concept

Ḥisāb

Beliefs & concepts

The named Islamic reckoning of deeds before God. Not mizan as the scales alone, and not last-judgment as the Christian tribunal label alone.

Also known as Hisab · Yawm al-Hisab

Islam

  • Ḥisāb appears in Islam.

    The Qur’an repeatedly names ḥisāb — reckoning/account — on the Day when deeds are counted. Islamic reckoning speech in that revelation, not last-judgment as the already-walked English label alone and not a bookkeeping invent.

    from M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation) · The Qur’an, 2004 (this translation); Arabic text 7th century CE

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • The Qur’an · M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation)

    M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur’an (Oxford).