Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 53

Tafsir of 74:53

What will take place in the Discussion between the People of Paradise and the People of the Hellfire Allah informs that, كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ رَهِينَةٌ (Every person is a pledge for what he has earned), meaning bound to his deed on the Day of Judgement. Ibn `Abbas and others have said this. إِلاَّ أَصْحَبَ الْيَمِينِ (Except those on the Right.) For verily, they will be فِى جَنَّتٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ - عَنِ الْمُجْرِمِينَ (In Gardens they will ask one another about criminals (and they will say to them)) Meaning, while they are in lofty rooms, they will ask the criminals, who will be in the lowest levels (of Hell), saying to them, مَا سَلَكَكُمْ فِى سَقَرَ - قَالُواْ لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ - وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينَ ("What has caused you to enter Hell?" They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer the Salah, nor did we feed the poor.") Meaning, 'we did not worship Allah, nor did we do good to His creatures of our own species (i.e., other people).' وَكُنَّا نَخُوضُ مَعَ الُخَآئِضِينَ (And we used to speak falsehood with vain speakers.) Meaning, 'we used to speak about what we had no knowledge of.' Qatadah said, "It means that every time someone went astray…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)