The Noble Recording Scribes

The Noble Recorders are the angels entrusted with writing the deeds of servants, of what is on the right and what is on the left, as in the verses Al-Infitar 10, Al-Infitar 11, Al-Infitar 12, and At-Tariq 4. They were named noble for their nobility with God, and recorders because they write every word and deed ^{1 2}.

• Al-Infitar 10: "And what will make you know what al-Tariq is * It is a piercing star" — and al-Tariq in tafsir is a planet or an angel.
• Al-Infitar 11: "Indeed, for every soul there is a guardian" — and in it that every soul has a guardian of the angels ¹.
• Al-Infitar 12: "So where are you going?" — and in it the question of reckoning.
• At-Tariq 4: "Indeed, for every soul there is a guardian" — and in tafsir the guardian is the angel entrusted with writing it ^{1 2}.
• Qaf 17 and Qaf 18: "When the two receivers receive, on the right and on the left, sitting ready * He utters not a word but with him is a watcher, a ready one" — and in them the two receivers, the watchers and the ready ones ¹.
• Al-Qamar 52, Al-Haqqa 18, and Al-Haqqa 19 in the context of the testimony of the two angels on the Day of Resurrection ¹.

• "Every human being has a watcher and a ready one who never cease writing his deed; whoever tells a lie or does a deed, it is deferred against him..." — in a narration that the two angels write what the servant does, on his right and on his left, and they never cease ^{3 4 5}.
• In a narration "God sends... two recorders on his right and on his left, writing his deed, they never cease" ^{4 3}.
• In a hadith that the two angels say to their Lord: "My Lord, this is Your servant..." and in it that the recorders bear witness ^{6 7}.
• In a narration "There is none of the children of Adam except that he has two recorders who write his deed, on his right and on his left" ⁸.

• "The noble" is the plural of noble, meaning those honoured with God ⁹.
• "The recorders" meaning those entrusted with writing deeds; they write every word and deed ².
• "Guardian" in Al-Infitar 11 and At-Tariq 4 is the same one entrusted with guarding and writing ².

Ibn Kathir details that the recorders are the angels entrusted with writing deeds, and that they are noble for their nobility with God, and that they bear witness against him upon the servant's neck on the Day of Resurrection ². And al-Qurtubi held that the guardian in At-Tariq 4 is the angel entrusted with the servant ⁹.

• In Qaf 17 and Qaf 18, "the two receivers", "the watcher" and "the ready one" are the recorders or other angels, and in tafsir they are the angels of guarding and writing ².
• And in hadith the two angels were called "al-Raqib and al-Atid" in some narrations, and "the Noble Recorders" in others — and the principle is that they are the angels entrusted with writing ^{3 4}.
• And there was disagreement over whether "al-Raqib" and "al-Atid" are the recorders or other angels, and the principle is that they are of the recorders ².

• "The Noble Recorders" is a Qur'anic name in Al-Infitar 12 in which is "So where are you going?" — and the intended ones are the angels entrusted with writing ².
• Their companion in the place is al-Raqib and al-Atid on its page.
• What is narrated about their number and the differences of views is in the books of tafsir, and the principle is that they are the angels entrusted with writing ².