The AngelsNamed in the Quran
رَقِيب وَعَتِيد
Every word a person utters is recorded by a watcher, ever present. Scholars discuss whether raqib and 'atid are names or descriptions.
Two receivers take down a person's deeds, one seated on the right and one on the left (50:17). He speaks no word without a watcher beside him, always present (50:18). They are the noble scribes, who know what people do (82:10-12), and the one on the right records good deeds, the one on the left bad deeds.
islamweb's fatwa explains that "raqib" and "'atid" describe the two angels as watchful and present, never leaving the person. They are not their names; no angel is named Raqib or 'Atid.
مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ ١٨
He [i.e., man] utters no word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].
Saheeh International · QuranEnc v1.1.2
18. Not a word does he (or she) utter but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it).[3]
[3] (V.50:18) See the footnote (A) of (V.6:61).
إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ ١٧
When the two receivers [i.e., recording angels] receive,[1529] seated on the right and on the left.
[1529] And record each word and deed.
Saheeh International · QuranEnc v1.1.2
17. (Remember) that the two receivers (recording angels) receive (each human being),[1] one sitting on the right and one on the left (to note his or her actions).[2]
[1] A (V.50:17) Narrated ‘Âishah رضي الله عنها The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: The deeds of the following three persons are not recorded by the pen: 1. A sleeping person till he wakes up. 2. A child till he reaches the age of puberty. 3. An insane person till he becomes sane. This Hadith is quoted by An-Nasâ’i, The Book of Divorce. Chap.21. [2] B (V.50:17) See the footnote (B) of (V.6:61).
كِرَامًا كَـٰتِبِينَ ١١
Noble and recording;
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11. Kirâman (Honourable) Kâtibîn writing down (your deeds),[2]
[2] (V.82:11) Whoever intended to do a good deed or a bad deed. Narrated Ibn ‘Abbâs رضي الله عنهما: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم narrating about his Lord عز وجل said, "Allâh ordered (the angels appointed over you) that the good and the bad deeds be written, and He then showed (the way) how (to write). If somebody intends to do a good deed and he does not do it, then Allâh will write for him a full good deed (in his account with Him); and if he intends to do a good deed and actually does it, then Allâh will write for him (in his account) with Him (its reward equal) from ten to seven hundred times, to many more times; and if somebody intends to do a bad deed and he does not do it, then Allâh will write a full good deed (in his account) with Him, and if he intends to do it (a bad deed) and actually does it, then Allâh will write one bad deed (in his account)." (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.8, Hadith No.498).