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
إِذۡ When idh يَتَلَقَّى receive yatalaqqā ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّيَانِ the two receivers l-mutalaqiyāni عَنِ on ʿani ٱلۡيَمِينِ the right l-yamīni وَعَنِ and on waʿani ٱلشِّمَالِ the left l-shimāli قَعِيدٞ seated qaʿīdun 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
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