Approaching the West — Page 197
A pproaching the West—197 Do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private counsels? Yea! And Our messengers [that is, the angels] remain with them recording everything. (43:81) This is Our Book; it speaks against you with truth. We caused all that you did to be fully recorded. (45:30) And the Book of their deeds will be placed before them, and thou wilt see the guilty ones fearful at what is therein; and they will say, ‘O woe to us! What kind of Book is this! It leaves out nothing small or great but has recorded it. ’ … (18:50) Nay the record of the wicked is in Sijj ī n [a register of a prison]. And what should make you know what Sijj ī n is? It is a Book written comprehensively. (83:8-10) Verily, thou, O man, art toiling along towards thy Lord, a hard toiling; until thou meet Him. Then as for him who is given his record in his right hand, He will, surely, have an easy reckoning, And he will return to his family, rejoicing. But as for him who will have his record given to him behind his back, He will soon call for destruction, And he will burn in a blazing Fire. (84:7-13)