hmm, yeah that's correct , people of Araaf are those,whose good and bad deeds are equal their evil deeds prevented them from qualifying to enter Paradise, and their good deeds qualified them to avoid the Fire.
@ sis am adding bit more what i have learned, please correct me if am wrong !!
Reference verse !
And stop them, for they must be questioned.
37:24 There are (yet) others, held in suspense for the command of Allah, whether He will punish them, or turn in mercy to them: and Allah is All-Knowing, Wise.
9:106The Araaf, or the heights also refers to obscure area which lies in between Jannah and jahanum where whose good deeds equal their evil deeds are held in a limbo , place Or wall
(V, 57:13) , who would be seeing the happenings in Paradise and Hell both and will be talking to people on both sides and their decision would be in pending
V 9:106 by Allah on where they would go, to jannah or to jahanum , as verse
7:46 says!! these have not yet entered the Garden though they are hopeful of entering it, so they will be stopped there on the wall or area, or path until Allah judges them ,that's why these people are called people of Araaf / those who are tied in good and bad deeds, and waiting for a Allah's decision and hoping for Allah's mercy to tip the scale.they say: Our Lord! Place us not with the wrong-doing folk
7:47As Quran tells us in many places that on the day of resurrection Allah will judge good and bad deeds , and it is explained in verses like 9:106 , and 107 when ALLAH balances good and evil deeds in the scale /Mizan and distinguishes companions of paradise from companions of Hell, He will make those wait for quite some time whose good and evil deeds are equal,
just For understanding !
why i said they(imams) will be among the people of Araaf , we can see in worldly eyes, people do thing that imams , ulemas and all such munafiq leaders are sin free, ministers of jannah and they too considered themselves an angel but none know who u are in the sight of Allah , He Al mighty Alone have authority to judge each soul ,the final decision maker is ultimately Allah .
And say (unto them): Act! Allah will behold your actions, and (so will) His messenger and the believers, and ye will be brought back to the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, and He will tell you what ye used to do.
9:105
And (there are) others who await Allah's decree, whether He will punish them or will forgive them. Allah is Knower, Wise.
9:106And as for those who chose a place of worship out of opposition and disbelief, and in order to cause dissent among the believers, and as an outpost for those who warred against Allah and His messenger aforetime, they will surely swear: We purposed naught save good. Allah beareth witness that they verily are liars.
9:107And those whose scales are heavy ( with good deeds) it is they who are the successful. But those whose scales are light – those are the ones who have lost their souls, (being) in Hell, abiding . The fire burneth their faces, and they are glum therein..
23:102-104that's what i have learned Rest of the correct and final truth belongs to Allah alone
My Question is regarding 57:13 i mentioned above ,is this same, barrier, Or wall or place a sort of limbo mention in surah al Araaf,?
explain it little more please ?? Inside it will be mercy, and outside it will be torment., 57:13
doest it mean !! You're safe inside this place as long as the decision does not made , outside Punishment /hell ?,
a wall will be put up between them, with a gate therein. Inside it will be mercy, and outside it will be torment.. 57:13feedback please