21 Preface يَشهَدُهُ المُقَرَّبونَYusuf AliTo which bear witness those Nearest (to God).1See 56:11, n. to 56:11; also n. to 56:3. Those Nearest to God will be witnesses to this Righteous Record; or as it may also be rendered, they will be present at the Record, and watch this Record. Metaphorically, the hightest spiritual dignitaries are always helping and assisting at the piling up of the good record of every soul that strives for good, however humble in rank that soul may be.