23 Preface وَقالَ قَرينُهُ هٰذا ما لَدَيَّ عَتيدٌYusuf AliAnd his Companion1 will say: “Here is (his Record) ready with me!”Qann: Companion. If we take No. 1 of the constructions suggested in n. 4957, the Companion will be one of the Recording Angels mentioned above, in verse 21, perhaps the one that drives; or perhaps the third one mentioned in verse 18, for he has the Record ready with him. If we take any of the other constructions mentioned in n. 4957, it will be the evil deeds or the misused faculties. In any case it will be the factors on whose testimony his conviction will be based.