10وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتAli UnalAnd when the scrolls (of the deeds of every person) are laid open;1This verse implies that at the time of the Resurrection, everyone’s deeds will be revealed on written pages. At first glance, this appears rather strange and incomprehensible. But as indicated by this sūrah, just as the renewal of spring parallels another resurrection, the “laying open of the scrolls” has a very clear parallel. Every fruit-bearing tree and flowering plant has its properties, functions, and deeds. It performs its worship particular to itself. All of its deeds and the record of its life are inscribed in each seed that will emerge the next spring in another plot of soil. In the language of shape and form, the trees or flowering plants grow from seeds that were buried the previous autumn, eloquently indicating the original tree’s or flowering plant’s life and deeds, and spread out the pages of their deeds through their branches, twigs, leaves, blossoms, and fruits. He Who says, When the scrolls are laid open, is the same Being Who, before our eyes, achieves these feats in a very wise, prudent, efficient, and subtle way. Such a way is dictated by His Names the All-Wise, All-Preserving, All-Sustaining and Training, and All-Subtle.