Remember the angels too are witness to all our actions; that the earth is recording our behaviour and that all of it is also noted in our books of deeds – that we are accountable to Allah Ta'ala on the Day of Judgement.
"The Koran is the book of good deeds," it said.
Only when I quoted this – from the art critic John Ruskin – did she respond: "Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts: the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.
The anonymous chronicle Llibre dels feyts del rey en Jacme ("Book of the Deeds of King James"), compiled after James I's death in 1276 but purportedly autobiographical, is distinguished by its skill of narration and its quality of language.
At the request of the regent, Philip the Bold of Burgundy, Christine wrote the life of the deceased king, Charles Le Livre des fais et bonnes meurs du sage roy Charles V (1404; "Book of the Deeds and Good Morals of the Wise King Charles V"), a firsthand picture of Charles V and his court.
But come on -- no national police force keeps a secret black book of bad-deed-doers and adds a name to it on accident.
I produced a book, called Deeds Not Words, of 60 images of the community, along with a summary of the court case and the science involved.
Your family, after all, has a paper trail that stretches back centuries, consisting of deeds, letters (legal and intimate), newspaper cuttings, estate books and diaries.
According to tradition, the Almighty opens the Book of Life, tallying up good and bad deeds to determine fates for the year ahead.
Spitler, Register of Deeds Joe Cassidy.
