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57:22 - No misfortune can happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded in a decree before We
bring it into existence: that is truly easy for Allah: 53085309
5308 External disasters or misfortunes may strike people's eye or imagination, but there are worse crisis and misfortunes in
the spiritual world, which are of equal or greater importance to man's future. All this happens according to the Will and
Plan of Allah. Even where we are allowed the exercise of our own wills, the consequences that follow are in
accordance with the laws and Plan decreed by Allah beforehand. (57.22)
5309 For baraa, 'to bring into existence', and other words denoting Allah's creative energy, see n. 120 to ii. 117; n. 916 to vi.
94; and n. 923 to vi. 98. (57.22)
68:1 - Nun. By the Pen and by the (Record) which (men) write 55925593
5592 Nun is an Abbreviated Letter: see Appendix I at the end of S. ii. Nun may mean a fish, or an ink-holder, or it may be
just the Arabic letter of the alphabet, N. In the last case, it may refer to either or both of the other meanings. Note also
that the Arabic rhyme in this Sura ends in N. The reference to ink would be an appropriate link with the Pen in verse 1.
The reference to the fish would be appropriate with reference to the story of Jonah in verses 48-50. Jonah's title is
"the Companion of the Fish", (Zun-Nun, xxi. 87), as he was, in the story, swallowed by the Fish. (68.1)
5593 The Pen and the Record are the symbolical foundations of the Revelation to man. The adjuration by the Pen disposes
of the flippant charge that Allah's Messenger was mad or possessed. For he spoke words of power, not incoherent,
but full of meaning, and through the Record of the Pen, that meaning unfolds itself, in innumerable aspects to
countless generations. Muhammad was the living Grace and Mercy of Allah, and his very nature exalted him above
abuse and persecution. (68.1)
69:19 - Then He that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! read ye my
Record! 5652
5652 Cf. xvii. 71, where the righteous are described as those who are given their record in their right hand at Judgment. In
lvi. 27, 38, and other passages, the righteous are called "Companions of the Right Hand". (69.19)
69:25 - And he that will be given his Record in his left hand will say: "Ah! would that my record had
not been given to me! 5657
69:26 - "And that I had never realized how my account (stood)!
5657 This is in contrast to the righteous ones who will receive their record in their right hand. Cf. lxix. 19, n. 5652. The
righteous are glad when they remember their past: their memory is itself a precious possession. The unjust are in
agony when they remember their past. Their memory is itself a grievous punishment. (69.25)
83:7 - Nay! Surely the Record of the Wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin 6013
6013 This is a word from the same root as Sijn, a Prison. It rhymes with and is contrasted with Illiyin in verse 18 below. It is
therefore understood by many Commentators to be a place, a Prison or a Dungeon in which the Wicked are confined
pending their appearance before the Judgment-Seat. The mention of the Iscribed Register in verse 9 below may imply
that Sijjin is the name of the Register of Black Deeds, though verse 9 may be elliptical and may only describe the
place by the significance of its contents. (83.7)
83:9 - (There is) a Register (fully) inscribed. 6014
6014 If we take Sijjin to be the Register itself, and not the place where it is kept, the Register itself is a sort of Prison for
those who do wrong. It is inscribed fully: i.e., no one is omitted who ought to be there, and for every entry there is a
complete record, so that there is no escape for the sinner. (83.9)
83:18 - Nay verily the Record of the Righteous is (preserved) in `Illiyin. 6019
83:19 -And what will explain to thee whet `Illiyin is?
83:20 - (There is) a Register (fully) inscribed. 6020
83:21 - To which bear witness those Nearest (to Allah). 6021
6019 'Illiyin: the oblique form of the nominative Illiyun, which occurs in the next verse. It is in contrast to the Sijjin which
occurs in verse 7 above, where see n. 6213. Literally, it means the 'High Places'. Applying the reasoning parallel to
that which we applied to Sijjin, we may interpret it as the Place where is kept the Register of the Righteous. (83.18)
6020 This repeats verse 9 above, where see n. 6014. But the Register is of the opposite kind, that of the Righteous. It
contains every detail of the Righteous. (83.20)
6021 See lvi. 11, n. 5227; also n. 5223. Those Nearest to Allah will be witnesses to this Righteous Record; or as it may also
be rendered, they will be present at the Record, and watch this Record. (83.21)
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84:8 - Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning
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