he does not utter a word but that there is beside him a watcher a guardian who is ready present both raqībun ‘watcher’ and ‘atīdun ‘ready’ are meant to indicate the dual.
- 50:1818
مَا يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ
There is not a word he utters but an observer is ready (to make note of it).
- common.revelation-Meccan
- common.hizb : 207