9 Preface كِتابٌ مَرقومٌYusuf Ali(There is) a Register (fully) inscribed.1If we take Sijjīn to be the Register itself, and not the place where it is kept, the Register itself is a sort of Prison for those who do wrong. It is inscribed fully: i.e., no one is omitted who ought to be there, and for every entry there is a complete record, so that there is no escape for the sinner. Of course we must not understand a material Register, made up of paper or parchment and written with pen and ink. The whole description is figurative of the inescapable record which sin creates: every detail, of motive, manner, occasion, etc., contributes to the deterioration of the sinner.