight in the balance
كلمتان حبيبتان إلى الرحمن، خفيفتان على اللسان، ثقيلتان في الميزانAnd the texts on this are many that what is weighed is the deed. But there are texts whose apparent meaning may contradict this... among them is the hadith of the man with the card,