Translation of the meanings Ayah 11 Surah Ar-Ra‘d - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 11

لَهُۥ مُعَقِّبَٰتٞ مِّنۢ بَيۡنِ يَدَيۡهِ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِۦ يَحۡفَظُونَهُۥ مِنۡ أَمۡرِ ٱللَّهِۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوۡمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمۡۗ وَإِذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِقَوۡمٖ سُوٓءٗا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥۚ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَالٍ

11. For each one there are successive (angels) before and behind him who guard and protect him by Allah’s Command⁴. Indeed, Allāh does not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. When Allāh intends harm for a people, there is no averting it, and besides Him they have no protector.

4. These are the angels tasked with each human being; they alternate and take day and night shifts. There are four in each shift: one from the front and another from the back, protecting him from evil, and one from the right keeping record of his good deeds, and another on the left side recording his misdeeds.