(17:13) We have fastened every man's omen to his neck.14 On the Day of Resurrection We shall produce for him his scroll in the shape of a wide open book, (saying):
(17:14) "Read your scroll; this Day you suffice to take account of yourself."
14. The causes that lead a man to his ultimate salvation or perdition, to his perpetual happiness or unending misery, lie within himself. It is the proper use of his natural endowments, his power of discernment and decision, his volition and choice which makes man merit either happiness or misery. People who do not understand things properly hold external factors to be responsible for their fortune. The fact, however, is that a man's good or bad fortune rests with himself. If people were to critically examine themselves, they would appreciate that the factors which had put them on the road to their destruction and ultimately led to their undoing lay within themselves - their own bad character traits and bad decisions. Their destruction was not thrust upon them by outside factors.