Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Qaaf, Ayah 18
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(He uttereth no word) the slave utters no good or evil word (but there is with him an observer ready) to record either that which is in his advantage or disadvantage.
Related Hadiths
When he( the imam) recites the Qur’an, keep silence(and listen attentively). And in the tashahhud this version adds after the words “I testify that there is no god but Allah” the words “He is alone, a...
"Whoever is silent, he is saved."
He should not cease (to pray) unless he hears a sound or perceives a smell (of passing wind).
"I entered upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while there was a scribe in front of him, and I heard him saying: 'Put the pen on your ear, for that is more conducive to the scribe remembering.'"
There was no other mu'adhdhin of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He then narrated the tradition which is incomplete.
"No one tells the stories to the people (for the purpose of exhortation) except a ruler, one appointed by a ruler, or a show-off."
‘A man cannot be an Imām whose example is followed until he withholds from some of what he hears’.
There was no other mu'adhdhin (pronouncer) of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) except Bilal. The narrator then reported the tradition to the same effect.
‘Know that a man who relates everything he hears is not safe, and he can never be an Imām, as long as he narrates everything he hears’.
‘It is enough of a lie for a man that he narrates everything he hears’.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
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.