The Thirty- Sixth
Surah Ya Sin (O Thou Human Being) Mecca 41
Asad’s version
36:12 Verily, We shall indeed bring the dead back to life; and We shall record whatever [deeds] they have sent ahead, and the traces [of good and evil] which they have left behind: for of all things do We take account in a record clear.
The Quranic text and Ali’s version
إِنَّا نَحْنُ
نُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى ...
36:12. Verily We shall give life to the dead,
C3954. All this is possible, because there is the assurance of a Hereafter, in which Allah will be all-in-all, and evil will no longer bestride the world, as the term of its respite wit] have expired.
... وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا وَآثَارَهُمْ...
and We record that which they sent before and that which they leave behind,
C3955. Our deeds, good and bad, go to Allah before us. They will of course be brought to our account; but our account will also be swelled by the example we left behind us and the consequences of our deeds, that will come into play or continue to operate after our earthly life has ceased.
Our moral and spiritual responsibility is therefore much wider than as affects our own person.
... وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أحْصَيْنَاهُ فِي إِمَامٍ مُبِينٍ ﴿١٢﴾
and of all things have We taken account in a clear Book (of evidence).
All our account will be exactly preserved as in a book of record