سورة قٓ
Surah Qâf 50:17
Allâh is Almighty · Verse 17 of 45
إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى الْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Behold, the two recording (angels) sitting one on (his) right and one on (his) left go on preparing the record (of his deeds).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Behold, two (guardian angels) appointed to learn (his doings) learn (and noted them), one sitting on the right and one on the left.
Ahmed Ali
When the two (angels) who keep the account, one sitting on the right, one on the left, take it down,
12 more translations
Ali Unal
Remember that the two recording angels (appointed to record his speech and deeds), seated on the right and on the left, receive and record.
Daryabadi
Behold! when the two receivers receive-one on the right hand and one on the left a sitter.
Faridul Haque
When the two Receiving Angels receive (his deeds), one seated on the right and one on the left.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
When the two receivers receive, sitting on the right and on the left,
Maulvi Sher Ali
When the two Recording angels record everything, sitting on his right and on his left;
Muhammad Asad
[And so,] whenever the two demands [of his nature] come face to face, contending from the right and from the left,
Muhammad Musin Khan
(Remember!) that the two receivers (recording angels) receive (each human being after he or she has attained the age of puberty), one sitting on the right and one on the left (to note his or her actions).
Muhammad Pickthall
When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left,
Muhammad Sarwar
Since the two scribes are sitting on each of his shoulders, he does not utter a word which is not recorded immediately by the watchful scribes.
Muhammed ali Shakir
When the two receivers receive, sitting on the right and on the left.
Rashad Khalifa
Two recording (angels), at right and at left, are constantly recording.
Shabbir Ahmed
And so it may happen that two conflicting demands in his mind, positioned in opposite directions, pull him apart.
Commentary 50:17 Here and in the following verse the Divine Law of Conservation pointed out in verse 4, “We have with Us a Book that preserves” is explained from another…
إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى الْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ
50:17 Here and in the following verse the Divine Law of Conservation pointed out in verse 4, “We have with Us a Book that preserves” is explained from another angle. The law of conservation also is an important concept in physics.