Waqala qareenuhu hatha ma ladayya AAateed (surah Qaf: 23)

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(50:23) His companion said:' Here is he who was in my charge.' *27

Wa qaala qareenuhoo haazaa maa ladaiya `ateed

*27) Some commentators say that "the companion" implies the angel who has been referred to as "a witness" in verse 21. He will say: "I have this person's record ready with me here" . Some other commentators say that "the companion" implies the satan who was attached to the person in the world. He will say: "This person whom I was controlling and preparing for Hell, is now presented before You. " But the commentary that is more relevant to the context is the one that has been reported from Qatadah and Ibn Zaid. They say that the companion implies the angel who drove and brought the person to Allah's Court He will say, 'Here is the person who had been given in my charge"