Surah Al-Jathiyah (الجاثية) • The Crouching

Quran 45:28

45:28

وَتَرَىٰ كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ جَاثِيَةً ۚ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ تُدْعَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ كِتَـٰبِهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

watarā kulla ummatin jāthiyatan kullu ummatin tud'ʿā ilā kitābihā l-yawma tuj'zawna mā kuntum taʿmalūna

And you will see every nation kneeling [from fear]. Every nation will be called to its record [and told], "Today you will be recompensed for what you used to do.

— Saheeh International

You will see every community kneeling. Every community will be summoned to its record: ‘Today you will be repaid for what you did.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And you will see each nation humbled to their knees (kneeling): each nation will be called to its Record (of deeds). This Day you shall be recompensed for what you used to do.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَتَرَىٰwatarāAnd you will see
كُلَّkullaevery
أُمَّةٍۢummatinnation
جَاثِيَةًۭۚjāthiyatankneeling
كُلُّkulluEvery
أُمَّةٍۢummatinnation
تُدْعَىٰٓtud'ʿāwill be called
إِلَىٰilāto
كِتَـٰبِهَاkitābihāits record
ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmaToday
تُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnayou will be recompensed
مَاmā(for) what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado