Quran 86 : 4

Not (is) every soul but over it (is) a protector.
إِن
Iin
كُلُّ
Kullu
نَفْسٍ
Nafsin
لَّمَّا
Llammā
عَلَيْهَا
ʿAlayhā
حَافِظٌ
Ḥāfiẓun

Bijan Moeinian

That every soul has a protector

Ali Quli Qara'i

there is a guard over every soul

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

For every soul there is a watcher

John Medows Rodwell

Over every soul is set a guardian

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Every soul has a recorder over it.

Abdel Haleem

there is a watcher over every soul

Arthur John Arberry

Over every soul there is a watcher

N J Dawood 2014

For every soul there is a guardian

The Study Quran

Over every soul there is a guardian

Munir Mezyed

Over every one, there is a guardian.

Musharraf Hussain

There is a keeper over every person.

Rashad Khalifa

Absolutely, everyone is well guarded

Mustaqim

Each soul has a guardian set over it.

George Sale

Every soul hath a guardian set over it

Ahmed Ali

That over each soul there is a guardian

Mohammad Shafi

Not a soul but has a protector over it.

Edward Henry Palmer

Verily, every soul has a guardian over it

Hamid S. Aziz

Verily, every soul has a guardian over it

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

No human soul but hath a guardian over it

Irving/Hegab

Each soul has a guardian [set up] over it,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

No soul is there but hath over it a watcher

Bakhtiari Nejad

Indeed, every person has observer over him.

Dr. Munir Munshey

There is no soul without a guardian over it

Maulana Muhammad Ali

There is not a soul but over it is a keeper

Shakir

There is not a soul but over it is a keeper

Syed Vickar Ahamed

There is no soul without a Protector over it

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

There is no soul without a guardian over it.

Talal Itani (2012)

There is no soul without a Protector over it

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

There is no soul but has a protector over it

Ali Ünal

There is not a soul but over it is a guardian

Linda "iLham" Barto

There is no soul without a protector over it.

Safi Kaskas

there is no soul without a protector over it.

Sher Ali

There is not a soul but has a guardian over it

Aisha Bewley

There is no self which has no guardian over it.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Truly, every soul has one who guards it.

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

There is no soul but there is a guardian over it.

Corpus.Quran

Not (is) every soul but over it (is) a protector

Samy Mahdy

Surely every soul is not without a keeper over it.

T.B.Irving

Each soul has a guardian [set up] over it,

MunirMezyed2023

I swear by these that every one has Angelic Guards.

The Wise Quran

There is not any soul except over it is a guardian.

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

There is no soul but that it has over it a protector

Wahiduddin Khan

[for] no human being has been left unguarded

Bilal Muhammad 2018

There is no soul that does not have a protector over it

Fode Drame

There is no soul except that there is a keeper over it.

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Decidedly over every self there is assuredly a Preserver

Faridul Haque

There is not a soul that does not have a guardian over it

Maududi

There is no living being but there is a protector over it

Muhammad Asad

[for] no human being has ever been left unguarded

Amatul Rahman Omar

Remember! a guardian is appointed (by God) over every soul

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

__there is no human being, but there is a watcher over him

Dr. Kamal Omar

There is no (human) Nafs but over her is a protector

Abdul Hye

There is no human being but has a protector (angel) over him.

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

There is no human soul but with a protector (appointed) over it

Mir Aneesuddin

There is not a single soul which does not have a custodian over it.

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

That truly every/each self (is) except on it a protector/safe keeper

Ahmed Hulusi

There is no soul over which there is no guardian (observer – protector).

Mustafa Khattab 2018

There is no soul without a vigilant angel ˹recording everything˺.

Muhammad Sarwar

There is no soul which is not guarded (by the two angels who record all of its deeds)

Shabbir Ahmed

There is no person without a watch being kept over him. (The Law of Requital is ever-vigilant)

Hilali - Khan

There is no human being but has a protector over him (or her) (i.e. angels incharge of each human being guarding him, writing his good and bad deeds, etc.