Verse 22
The Letter 'Qaf' • makkah
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Commentary:
سائق (driver) may be the angel that sits on man’s left and records his bad deeds and as a punishment for them will drivehim to Hell, and شھید may be the angel that sits on his right and records his good actions and will bear witness in his favour. Or the two words metaphorically may stand for man’s misused limbs and faculties and those well and properly used. See also verse 18 above; 24:25 and 36:66.
Sa’iq may be the angel that sits on man’s left and records his bad deeds and as a punishment for them will drive him to Hell, and Shahid may be the angel that sits on his right and records his good actions and will bear witness in his favour. Or, the two words metaphorically may stand respectively for man’s misused limbs and faculties and those well and properly used.