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Qaf 17

Ayah 17 of 45 · Meccan

إِذۡ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٞ ١٧

When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive,1 seated on the right and on the left.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 And record each word and deed.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِذۡWhenidh
  2. يَتَلَقَّىreceiveyatalaqqā
  3. ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِthe two receiversl-mutalaqiyāni
  4. عَنِonʿani
  5. ٱلۡيَمِينِthe rightl-yamīni
  6. وَعَنِand onwaʿani
  7. ٱلشِّمَالِthe leftl-shimāli
  8. قَعِيدٞseatedqaʿīdun

Tafsir

When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left. When the two receiving angels receive his deeds: one sitting on his right, and the other seated on his left.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran