64:9

يَوۡمَ يَجۡمَعُكُمۡ لِيَوۡمِ ٱلۡجَمۡعِۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوۡمُ ٱلتَّغَابُنِۗ وَمَن يُؤۡمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ وَيَعۡمَلۡ صَٰلِحٗا يُكَفِّرۡ عَنۡهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِۦ وَيُدۡخِلۡهُ جَنَّـٰتٖ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِهَا ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡفَوۡزُ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ

Yawma yajmaAAukum liyawmi aljamAAi thalika yawmu alttaghabuni waman yumin biAllahi wayaAAmal salihan yukaffir AAanhu sayyiatihi wayudkhilhu jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu khalideena feeha abadan thalika alfawzu alAAatheemu

The Day He will assemble you for the Day of Assembly - that is the Day of Deprivation. And whoever believes in Allah and does righteousness - He will remove from him his misdeeds and admit him to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. That is the great attainment.

Word by word
  1. يَوۡمَ(The) Day
  2. يَجۡمَعُكُمۡHe will assemble you
  3. لِيَوۡمِfor (the) Day
  4. ٱلۡجَمۡعِۖ(of) the Assembly
  5. ذَٰلِكَthat
  6. يَوۡمُ(will be the) Day
  7. ٱلتَّغَابُنِۗ(of) mutual loss and gain
  8. وَمَنAnd whoever
  9. يُؤۡمِنۢbelieves
  10. بِٱللَّهِin Allah
  11. وَيَعۡمَلۡand does
  12. صَٰلِحٗاrighteous deeds
  13. يُكَفِّرۡHe will remove
  14. عَنۡهُfrom him
  15. سَيِّـَٔاتِهِۦhis evil deeds
  16. وَيُدۡخِلۡهُand He will admit him
  17. جَنَّـٰتٖ(to) Gardens
  18. تَجۡرِيflow
  19. مِنfrom
  20. تَحۡتِهَاunderneath it
  21. ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُthe rivers
  22. خَٰلِدِينَabiding
  23. فِيهَآtherein
  24. أَبَدٗاۚforever
  25. ذَٰلِكَThat
  26. ٱلۡفَوۡزُ(is) the success
  27. ٱلۡعَظِيمُthe great
At-Taghabun · 64:9Madinah

The Day of mutual loss and gain.

The one day the real winners are known


The Day of Gathering
all peoplefirst and last, together
sorted by
faith and good deedswhat they brought
sins erasedgardens forever
Who actually won
the ones ahead herericher, louder
the people of Paradisethe real gain

Ibn Kathir says on that Day the first and last generations will stand together in one place. Ibn Abbas said Taghabun is a name for it because the people of Paradise will have gained over the people of the Fire. Muqatil said there is no greater loss and gain than that.

Your classmate earns double what you do. Your neighbour seems to win at everything. You feel behind. The scoreboard you check every day is not the final one. There is a Day when the real gain is shown.

I am losing because others are getting ahead of me.

The real gain and loss are only shown on the Day of Gathering.

Try this

Today, when you feel behind someone, do one good deed instead of checking their profile.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 64:7)

The disbelievers pretend that they will never be resurrected. Say: "Yes! By my Lord, you will certainly be resurrected, then you will be informed of what you did; and that is easy for Allah. (7)Therefore, believe in Allah and His Messenger and in the Light which We have sent down. And Allah is All-Aware of what you do (8)The Day when He will gather you on the Day of Gathering, that will be the Day of At-Taghabun. And whosoever believes in Allah and performs righteous deeds, He will expiate from him his sins, and will admit him to Gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein forever; that will be the great success (9)But those who disbelieved and denied Our Ayat, they will be the dwellers of the Fire, to dwell therein forever. And worst indeed is that destination (10)

Life after Death is True

Allah the Exalted informs about the disbelievers, idolators and the atheists that they claim that they will not be resurrected,

قُلْ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّي لَتُبْعَثُنَّ ثُمَّ لَتُنَبَّؤُنَّ بِمَا عَمِلْتُمْ

(Say: "Yes! By my Lord, you will certainly be resurrected, then you will be informed of what you did...") meaning, 'you will be informed of all of your actions, whether major or minor, big or small,'

وَذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

(and that is easy for Allah.) 'resurrecting and recompensing you is easy for Allah.'

This is the third Ayah in which Allah orders His Messenger ﷺ to swear by His Lord, the Exalted and Most Honored, that Resurrection occurs. The first is in Surah Yunus,

وَيَسْتَنْبِئُونَكَ أَحَقٌّ هُوَ ۖ قُلْ إِي وَرَبِّي إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ ۖ وَمَا أَنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ

(And they ask you to inform them: "Is it true?" Say: "Yes! By my Lord! It is the very truth! and you can not escape it!")(10:53), The second is in Surah Saba',

وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَا تَأْتِينَا السَّاعَةُ ۖ قُلْ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّي لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ 

(Those who disbelieve say: "The hour will not come to us." Say: "Yes, by my Lord, it will come to you...")(34:3), and the third is this Ayah,

زَعَمَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنْ لَنْ يُبْعَثُوا ۚ قُلْ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّي لَتُبْعَثُنَّ ثُمَّ لَتُنَبَّؤُنَّ بِمَا عَمِلْتُمْ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

(The disbelievers pretend that they will never be resurrected. Say: "Yes! By my Lord, you will certainly be resurrected, then you will be informed of what you did; and that is easy for Allah.") Allah the Exalted said,

فَآمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَالنُّورِ الَّذِي أَنْزَلْنَا ۚ 

(Therefore, believe in Allah and in His Messenger and in the Light which We have sent down.) that is, the Qur'an,

وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ

(And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.) none of your deeds ever escapes His knowledge.

The Day of At-Taghabun

Allah said,

يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُكُمْ لِيَوْمِ الْجَمْعِ ۖ 

(The Day when He will gather you on the Day of Gathering,) meaning the Day of Resurrection. This is the Day when the earlier and later generations will all be gathered in one area, a caller would be heard by them all, and one's vision would easily see them all. Allah said,

ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَجْمُوعٌ لَهُ النَّاسُ وَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمٌ مَشْهُودٌ

(That is the Day whereon mankind will be gathered together, that is a Day when all will be present.)(11:103), and,

قُلْ إِنَّ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ - لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَاتِ يَوْمٍ مَعْلُومٍ

(Say: "(Yes) verily, those of old, and those of later times. All will surely be gathered together for appointed meeting of a known Day.")(56:49-50) Allah's statement,

ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ التَّغَابُنِ ۗ 

(that will be the Day of At-Taghabun) Ibn 'Abbas said, "It is one of the names of the Day of Judgement, and that is because the people of Paradise will have gained over the people of the Fire." Qatadah and Mujahid said similarly.

Muqatil bin Hayyan said, "There is no mutual loss and gain greater than these entering Paradise and those being taken to the Fire."

Allah explained His statement saying;

وَمَنْ يُؤْمِنْ بِاللَّهِ وَيَعْمَلْ صَالِحًا يُكَفِّرْ عَنْهُ سَيِّئَاتِهِ وَيُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ - وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا ۖ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ

(And whosoever believes in Allah and performs righteous deeds, He will expiate from him his sins, and will admit him to Gardens beneath which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever; that will be the great success. But those who disbelieved and denied Our Ayat, they will be the dwellers of the Fire, to dwell therein forever. And worst indeed is that destination.) We explained these meanings several times before.