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that Allahu ta’ālā may requite (li-yajziya is semantically connected to [the verb] barazū, 'they shall come forth') every soul for what it has earned, of good and evil. Truly Allahu ta’ālā is swift at reckoning - He shall reckon with all creatures in about half a day of the days of this world, as one hadīth states to that effect.