13210 - From Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, regarding His saying: "We have fastened his fate to his neck," he said: "The record of his deeds. 'And We shall bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection a book which he will find spread open.'" He said: "The deed he performed was counted against him, so he is brought forth on the Day of Resurrection, [as well as] what was written of his deeds, and he reads it spread open."

13211 - From al-Suddi, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding the verse, he said: "The disbeliever is brought forth a book on the Day of Resurrection, and he says: 'O Lord, You have decreed that You are not unjust to the servants, so allow me to call myself to account.' Then it is said to him: 'Read your book; sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant.'"

His saying, the Almighty: "Read your book"

13212 - From Qatadah, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding His saying: "Read your book," he said: "On that day, he who was not a reader in the world will read."

His saying, the Almighty: "And We never punish until We have sent a messenger"

13213 - From Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, he said: "When the Day of Resurrection comes, Allah will gather the people of the interval (ahl al-fatra): the mentally disabled, the deaf, the mute, and the elderly who did not reach [the message of] Islam. Then He will send a messenger to them [commanding them]: 'Enter the Fire.' They will say: 'How? No messengers came to us!' He said: 'By Him in Whose hand is my soul, had they entered it, it would have been coolness and peace for them.' Then He will send a messenger to them, and whoever wishes to obey Him will obey Him.' Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 'Read if you wish: "And We never punish until We have sent a messenger."'

His saying, the Almighty: "And when We intend to destroy a township"

13214 - From Shahr ibn Hawshab, may Allah be pleased with him, he said: I heard Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, saying regarding His saying: "And when We intend to destroy a township," he said: "We command its wealthy ones with the truth, but they disobey it, so destruction is rightfully decreed upon them because of that."

13215 - From Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, regarding His saying: "And when We intend to destroy a township, We command its wealthy ones," he said: "We empower its evil ones, so they commit disobedience within it. When they do that, We destroy them with punishment. And this is His saying: 'And thus We have placed within every city the greatest of its criminals to plot therein.'"