Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Waaqia, Ayah 85
وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ
And Our angels are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -
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(And We are nearer unto him) the angel of death and his aids are closer to the dying person (than ye are) than his own family, (but ye see not) the angel of death and his aids.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
and We are nearer to him than you are to know of his state but you do not perceive tubsirūna derives from al-basīra ‘perception’ that is to say you do not realise this —