Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Indeed, every soul has over it a guardian)

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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Indeed, every soul has over it a guardian)]

Then He explained the thing being sworn upon in His saying:

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

إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ

[al-Tariq:4] (Inna) here is a negation,Meaning: not every soul, and (lamma) means (illa), meaning: not every soul except that it has a guardian from Allah.

And Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) explained the duty of this guardian in His saying:

⁽¹⁰⁾ And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers, ⁽¹¹⁾ Noble and recording; ⁽¹²⁾ They know whatever you do.

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَافِظِينَ * كِرَاماً كَاتِبِينَ * يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

[al-Infitar:10-12] These guardians preserve the human being's deeds, what is for him and what is upon him, and he will find it on the Day of Resurrection as an open book,It is said to him:

[It will be said], "Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant."

اقْرَأْ كِتَابَكَ كَفَى بِنَفْسِكَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيباً

[al-Isra:14] .
These guardians record what the human being does in terms of speech, and what he does in terms of action; whether it is apparent, such as the words of the tongue and the deeds of the limbs, or hidden, even what is in the heart of what the human being believes, for it is recorded against him,because of His saying, the Exalted:

⁽¹⁶⁾ And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein ⁽¹⁷⁾ When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left. ⁽¹⁸⁾ Man does not utter any word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْأِنْسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ * إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى الْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ الشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ * مَا يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ

[Qaf:16-18] This guardian preserves the deeds of the children of Adam,And there are other guardians whom Allah mentioned in His saying:

For each one are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allah.

لَهُ مُعَقِّبَاتٌ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ يَحْفَظُونَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ

[al-Ra'd:11] .

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