Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[And so,] whenever the two demands [of his nature] come face to face, contending from the right and from the left
Arthur John Arberry
When the two angels meet together, sitting one on the right, and one on the left
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Behold, two (guardian angels) appointed to learn (his doings) learn (and noted them), one sitting on the right and one on the left
Arabic
إِذۡ یَتَلَقَّى ٱلۡمُتَلَقِّیَانِ عَنِ ٱلۡیَمِینِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِیدࣱ ١٧
Transliteration (2021)
idh yatalaqqā l-mutalaqiyāni ʿani l-yamīni waʿani l-shimāli qaʿīdu