Surah Qaf (ق) (Ayah 23)

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50 Qaf(ق), Ayah 23

وَقَالَ قَرِينُهُ هَٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَتِيدٌ 23 ٢٣

And his companion, [the angel], will say, "This [record] is what is with me, prepared." (23)

Tafsir

قَالَ قَرِ‌ينُهُ هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَتِيدٌ (And his companion will say, "This is what I have with me, ready (to be presented as his record of deeds)... Qaf 50:23 . The word qarin (translated above as 'companion) refers to the recording angel that accompanies man all the time. Earlier we have learnt that there are two angels that record deeds. In the preceding verse they were referred to as Sa'iq and Shahid. The context indicates that, on the Day of Resurrection, the two scribes will be entrusted with two different tasks. One, named as Sa'iq, will drive the people to the gathering place, and the second, named as Shahid will carry the records of deeds and it is this angel who, after reaching the plane of Hashr, will say, هَـٰذَا مَا لَدَيَّ عَتِيدٌ "This is what I have with me, ready (to be presented as his record of deeds)." Ibn Jarir, in his tafsir, states that the word garin comprehends both the angels Sa'iq and Shahid.

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