وَجَآءَتۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ مَّعَهَا سَآئِقٞ وَشَهِيدٞ ٢١
And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., one angel driving the soul to the Judgement and one to testify as to its deeds.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَجَآءَتۡAnd will comewajāat
- كُلُّeverykullu
- نَفۡسٖsoulnafsin
- مَّعَهَاwith itmaʿahā
- سَآئِقٞa driversāiqun
- وَشَهِيدٞand a witnesswashahīdun
Tafsir
And every soul will come, with it a driver and a witness. Each soul will come with an angel driving it, and an angel testifying against it for its deeds.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran