ثُمَّ هُنَّاكَ الحَفَظَة، هم ملائكة وَكَلهُم َ اللهُ ليحفظوا الإنسان، لولا هؤلاء لتقاذفت الجِنُّ بني ءَادَمَ كما تَتقَاذَفُ النَّاسُ الكُرَةَ، قال اللهُ تعالى: ﴿وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَافِظِينَ، كِرَامًا كَاتِبِينَ﴾ الإنفطار / 10 – 11.
There are also the “Hafadhah”, they are angels whom Allah ta^ala has assigned to protect the human being; without them, the jinn would haven thrown the children of Adam around as people normally throw the ball. Allah said in surah al-Infitar, Verses10- 11:
﴿وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَافِظِينَ، كِرَامًا كَاتِبِينَ﴾
The verse means: “But verily over you are appointed angels to protect you, kind and honorable, writing down your deeds.”
ثُمَّ هُنَّاكَ مَلاَئِكَةٌ وَظيفَتُهُمْ سُؤالُ النَّاسِ في القُبُورِ مُنكَرٍ وَنَكير مَنظَرُهُم مُخيف أسوَد وأزرق يأتون الأموات يَخرِقَانِ القَبْرَ بأنيابِهِمْ إِنْ كَانَ مُؤمِنًا مع شِدةِ مَنظَرِهِمْ اللهُ يُثَبِتُ قَلبَهُ. لا يجوز الاستهزاءُ بهم؛ الاستهزاءُ بِهِمْ وَبِغَيرِهِم من الملائكةِ كُفرٌ والعياذُ بِاللهِ.
ومن الملائكة من يكتب حسنات وسيئات العباد، فالملك رقيب مأمور بكتابة الحسنات والملك عتيدٌ مأمور بكتابة السيئات، وهؤلاء الملائكة ليسوا على الأكتاف كما شاع بين الناس.
Also there are the angels, whose task is to question people in the graves, Munkar and Nakir, they have a scary image, dark navy in color, they come to the dead person in his grave and question him; they crack open the graves with their canines. Allah would make the heart of the believer firm despite of their strikingly frightening image.
It is not permissible to mock them and to mock the other angels, for this is blasphemy; we seek refuge with Allah from that.
There are also angels who record the good deeds and the bad deeds of the slaves. Raqib is the one who records the good deeds, and ^Atid is the angel who records the bad deeds. They are not on one’s shoulders as some people say.