Kiraman Katibin

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Kiraman Katibin (Arabic: كراماً كاتبين‎), or "honourable recorders", are two angels in Islam who record a person's good and bad deeds. These angels sit on a person's right and left shoulders respectively. If there is one type of deed that dominates more than the other, then that type decides if one is sent to the Jannah (heaven) or the Jahannam (hell).

At the end of salah (ritual prayer), Sunni Muslims say a salutation to these angels.^[1]

The equivalent Christian concept is the guardian angel, though these are seen as more pro-active, striving to protect their charge. The shoulder angels of animated cartoons and modern popular culture are similar. Qareen appear to be the opposite demons in Islam.

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