Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 32041 — Those who said: the Quran will

Uthman bin al-Hakam said: Ka'b said: "For the one who used to act upon the commands of the Qur'an in this world, on the Day of Resurrection the Qur'an will be given the most beautiful form he has ever seen, the most handsome of face and the purest of fragrance. The Qur'an will then stand beside its companion. Whenever anything frightening comes to him, it will remove his fear, comfort him and widen his hope. The man will say to it: 'May Allah give you the best reward as a companion! How beautiful your form is, and how pure your fragrance!' The Qur'an will say to him: 'Do you not recognize me? Come, ride upon me, for in this world I rode upon you, and I was your deed. Your deed was good, so today you have seen my good form, and your deed was pure, so today you have perceived my pure fragrance.' Then it will carry the man and take him to his Lord and will say: 'O my Lord, this is so-and-so,' although Allah knows him better than it does. 'I kept him occupied in the life of this world. I kept him thirsty by day and kept him awake at night. So accept my intercession for him.' Then the crown of a king will be placed upon the man's head and he will be clothed in the robe of a king. It will then say: 'O my Lord, I used to wish for him better than this, and I hope from You for him for a favour greater than this.' Then everlasting life will be given in his right hand and bliss in his left. The Qur'an will then say: 'O my Lord, every merchant shares the profit of his trade with his family.' Then its intercession for his relatives will be accepted. And when a person is a disbeliever, his deed is given the ugliest form he has ever seen, with an extremely foul smell. Whenever anything frightening comes to him, it adds to his fear. The disbeliever will say: 'May Allah make a companion like you still worse! How ugly your form is, and how foul your smell!' Then he will say: 'Who are you?' It will say: 'Do you not recognize me? I am your deed. Your deed was evil, so you see me as ugly, and your deed was foul, so you see me in an extremely foul-smelling form.' Then it will say: 'Come, so that I may ride upon you, for in this world you rode upon me.' Then it will ride upon the man and bring him before Allah, and He will give him no importance."