Translation:
(It will be said to him:) "Read your (own) record: Sufficient is your soul this day to make out an account against you." 2189
(It will be said to him:) "Read your (own) record: Sufficient is your soul this day to make out an account against you." 2189
Translation:
[and he will be told:] "Read this thy record,! Sufficient is thine own self today to make out thine account!" 18
[and he will be told:] "Read this thy record,! Sufficient is thine own self today to make out thine account!" 18
Commentary:
18 The "record" and the subsequent "account" represent man's total comprehension, on Judgment Day, of all his past life (Razi). This allegory occurs in the Qur'an in many formulations, e.g., in 37:19 or 39:68, and perhaps most incisively in 50:22 "now We have lifted from thee thy veil, and sharp is thy sight today!"
18 The "record" and the subsequent "account" represent man's total comprehension, on Judgment Day, of all his past life (Razi). This allegory occurs in the Qur'an in many formulations, e.g., in 37:19 or 39:68, and perhaps most incisively in 50:22 "now We have lifted from thee thy veil, and sharp is thy sight today!"
2189 Our true accusers are our own deeds. Why not look to them instead of vainly prying into something superstitious which we call a book of fortune or a book of omens? (Cf. 85:3).