Qaaf 50:18
The letter Qaaf · ayah 18 of 45
مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌۭ
Ma yalfithu min qawlinilla ladayhi raqeebun AAateed
"He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record]."
Saheeh International translation
Recitation by Mishary Alafasy
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"he does not utter a single word without an ever-present watcher."
Pickthall (classic)+
"He uttereth no word but there is with him an observer ready."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Not a word does he utter but there is a sentinel by him, ready (to note it)."