Approaching the West — Page 198
A pproaching the West—198 The writing down of good and evil deeds should not be understood as if papers, pen and ink are being used. It is the preservation of a record of all our actions in an unknown domain of God, different from the material things. Full Justice Accorded And the weighing [wazn] on that day will be true… (7:9) And We shall set up just balances [maw ā zin—measures/scale] on the Day of Resurrection, so that no soul will be wronged in the least. And even if it be the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We would bring it forth. And sufficient are We as reckoners. (21:48) Every soul shall taste of death. And you shall be paid in full your rewards only on the Day of Resurrection… (3:186) On the day when All ā h will raise them [those who opposed All ā h and His Messenger] all together, He will inform them of what they did. All ā h has kept account of it, while they forgot it. And All ā h is Witness over all things. (58:7) … thy Lord will surely judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differed. (16:125, [45:18]) … whosoever acts dishonestly shall bring with him that, concerning which he has been