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Surah An-Najm — 53:40

وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُۥ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ

Wa anna sa'yahoo sawfa yuraa

and that his striving will be seen,

Reflection

The passive here leaves the viewer unnamed, and commentators filled it in differently: shown to the person on the day itself, displayed before others, or present in God's knowledge all along. Sawfa sets the seeing at a distance from the doing. The verse after it opens with thumma, which marks an interval, so the display and the repayment are staged as separate moments.

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