Al-Haqqah 69:19
The Reality · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 567
Read My Book
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ ١٩
Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
As for him given his record in his right hand, he will say: “Here, read my record!”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is the record of deeds, the yield of a person’s life, made of pages of the deeds he did in the world and the angels recorded day and night.
Reflect
Write something worth reading in your record today.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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