An Exegetic Study of the Verses on "Mizan/Scale" and "Kitab-e A`mal/the Book of Deeds" with an Emphasis on Truth and Metaphor

Investigating the quality and the way of measuring human actions in the resurrection is one of the topics focused on by commentators. The tools of this sensitive and influential assessment on human happiness are mentioned in the Holy Quran and various interpretations have been presented to analyze it. This research, using a descriptive-analytical method, by examining verses from twelve surahs in the Holy Qur'an and by emphasizing the keywords: weight, measure, and the book of deeds, has investigated the opinions of different commentators on the application of truth or metaphor of these categories. Some commentators have given a real meaning to "scale" and "book of deeds" and some believe that these topics have been used figuratively and verbally and only to convey the meaning. The Holy Qur'an aims to deal with a truth that in the supra-material world has a concept of its characteristics in the material world, thus by mentioning "scale and book" it seeks to apply this meaning to a truth in the ascending process. That feature can be implied and adapted to this word in the supernatural space. Therefore, the realist point of view as the chosen theory considers the intended meaning in measure and book - which includes measuring and recording actions in an accurate and perfect form - as a fact that has been conceptualized and can be semantically adapted to its independent truth.