Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 322
322 heaven will be embodiments of the pleasure and delight which the soul of man feels in rendering obedience to God. The Holy Quran says: 'The deeds of man remain attached to him and are never separated from him. Their effects are hidden, but on the Day of Judgment, We will, as it were, turn them into a book which may be read by him,' i. e. , their effects would become manifest and every deed which man had done in this life would bring forth its fruit and would mould the life of the next world according to its nature, 'We will say to man, 'Now continue reading this book,' i. e. , go on progressing or retrogressing according to the char- acter of thy deeds and reap the fruits thereof. 'We need not take an account of thy deeds. Thy own self will continue to take an account of thy ac- tions,' i. e. , the effects which thy deeds have pro- duced are sufficient for thee both as a reward and as a punishment. We need not inflict on thee any new punishment or bestow upon thee any new re- ward. 155 See how clearly does the verse state that the re- wards and punishments of the next world are the em- bodiments of man’s deeds in this very life. Elsewhere the Holy Quran says: 155 Ban i -Isr a ’ i l, 17:14, 15.