Quran 50:17 — Qaaf, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
with two receptors set to record, one on his right side and one on his left:
إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى الْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ
idh yatalaqqā l-mutalaqiyāni ʿani l-yamīni waʿani l-shimāli qaʿīdun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When the two angels meet together, sitting one on the right, and one on the left,
- Muhammad Asad
- [And so,] whenever the two demands [of his nature] come face to face, contending from the right and from the left,
- Sahih International
- When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive, seated on the right and on the left.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | يَتَلَقَّىyatalaqqā | receive | لقي |
| 3 | ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِl-mutalaqiyāni | the two receivers | لقي |
| 4 | عَنِʿani | on | — |
| 5 | ٱلْيَمِينِl-yamīni | the right | يمن |
| 6 | وَعَنِwaʿani | and on | — |
| 7 | ٱلشِّمَالِl-shimāli | the left | شمل |
| 8 | قَعِيدٌۭqaʿīdun | seated | قعد |