Quran 50 : 17

When receive the two receivers on the right and on the left seated.
إِذْ
Iidh
يَتَلَقَّى
Yatalaqqā
ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ
Almutalaqqiyāni
عَنِ
ʿAni
ٱلْيَمِينِ
Alyamīni
وَعَنِ
Waʿani
ٱلشِّمَالِ
Ashshimāli
قَعِيدٌ
Qaʿīdun

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

When the two receivers meet on the right and on the left.

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

As the two receivers receive, seated on the right and left.

Ahmed Hulusi

Two recording forces record from his right and from his left!

The Wise Quran

When the two meeters meet, sitting on the right and on the left,

Talal Itani (2012)

As the two receivers receive, seated to the right and to the left

Mustaqim

When the two who keep meeting (him) sit on the right and the left.

Corpus.Quran

When receive the two receivers on the right and on the left seated

The Study Quran

When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left

Maulana Muhammad Ali

When the two receivers receive, sitting on the right and on the left

Shakir

When the two receivers receive, sitting on the right and on the left

Rashad Khalifa

Two recording (angels), at right and at left, are constantly recording.

Hamid S. Aziz

When the two Receivers receive him, sitting on the right and on the left

N J Dawood 2014

When the twin keepers receive him, seated on his right, and on his left

Abdel Haleem

with two receptors set to record, one on his right side and one on his left

Fode Drame

When the two angels meet one sitting on the right and the other on the left.

Irving/Hegab

 When both encountering [angels] meet, seated to the right and to the left, 

Munir Mezyed

When the two recording angels receive, sitting on the right and on the left,

MunirMezyed2023

When the two recording Angels receive, sitting on the right and on the left,

Wahiduddin Khan

and the two recording angels are recording, sitting on the right and the left

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left

Arthur John Arberry

When the two angels meet together, sitting one on the right, and one on the left

Aisha Bewley

And the two recording angels are recording, sitting on the right and on the left.

Edward Henry Palmer

When the two meeters meet, sitting the one on the right and the other on the left

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

When both receivers (the angels) receive, one on his right, the other on his left

Mir Aneesuddin

when the two receivers (while) sitting, receive from the right and from the left,

T.B.Irving

When both encountering [angels] meet, seated to the right and to the left,

Samy Mahdy

When the two receivers receive, about the right and about the left, they are seated.

Safi Kaskas

as he receives the two recording agents, seated one on the right and one on the left.

Sher Ali

When the two Recording angels record everything, sitting on his right and on his left

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

When the two receivers are ones who receive, seated on the right and on the left,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Behold! when the two receivers receive-one on the right hand and one on the left a sitter

Ali Quli Qara'i

When the twin recorders record [his deeds], seated on the right hand and on the left

Bilal Muhammad 2018

Imagine two guardian angels appointed to observe, one sitting on the right and one on the left

Faridul Haque

When the two Receiving Angels receive (his deeds), one seated on the right and one on the left

Musharraf Hussain

When the two recording angels, one sitting on their right and the other on their left, record.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

When the two receivers receive from him, one sitting on the right side and another at the left.

Maududi

Moreover, there are two scribes, one each sitting on the right and the left, recording everything

Ahmed Ali

When the two (angels) who keep the account, one sitting on the right, one on the left, take it down

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

As the two Receiver (Angels) receive, on the right (hand) and on the left (hand), constantly seated

Dr. Kamal Omar

When the two Receivers (imposed angels) receive from the right and from the left in sitting posture

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

When/if the two receivers/meeters/finders meet from the right (side) and the left, protecting/guarding

Bijan Moeinian

To each man two angles (known as right hand side and left hand side) are appointed to register his deeds

Bakhtiari Nejad

when the two receivers (or recorders) sitting on the right and on the left receive (and record his works),

Mohammad Shafi

When the two frequently confronting voices, one located on the right and one on the left, confront each othe

Linda "iLham" Barto

The two receivers [angelic correspondents] on the right and on the left are seated [to record his/her deeds].

John Medows Rodwell

When the two angels charged with taking account shall take it, one sitting on the right hand, the other on the left

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

when the two receiving angels receive (every human act to record it), seated (one) on the right and (one) on the left

Amatul Rahman Omar

Behold, the two recording (angels) sitting one on (his) right and one on (his) left go on preparing the record (of his deeds)

Muhammad Asad

[And so,] whenever the two demands [of his nature] come face to face, contending from the right and from 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

Abdul Hye

(Remember!) that the 2 receivers (recording angels) receive (for each human) sitting on the right and on the left (to record actions)

Mustafa Khattab 2018

As the two recording-angels—˹one˺ sitting to the right, and ˹the other to˺ the left—note ˹everything˺,

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

When the two receivers receive (the recording angels write down his every communication and work), sitting on the right and on the left

Syed Vickar Ahamed

(Remember) that two (guardian angels) appointed to learn (his deeds) learn (and note them), one sitting on the right and one on the left

Ali Ünal

Remember that the two recording angels (appointed to record his speech and deeds), seated on the right and on the left, receive and record

Muhammad Sarwar

Since the two scribes are sitting on each of his shoulders, he does not utter a word which is not recorded immediately by the watchful scribes

George Sale

When the two angels deputed to take account of a man's behaviour, take an account thereof; one sitting on the right hand, and the other on the left

Shabbir Ahmed

And so it may happen that two conflicting demands in his mind, sitting in opposite directions, pull him apart. (His reason, and his emotions (50:21))

Dr. Munir Munshey

(Remember)! The two sentries, (the two angels responsible for recording deeds), _ one sitting on the right (shoulder), the other on the left _ are receiving (and recording everything)

Hilali - Khan

(Remember!) that the two receivers (recording angels) receive (each human being after he or she has attained the age of puberty), one sitting on the right and one on the left (to note his or her actions)