الآية رقم (30) - يَوْمَ تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مُّحْضَرًا وَمَا عَمِلَتْ مِن سُوَءٍ تَوَدُّ لَوْ أَنَّ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَهُ أَمَدًا بَعِيدًا وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ اللّهُ نَفْسَهُ وَاللّهُ رَؤُوفُ بِالْعِبَادِ

(30) - (The Day every soul will find what it has done of good present [before it] and what it has done of evil, it will wish that between itself and that [evil] was a great distance. And Allah warns you of Himself, and Allah is Kind to [His] servants.")

This is the Doomsday when Allah (swt) assembles for reward and punishment. So, you should never feel awkward that every soul will find what it has done of good present before it. Technological advances have made it possible to record the incidents of the twenty- four hours, and at the time when the verse was revealed no one could have imagined such a thing. Nonetheless, there are divine secrets in the revelation as the wording of the Holy Quran is appropriate for all generations, endowments, civilizations and knowledge till Allah inherits earth and whoever is over it. Such words are understandable at the time of the revelation and after thousand or ten thousand years of that time. Anyhow, the advancement of knowledge has stated different aspects that had been unrealized earlier. Nowadays, anyhow, it’s acceptable to say: (The Day every soul will find what it has done of good present [before it]) because it’s never difficult for the Almighty to show us the record of our life since we have the concept of cameras that record what people do during the 24 hours.

( يَوْمَ تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا عَمِلَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مُّحْضَرًا وَمَا عَمِلَتْ مِن سُوءٍ تَوَدُّ لَوْ أَنَّ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَهُ أَمَدًا بَعِيدًا ) (The Day every soul will find what it has done of good present [before it] and what it has done of evil, it will wish that between itself and that [evil] was a great distance ): As for the evil, the character of one’s soul is highlighted whereas it’s not with respect to the good since the soul in this case becomes under the mercy of the Almighty. A poet once said:

“Whoever does the good gets rewarded,

This is among God and people is for granted.”

As for the bad deeds, man wishes that they were far away at a great distance.

( وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ اللَّهُ نَفْسَهُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ رَءُوفٌ بِالْعِبَادِ ) (…And Allah warns you of Himself, and Allah is Kind to [His] servants.): Divine kindness is combined along with the warning. The Almighty says, after warning us with a scene of the Doomsday, that (and Allah is Kind to [His] servants.”). What wonderful expression and attributes of the Almighty’s kindness to His servants as He informs about Himself:

 {وَرَحْمَتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ ۚ}

(but My mercy encompasses all things.) (Al-A’raaf: 156)