The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

50: 42
Qaf 341
two receptors a set to record, one on his right side and one on his left:
18 he does not utter a single word without an ever-present watcher.
19 The trance of death will bring the Truth with it: ‘This is what
you tried to escape.’
20 The Trumpet will be sounded: ‘This is the Day [you were]
warned of.’ 21 Each person will arrive attended by an [angel] to drive
him on and another to bear witness: 22 ‘You paid no attention to
this [Day]; but today We have removed your veil and your sight is
sharp.’ 23 The person’s attendant will say, ‘Here is what I have prepared’–
24 ‘Hurl b every obstinate disbeliever into Hell, 25 everyone
who hindered good, was aggressive, caused others to doubt, 26 and set
up other gods alongside God. Hurl him into severe punishment!’–
27 and his [evil] c companion will say, ‘Lord, I did not make him
transgress; he had already gone far astray himself.’ 28 God will say,
‘Do not argue in My presence. I sent you a warning 29 and My word
cannot be changed: I am not unjust to any creature.’ 30 We shall say to
Hell on that day, ‘Are you full?’ and it will reply, ‘Are there no more?’
31 But Paradise will be brought close to the righteous and will no
longer be distant: 32 ‘This is what you were promised––this is for
everyone who turned often to God and kept Him in mind, 33 who
held the Most Gracious in awe, though He is unseen, who comes
before Him with a heart turned to Him in devotion – 34 so enter it in
peace. This is the Day of everlasting Life.’ 35 They will have all that
they wish for there, and We have more for them.
36 We have destroyed even mightier generations before these
disbelievers, who travelled through [many] lands – was there any
escape? 37 There truly is a reminder in this for whoever has a heart,
whoever listens attentively. 38 We created the heavens, the earth, and
everything between, in six Days without tiring. 39 So [Prophet], bear
everything they say with patience; celebrate the praise of your Lord
before the rising and setting of the sun; 40 proclaim His praise in the
night and at the end of every prayer; d 41 listen out for the Day when
the caller will call from a nearby place. 42 They will come out [from
a Usually taken to mean ‘recording angels’.
b This verb is in the dual, taken to be addressed either to both recording angels, or to
two of the angels who guard Hell.
c Cf. 4: 38; 41: 25.
d Literally ‘prostration’, sujud. This is a figure of speech in which the part stands for the
whole.