A013
Surah: 017 - Ayah: 013
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17:13
One of the most important and magnificent subjects of the Wise Qur'an is the "Record of Deeds", There are many reasons for its importance. One main reason is that, spirituality has been explained in it, to all the human beings, both the high and the low, in the way of wisdom, which has made it very easy to conceive of the spiritual realities, as God says: "And every man's record of deeds (tair) have We fastened to his own neck, and We shall bring it forth for him on the Day of Resurrection which he will find (in the form of) a scattered book. (And it will be said unto him): Read thy book. Thou art sufficient as reckoner against thee this day." (17:13-14).
By the neck of man is meant his religious guide, whether true or false. The main reason of calling the record of deeds "tair (flying)", is it comes flying. Since it consists of flying subtle particles, it is also called the "scattered book (kitaban manshura)", of which each particle speaks. (In this connection), God says: "And whoso does good a particle's weight will see it then, and whoso does ill a particle's weight will see it then" (99:7-8). That is, the good and the bad deeds of man will be in the form of particles. Although the Resurrection will happen in this world, there will be the world of particles ( alam-i dharr) In front of the beholder, in the sense that he will see only the particles of soul In his interior and exterior.
The Book of Deeds into which the angles keep records in a miraculous form receives spiritual life from the light of Imamat and consists of spiritual particles. It has been observed in individual Resurrection or spiritual that the “Book of Deeds” comes in the form of flying spiritual particles. As God says: “And every man’s Book of Deeds have We fastened to his own neck, and We shall bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection which he will find in the form of a scattered book”. (17:13). That is, each person’s “Book of Deeds” is attached to his Imam, for whether true or false, the Imam is like the neck of his followers. Thus on the Day of resurrection everyone will find this Book in the form of scattered spiritual particles. Some people think that this Book is like an external and material book that will come to man in the form of scattered leaves. This is not true. The “Book of Deeds” consists of particles of the soul. Since this Book comprises spiritual particles, it is speaking, unlike a material book, which is silent.
This verse has been referred 5 times.