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Surah 17. Al-Israa, Ayah 14

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ٱقْرَأْ كِتَـٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًا
Iqra kit a baka kaf a binafsika alyawma AAalayka h aseeb a n
[and he will be told:] "Read this thy record! Sufficient is thine own self today to make out thine account!"18
  - Mohammad Asad

The "record" and the subsequent "account" represent man's total comprehension, on Judgment Day, of all his past life (Razi). This allegory occurs in the Qur'an in many formulations, e.g., in 37:19 or 39:68 , and perhaps most incisively in {50: 22} - "now We have lifted from thee thy veil, and sharp is thy sight today!"

saying: "Here is your book of deeds: read it. Today you yourself are sufficient to take your own account."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
'And it will be said,' 'Read your record. You 'alone' are sufficient this Day to take account of yourself.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
(And it will be said unto him): Read thy book. Thy soul sufficeth as reckoner against thee this day.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
(It will be said to him:) "Read thine (own) record: sufficient is thy soul this day to make out an account against thee." 2189
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Our true accusers are our own deeds. Why not look to them instead of vainly prying into something superstitious which we call a book of fortune or a book of omens?

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