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When (idh is dependent because of an implied udhkur, 'mention') the two Receivers, the two angels charged with [recording] a person's deeds, receive, [when they] observe and record, seated, that is, [while] both of them are sitting (qa'īdun, 'seated', is the subject, the predicate of which is the preceding [clause]), on the right and on the left, [hand side] of him –