﴿ إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌۭ ﴾

“[And so,] whenever the two demands [of his nature] come face to face, contending from the right and from the left,”

When idh is dependent because of an implied udhkur ‘mention’ the two Receivers the two angels charged with recording a person’s deeds receive when they observe and record seated that is while both of them are sitting qa‘īdun ‘seated’ is the subject the predicate of which is the preceding clause on the right and on the left hand side of him —