The Qur’an For All Humanity
Divine Surveillance
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DIVINE SURVEILLANCE
We created man. We know the promptings of his
soul, and are closer to him than (his) jugular vein.
When the two Keepers receive (him), the one seated
on his right, the other on his left, each word he
utters shall be noted down by a vigilant guardian.
And when the agony of death justly overtakes him,
they will say: ‘This is the fate you have striven to
avoid.’ And the Trumpet shall be sounded. Such is
the threatened day.
(Then a voice will cry): ‘Cast into Hell every hardened
unbeliever, every opponent of good works, and every
doubting transgressor who has set up another god
besides God. Hurl him into the terrible doom.’
His companion will say: ‘Lord, I did not mislead
him. He had already gone far astray.’
God will say: ‘Do not dispute in My presence. I
gave you warning beforehand. My word cannot be
changed, nor am I unjust to My servants’.
(The Qur’an 50:16-29)
