Transliteration:( Wa wudi'al kitaabu fataral mujrimeena mushfiqeena mimmaa feehi wa yaqooloona yaa wailatanaa maa lihaazal kitaabi laa yughaadiru saghee ratanw wa laa kabeeratan illaaa ahsaahaa; wa wajadoo maa 'amiloo haadiraa; wa laa yazlimu Rabbuka ahadaa (Section 6) )
113.Everyone's book of deeds will be in his hand, that of the believers will be in their right hand and that of the infidels in their left hand.
114.From this, emerge three issues:Â
1.Every sin of the infidels is recorded, whether major or minor, not only their beliefs of infidelity.
2.Good deeds of the infidels are not recorded because the condition for good deeds is the correction of beliefs which he did not accept, or that his worldly comforts had already become the reward of his good deeds. Says Allah Almighty "And whatever work they had done. We have purposely made them minute particles of dust scattered" (S25:V23).
3.Every infidel is duty bound to Allah Almighty to do good deeds and to refrain from doing sinful deeds, ie. it is obligatory upon him to accept faith and perform his Salaah.Â
And alcohol is prohibited for him and thus he will be punished for disobeying both these commands. even if religiously he is not duty bound to these conditions. It should be remembered that here 'small signifies minor sins and 'big' denotes major sins, eg, kissing and hugging a strange woman would be regarded as a minor sin, but committing adultery with her would be a major sin.
115.From this we learn that no one would be an illiterate on the Day of Judgement, everybody would be able to read and know Arabic, as the writing of the book of deeds would be in Arabic.Â
In fact, soon after death everybody's tongue becomes Arabic because the questions in the grave would be in Arabic and everyone answers in Arabic. On the Day of Judgement everybody would be able to read his or her book of deeds. It should be remembered that, here, the word 'present' denotes the presence of the writing of these deeds.
It could also mean that the evil deeds of the infidels would be presented in different frightening forms.Â
116.In that uncommitted sins might be recorded, or someone may be given more punishment than his crime. In short, full justice would be meted out to the infidels and the believers would be bestowed with the grace and bounty of Allah Almighty. It should bel remembered that bounty is not contrary to justice, but injustice is contrary to justice.
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The tafsir of Surah Kahf verse 49 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Kahf ayat 47 which provides the complete commentary from verse 47 through 49.
(18:49) And then the Record of their deeds shall be placed before them and you will see the guilty full of fear for what it contains, and will say: “Woe to us! What a Record this is! It leaves nothing, big or small, but encompasses it.” They will find their deeds confronting them. Your Lord wrongs no one.[46]
46. “And your Lord does not do injustice to anyone”: Neither will an evil deed, not committed by someone, have been recorded in his conduct register, nor shall anyone be punished more than one deserved for his crime, nor shall an innocent person be punished at all.
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