14اقرَأ كِتابَكَ كَفىٰ بِنَفسِكَ اليَومَ عَلَيكَ حَسيبًاMuhammad Asad[and he will be told:] "Read this thy record,! Sufficient is thine own self today to make out thine account!"1The "record" and the subsequent "account" represent man's total comprehension, on Judgment Day, of all his past life (Razi). This allegory occurs in the Qur'an in many formulations, e.g., in 37:19 or 39:68, and perhaps most incisively in 50:22 - "now We have lifted from thee thy veil, and sharp is thy sight today!"