The scrolls and the handing of the record

The scrolls are the records of deeds kept by the noble scribes; on the Day they are spread and every soul is handed its record ¹.

The Qur'an names the ways the record is taken: in the right hand, an easy reckoning and a joyful return the surat al-Inshiqaq verses; in the left or behind the back, a cry of ruin and a blaze what follows; and 'read your record — your soul suffices today as reckoner over you' the record-reading verse ¹. In the hadith the believer first denies what is in his record, then admits it ².