“Myself! Myself!”

“On that Day, each person will have enough concern of his own.” [ʿAbasa: 37]

We ask Allah Most High to help us through its terrors and make it easy for us.

Allah Most High says, “before the Lord of all worlds”—namely, Allah, Majestic and Most High. On that Day, all claims of ownership will vanish except the dominion of the Lord of all worlds, Majestic and Most High. Allah Most High says:

“On the Day when they will come forth, with nothing about them hidden from Allah. To whom does all sovereignty belong today? To Allah, the One, the All-Subduing. Today every soul will be recompensed for what it earned. There will be no injustice today. Indeed, Allah is swift in reckoning.” [Ghāfir: 16–17]

“No indeed! The record of the wicked is in Sijjīn. And what will make you realize what Sijjīn is? A register inscribed. Woe on that Day to the deniers, those who deny the Day of Recompense. None denies it except every sinful transgressor. When Our verses are recited to him, he says, ‘Legends of the ancients!’ No indeed! Rather, what they used to earn has covered their hearts with rust. No indeed! On that Day they will surely be veiled from their Lord. Then they will surely burn in Hell. Then it will be said, ‘This is what you used to deny.’”

“No indeed! The record of the wicked is in Sijjīn.” When the word “no indeed” occurs in the Quran, it has meanings determined by the context. It may be a particle of rebuke and restraint, it may mean “truly,” or it may bear other meanings indicated by the context. This is because words in Arabic do not each have an intrinsic meaning to which they are invariably confined; rather, many Arabic words have meanings that differ according to the context of the discourse. In this verse, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says, “No indeed! The record of the wicked is in Sijjīn.” It may mean, “Truly, the record of the wicked is in Sijjīn,” or it may be a rebuke for denying the Day of Recompense. In any event, Allah Most High makes clear in this verse—