Surah Qaf (ق) • The Letter "Qaf"

Quran 50:18

50:18

مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ

mā yalfiẓu min qawlin illā ladayhi raqībun ʿatīdun

He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].

— Saheeh International

he does not utter a single word without an ever-present watcher.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Not a word does he (or she) utter but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

مَّاmāNot
يَلْفِظُyalfiẓuhe utters
مِنminany
قَوْلٍqawlinword
إِلَّاillābut
لَدَيْهِladayhiwith him
رَقِيبٌraqībun(is) an observer
عَتِيدٌۭʿatīdunready