Approaching the West — Page 196
A pproaching the West—196 ‘But whosoever will turn away from My remembrance, his will be a straitened life, and on the Day of Resurrection We shall raise him up blind. ’ (20:125) Record Books of Good and Evil Deeds God has created man with a soul—an inner self; and all his actions leave permanent impressions upon it in the minutest detail. Those impressions are ‘saved,’ and on the Day of Judgment, they shall become manifest. A person shall be able to see/read, so to say, his own book of records of good or bad deeds: And every man’s record of deeds have We fasten to his neck; and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring out for him a book which he will find wide open. It will be said to him, ‘Read thy book. Sufficient is thy own soul as a reckoner against thee this day. ’ (17:14-15) So whoever does good works and is a believer, his effort will not go unappreciated and We shall surely record it. (21:95) And everything they have done is recorded in the books [zab ū r]. And every matter, small and great, is written down. Verily, the righteous would be in the midst of Gardens and streams; in the seat of Truth with the Omnipotent King. (54:53-56)