سورة الواقعة، الآية ٨٥
وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ ٨٥
wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum walākin lā tub'ṣirūna
And We [i.e., Our angels] are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -
Verse 85 of Surah Al-Waqi’ah (56:85), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 537 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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...whilst My angels are closer to the dying person than you are, but you do not see them...
when We are closer13 to him than you, but you do not see?
[13] We are closer to him in terms of Knowledge and Power; Our angels are closer in person.
But We (i.e. Our angels who take the soul) are nearer to him than you, but you see not, (Tafsir At-Tabarî)
- And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not -
But We are nearer to him than ye, and yet see not,-
And We are nearer to it than you, but you do not see--
And We are nearer to him than you, but you do not behold-
وَهُوَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِۦ وَيُرْسِلُ عَلَيْكُمْ حَفَظَةً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ تَوَفَّتْهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمْ لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ …
And He is the subjugator over His servants, and He sends over you guardian-angels until, when death comes to one of you, Our messengers [i.e., angels of death] take him, and they do not fail [in their duties]. …
