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16:111

۞يَوۡمَ تَأۡتِي كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ تُجَٰدِلُ عَن نَّفۡسِهَا وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّا عَمِلَتۡ وَهُمۡ لَا يُظۡلَمُونَ

Yawma tatee kullu nafsin tujadilu AAan nafsiha watuwaffa kullu nafsin ma AAamilat wahum la yuthlamoona

On the Day when every soul will come disputing for itself, and every soul will be fully compensated for what it did, and they will not be wronged.

Word by word
  1. ۞يَوۡمَ(On) the Day
  2. تَأۡتِي(when) will come
  3. كُلُّevery
  4. نَفۡسٖsoul
  5. تُجَٰدِلُpleading
  6. عَنfor
  7. نَّفۡسِهَاitself
  8. وَتُوَفَّىٰand will be paid in full
  9. كُلُّevery
  10. نَفۡسٖsoul
  11. مَّاwhat
  12. عَمِلَتۡit did
  13. وَهُمۡand they
  14. لَا(will) not
  15. يُظۡلَمُونَbe wronged
An-Nahl · 16:111Makkah

Every soul comes pleading for itself, and no one is wronged.

Alone with your record, and full justice

That Day
every soulargues its own case
no help from
father, son, spouseno one pleads for you
then
paid in fullno injustice
The scale
unfair weighinggood lost, bad added
exactnothing lost, nothing added

Ibn Kathir says each person will make a case in his own defense, no one else will plead for him: not father, son, brother or wife. Each will be paid for what he did, good or evil, with no decrease in reward and no increase in punishment.

You rely on being part of a good family, a good mosque, a good group. On that Day you'll stand on your own. Every quiet good deed you did will be there, none missing.

My family and community will carry me through.

I will stand for myself, and every good I did will be counted exactly.

Try this

Do one good deed today that no one else will ever know about.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 16:110)

Then, verily, your Lord for those who emigrated after they were put to trials and then performed Jihad, and were patient, - after this, your Lord is indeed Forgiving, Most Merciful (110)(Remember) the Day when every person will come pleading for himself, and every one will be paid in full for what he did, and they will not be dealt with unjustly (111)

The One who is forced to renounce Islam will be forgiven if He does Righteous Deeds afterwards

This refers to another group of people who were oppressed in Makkah and whose position with their own people was weak, so they went along with them when they were tried by them. Then they managed to escape by emigrating, leaving their homeland, families and wealth behind, seeking the pleasure and forgiveness of Allah. They joined the believers and fought with them against the disbelievers, bearing hardship with patience. Allah tells them that after this, meaning after their giving in when put to the test, He will forgive them and show mercy to them when they are resurrected.

يَوْمَ تَأْتِي كُلُّ نَفْسٍ تُجَادِلُ

((Remember) the Day when every person will come pleading) meaning making a case in his own defence.

عَن نَّفْسِهَا

(for himself.) means, no one else will plead on his behalf; not his father, not his son, nor his brother, nor his wife.

وَتُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ

(and every one will be paid in full for what he did,) meaning whatever he did, good or evil.

وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ

(and they will not be dealt with unjustly.) meaning there will be no decrease in the reward for good, and no increase in the punishment for evil. They will not be dealt with unjustly in the slightest way.