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{ مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلاَّ لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ }

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.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn, trans. Feras Hamza
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