“Verily your Lord knows all that their hearts conceal as well as all that they reveal. There is nothing that is hidden – be it in the heaven or the earth – but is recorded in a Clear Book. Surely this Qur’ān explains to the Children of Israel most of the matters concerning which they have disagreements.”
(Al-Qur’ān -27:74-76)
Allah is aware not only of the apparent deeds of human beings but also of the malignity and spite that deniers of the Truth harbour in their hearts as also their conspiratorial designs. Therefore, when the time comes, nothing will be left untouched and they will be punished for every evil that they committed. This statement is couched in words which have the ring of an administrator’s warning to a miscreant in his realm: “I am well aware of all your deeds.” The purpose of the statement is not so much to inform a criminal that all his misdeeds are known, but rather to urge him to give up his criminal behaviour or else he would be brought to book.
The expression ‘Clear Book’ here does not mean the Qur’ān; rather, it means the Record of man’s deeds, with God, which contains all that he has done.
It is a wondrous manifestation of God’s Knowledge of the Unseen that the historical events of the Isrealites are being narrated in the Qur’ān through the unlettered Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him). God will also make it clear as to who is following the Truth and who is opposed to it.