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« in God from His wrath.’ His words, Exalted is He: [13:28] …Truly, it is in the remembrance of God that hearts find peace. [In] remembrance (dhikr) with knowledge (ʿilm) there is tranquil repose (sukūn), and [in] remembrance with intellect (ʿaql) there is profound peace (ṭumaʾnīna).4 1 Thus the word muʿaqqibāt is related to the idea of one angel’s ‘watch’ succeeding the other as day succeeds night and night day (see Lane regarding meanings of the root ʿ-q-b). On angels according to Islamic tradition, see D. B. Macdonald and W. Madelung, ‘Malāʾika’, EI2, vol. vi, p. 216. 2 Perhaps in the sense that they administer what is conferred on them by Isrāfīl from the Guarded Tablet (lawḥ maḥfūẓ). »